{"product_id":"jimmy-the-comic-art-of-james-swinnerton-hardcover-by-peter-maresca","title":"Jimmy! The Comic Art of James Swinnerton Hardcover by Peter Maresca","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(2025-01-07)\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\u003e9798875000034\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e2353.05\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e42.42 x 33.53 x 2.29\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive collection of comics and illustration from 1892 to 1942 by James Swinnerton, one of the founding fathers of the American comic strip.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Swinnerton is one of the most creative, respected, and prolific comic artists from the first half of the 20th century. Yet to the disappointment of classic comics lovers, his work has seen little reproduction. Until now. This sumptuous volume covers Swinnerton’s six-decade career in comics, from his beginnings as a sports\/editorial cartoonist for William Randolph Hearst in San Francisco to his years in the America’s Southwest desert, where his love for the land and its people came through in his comics and illustration.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSwinnerton is an excellent storyteller offering a cinematic style with humor that is both slapstick and sophisticated. At the forefront is his long-running \u003ci\u003eLittle Jimmy\u003c\/i\u003e comic strip. This namesake character began by mixing satire of New York society with stories of rural America. He then took the characters on the road to South America, Mexico, and then settling for many years in Swinnerton’s beloved Southwest. Also included in this book are his early one-shots and series like the rakish Mr. Jack and the anthropomorphic Mt. Ararat, and his 1940s stylized comic of the modern West, Rocky Mason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSwinnerton was famous for more than just comics. He wrote and illustrated the charming feature “The Canyon Kiddies” and similar titles for weekly magazines. In his later years he became known as a premier painter of desert landscapes. All of these are featured in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJimmy!\u003c\/i\u003e includes an illustrated biography by Paul C. Tumey and essays by co-editor Michael Tisserand, Eddie Campbell, and Donald Phelps. The comic strips in this volume are carefully restored to their original colors and printed at near-full size. As a bonus, the book also includes a set of four Swinnerton postcards featuring his main characters, facsimiles of the originals from 1906, ready for mailing. Swinnerton lovers will be delighted by the richness and variety of the works seen here. Those new to this uniquely American artist will likely join the growing numbers who appreciate his important role in the history of the comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\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. Maresca lives a relatively non-virtual life in Palo Alto, CA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Tisserand\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Eisner Award-winning biography, \u003ci\u003eKrazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White,\u003c\/i\u003e one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' one hundred notable books for 2017. His other award-winning books include \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Zydeco\u003c\/i\u003e, the Hurricane Katrina memoir \u003ci\u003eSugarcane Academy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMy Father When Young\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of his father's 1950s-era Kodachome photography. Tisserand's current projects include books about New Orleans cartoonist Bunny Matthews and the making of Charlie Chaplin's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Dictator\u003c\/i\u003e. A long-time New Orleans resident, he now resides in Minnesota. His website is michaeltisserand.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul C. Tumey\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and artist in Seattle, WA. He was nominated for an Eisner Award as co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFoolish Questions \u0026amp; Other Odd Observations\u003c\/i\u003e by Rube Goldberg, co-edited and wrote for \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Rube Goldberg\u003c\/i\u003e, and wrote the introduction to \u003ci\u003eLOAC Essentials: The Bungle Family\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThimble Theatre and the pre-Popeye Cartoons of E.C. Segar\u003c\/i\u003e. He also currently writes a column for \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEddie Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for drawing and publishing \u003ci\u003eFrom Hell\u003c\/i\u003e (with writer Alan Moore). 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