Harvey, Robert C. The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History. Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 1994. ISBN 0-87805-612-2 (cloth), 0-87805-674-2 (paper).
  1. The Aesthetics of the Comics

    2. A Preamble through History and Form . . . 3
  2. Somnambulist of a Vanished Dream

    3. Winsor McCay's Exploartion of the Medium's Potential . . . 21
  3. Establishing the Daily Comic Strip

    4. The Thematic Choruses of Bud Fisher and George McManus . . . 35
  4. Continuity and Syndication

    5. The Popularity and Proliferation of Comic Strips . . . 60
  5. A Flourish of Trumpets

    6. Roy Crane and the Adventure Strip . . . 70
  6. The Captain and the Comics

    7. How a Noncartoonist Shaped the Medium . . . 92
  7. Exoticism Made Real

    8. The Advent of Illustrators . . . 116
  8. Redefining the Art

    9. Milton Caniff and Terry and the Dragon Lady . . . 138
  9. What This Country Needed Was a Good Segar

    10. Popeye and the Great Depression . . . 159
  10. Peddlers and Poets

    11. The Lyric Clowns Who Captivated the Intelligensia . . . 171
  11. Of Infinite Jest

    12. The Dawn of the Modern Comic Strip . . . 202
  12. Meanwhile . . .

    13. An Ending to Begin With . . . 239
  13. Notes . . . 241
  14. Index . . . 249

Reviews in Print

  1. Gordon, Ian. [Review.] inks: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies 2.2 (May 1995): 44.
  2. Hatfield, Charles. "For the Love of Craft." The Comics Journal 175 (March 1995): 48-51.

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