Children of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic Strip Wandering Star with over 50 illustrations depicting

with over 50 illustrations depicting the artist’s most important commissions

and stories from the individuals that have been affected by his paintings or his persona in some way

Smith and Walden Wong

5" prints are beautifully reproduced from the original art

Children of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic Strip Wandering Star with over 50 illustrations depictingAn exhibition catalogue with 136 items described and illustrated. Traces the development of the comic strip since its birth at the turn of the century. The reproductions of vintage strips are strikingly pristine, due to the use of original artwork rather than published versions in the production of the volume. The author, a seasoned writer and scholar of the subject is good at historical and aesthetic discussion, less so at discussing the sociological