As one of the oldest and most beloved sports of all time, golf has been parodied, satirized, and spoofed more than any other sport. It has been particularly popular within the world of cartoons and comic strips-from Beetle Bailey to B.C. to Peanuts, the sport of golf appears in thousands of Sunday funnies around the world. Golf in the Comic Strips features a collection of some of the foremost cartoonists as they capture the putts, drives, holes in one, bogeys, and birdies that illustrate the mysterious and rewarding allure of golf. From his collection of more than 4,000 cartoons and comic strips on golf, Howard Ziehm shares over 200 full-color, rare, and historic comic strips from more than 100 artists, including Clare Briggs (A Piker's Clerk), Sidney Smith (The Gumps), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Johnny Hart (B.C.), and Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey). Howard Ziehm shares insightful comments about the artists, the historical period of each strip, stylistic innovations and milestones, and artist-related information that offer a sense of what golf and the world was like in each era. Golf in the Comic Strips is an essential addition to the libraries of all golf lovers and cartoon fans. Howard Ziehm is the writer and creator of a self-help, vocabulary-expansion series, including Wordbank (Simon and Schuster), and Wordbuilders (Bantam Dell). Currently, this nine handicapper operates several entertainment ventures, including Golftoons, a golf entertainment company, and resides in Malibu, California.
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Golf in the Comic Strips: A Historic Collection of Classic Cartoons Howard Ziehm Endorsed with a "fore"word by avid golfer and entertainer Bob Hope
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As one of the oldest and greatest sports of all time, golf has been the subject of a wealth of humorous depictions. No other sport has been more parodied, satirized, or used as a setting than golf. Golf in the Comic Strips uses the perceptive minds of the world's foremost cartoonists to capture the wild and woolly, the mysterious and rewarding allure of golf-what it does to its players and what it leaves them in return. Each strip is unique and will leave the golfer and the non-golfer with an extra appreciation for the game, as well as some howls of laughter at the folly of it all. From his collection of over 4,000 cartoons and comic strips on golf, Howard Ziehm shares over 200 beautiful, full-color, rare, and historic comic strips from more than 100 artists. Interwoven is insightful text explaining stylistic innovations, milestones, and artist- or period-related information giving you a sense of what golf and the world was like in each era. Including artists like Clare Briggs (A Piker's Clerk), Sidney Smith (The Gumps), Richard Outcault (The Yellow Kid), James Swinnerton (Jimmy), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Johnny Hart (B.C.), and Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Golf in the Comic Strips is an essential for all golf lovers, cartoon fans, and humor buffs.
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I suggest you buy an earlier edition as the image quality of the reprints, particularly the very old strips, are much better.This edition contains no new infomation or comic strips. The earlier editons can be bought used at Amazon.com Never the less, both editions are excellent with regard to the strips shown and the commentary involved in both describing the strips and the game of golf. They range from familar to unfamilar comics from the 1890's to present. A book both tailored to comic strip fans and golfers. I personally learned a good deal of history about golf and those who play it by reading such strips (...)
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Tribune Media Service, King Features Syndicate, United Feature Syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate, Steve Moore, Los Angeles, New York, Sidney Smith, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey, Bob Thaves, Jim Unger, Ken Kling, Mac Divot, Reuben Award, The Born Loser, The Gumps, Clare Briggs, Disney Enterprises, Fontaine Fox, Frank Willard, Gasoline Alley, Happy Hooligan, Joe Palooka New!
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In the mid-1890s, a new art form began to emerge. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tribune Media Service, King Features Syndicate, United Feature Syndicate, Universal Press Syndicate, Steve Moore, Los Angeles, New York, Sidney Smith, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey, Bob Thaves, Jim Unger, Ken Kling, Mac Divot, Reuben Award, The Born Loser, The Gumps, Clare Briggs, Disney Enterprises, Fontaine Fox, Frank Willard, Gasoline Alley, Happy Hooligan, Joe Palooka New!
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- Beetle Bailey by Mort Walker on 6 pages
- The Yellow Kid by Richard Felton Outcault in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Buster Brown by Richard-Fel Outcault on page 13, page 14, and page 16
- Close To Home by John McPherson on page 165, and page 167
- Charles Schulz (Real-Life Reader Biography) by Jim Whiting on page 125, and page 172
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