Helt ny bok på 322 sidor, har fått dubbelt upp så en av dessa unika böcker säljes. Teckningarna har en historia från tiden under andra världskriget och handlar om 5-åriga Barnaby Baxter och hans vingförsedda ”gudfar” Jackeen J. O Malley. I denna volym är alla serieteckningar från dagstidningar under åren 1942–43 samlade.

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Recension
In 1942, Crockett Johnson caught the American public by storm with his brilliant comic strip Barnaby. A whole new generation now will have the opportunity to become acquainted with Johnson's influential creation, a real treasure for readers of all ages.-- "The Washington Times"

Strikingly minimal, in that pre-Peanuts era, was Crockett Johnson's Barnaby, whose characters appeared in profile and whose talk balloons were lettered not by hand but by mechanical typesetting. In my love of cartoons, I sent away to cartoonists, begging for a free original strip. My sample Barnaby strip slowly shed, over the years, its glued-on lettering.--John Updike

I think, and I'm trying to talk calmly, that Barnaby and his friends and oppressors are the most important additions to American arts and letters in Lord knows how many years.--Dorothy Parker
Från baksidan
Fantagraphics introduces Barnaby, with it's playful mix of fantasy, wit and elegantly spare images, to a new generation of children and parents. Created by Crockett Johnson (Harold and the Purple Crayon) in the 1940's, this five-volume series, with art direction by graphic novelist Daniel Clowes (Ghost World), will collect the entirety of the original newspaper strips.

Om författaren
Crockett Johnson was the pen name of cartoonist and children's book illustrator David Johnson Leisk (October 20,1906-July 11, 1975). He is best known for the Harold series of books, which began with Harold and the Purple Crayon, and for the comic strip Barnaby. He was married to the children's book author Ruth Krauss, with whom he collaborated on several books, including The Carrot Seed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_(comics)

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