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Cartoon county : my father and his friends in the golden age of make-believe / Cullen Murphy. by Murphy, Cullen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. Call #: 741.56973 M978c Subjects Murphy, John Cullen.   Murphy, John Cullen -- Friends and associates.   Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography.   Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Fathers and sons -- Biography   Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century   Fairfield County (Conn.) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780374298555 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "For a period of about fifty years, right in the middle of the last century, many of the the nation's top comic-strip cartoonists, gag cartoonists, and magazine illustrators lived within a stone's throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut - a bit of bohemia in the middle of those men in their gray flannel suits. The author's father, John Cullen Murphy, drew the popular comic strips Prince Valiant and Big Ben Bolt, and was at the heart of this artistic milieu. Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit group - Superman, Beetle Bailey, Snuffy Smith, Rip Kirby, Hagar the Horrible, Hi and Lois, Nancy, Sam & Silo, Amy, The Wizard of Id, The Heart of Juliet Jones, Family Circus, Joe Palooka, and The Lockhorns, among others. Cartoonists and their art were a pop-cultural force in a way that few today remember. Anarchic and deeply creative, the cartoonists were independent spirits whose artistic talents had mainly been forged during service in World War II.Illustrated with photographs, cartoons, and drawings, Cartoon County brings the postwar American era alive, told through the relationship of a son to his father, an extraordinarily talented and generous man who had been trained by Norman Rockwell. A glimpse into a very special community, and of an America that used to be." --Provided by publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 741.56973 M978c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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