{"product_id":"dauntless-dames-hardcover-by-trina-robbins","title":"Dauntless Dames Hardcover by Trina Robbins","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2023-10-17)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e160\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781683967804\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe audacious exploits of ten great adventurous female stars from the Golden Age of comic strips.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1920s they were socialites and flappers. In the 1960s they were homemakers and heartthrobs. But from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, female stars of the newspaper comic strips were detectives, spies, soldiers of fortune, even superheroes. Accomplishing everything the male comics stars of the time achieved, except they did it in high-heels and flowing skirts. Follow the daring exploits of these smart, tough, independent AND sexy \u003ci\u003eDauntless Dames\u003c\/i\u003e.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth a product of their era and ahead of their time, the women in these stories gave their audience just what they needed. Through the Sunday Comics readers could escape from the woes of the Depression, travel to exotic foreign lands, feel the glamor and gangsters of the entertainment world, and support the Allied efforts in World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in an extra-large format, here are the colorful, pulse-pounding tales of ten incredible women, both known and unknown to comics fans — and most are reprinted here for the first time in three-quarters of a century! The book also includes a special bonus: an insert section with a dozen paper doll cutouts starring the most popular women comic strip characters of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eComics \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003estorian \u003cb\u003eTrina Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-2024) was an American cartoonist. She was an early participant and one of the first women in the underground comix movement. She co-produced the 1970 underground comic \u003ci\u003eIt Ain't Me, Babe\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the first comic book entirely created by women. She co-founded the \u003ci\u003eWimmen's Comix\u003c\/i\u003e collective, wrote for \u003ci\u003eWonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and produced adaptations of \u003ci\u003eDope\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Metal Lover\u003c\/i\u003e. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2013 and received Eisner Awards in 2017 and 2021. As a scholar and historian, Robbins researched the history of women in cartooning. She wrote several nonfiction books including \u003ci\u003ePretty In Ink\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and \u003ci\u003eFlapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age \u003c\/i\u003e(2020).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Maresca\u003c\/b\u003e is the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of high-quality, full-sized collections of classic American newspaper strips. His Sunday Press books represent a high-water mark in the reproduction and preservation of American comic strips. Maresca changed the concept of comic reprints in 2005 with his original-sized \u003ci\u003eLittle Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays\u003c\/i\u003e, Winsor McCay’s groundbreaking strip. He continued with \u003ci\u003eSundays with Walt \u0026amp; Skeezix\u003c\/i\u003e (Frank King’s \u003ci\u003eGasoline Alley\u003c\/i\u003e), George Herriman’s \u003ci\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/i\u003e, Chester Gould’s \u003ci\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/i\u003e, and a dozen others. 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