Robert C. Harvey

Robert C. Harvey, a comics historian and critic, is a cartoonist who writes for The Comics Journal, Comics Buyers’ Guide, and Cartoonist PROfiles. Among his books are The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History, The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History, Insider Histories of Cartooning: Rediscovering Forgotten Famous Comics and Their Creators, and Accidental Ambassador Gordo: The Comic Strip Art of Gus Arriola, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

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Insider Histories of Cartooning

Rediscovering Forgotten Famous Comics and Their Creators

University Press of Mississippi

From a cartoonist and a veteran writer on the history of comics, a joyous reclamation of cartooning geniuses

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Milton Caniff

Conversations

University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the master cartoonist who created Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon

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Accidental Ambassador Gordo

The Comic Strip Art of Gus Arriola

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the notable Mexican American cartoonist and an appreciative history of his creation

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The Art of the Comic Book

An Aesthetic History

University Press of Mississippi

A history of the comic book, in which a noted cartoonist demonstrates the aesthetics and power of the medium

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