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Works by Harry Katz

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Katz, Harry L.
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Superb insight into the history of comics.
 
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Brightman | 1 other review | Oct 29, 2019 |
Catalogue and collection accompanying the Library of Congress exhibition, recording the gusto and fun of the American pastime, but also its intensity and reach. The game has a rich heritage, fully studied, a richness conveyed here above all in photographs and illustrations, of subjects now long-dead but their charm captured in these images of toothy bat-boys and hearty women players, or in the self-confident American vitality set down in cover images for Saturday Evening Post and the like.
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eglinton | 1 other review | May 27, 2019 |
A wonderful coffee table book for any baseball fan, particularly one interested in the sport's history pre-1970. Wads of historical photographs of players and memorabilia, with some interesting short features including panorama photography, early baseball cards, and baseball in World War II. Interesting artifacts include a diary excerpt from a Princeton student in 1786 who is spending too much time playing "baste ball;" pictures of baseball games from young adult books from 1787 on; and the cover of the dime novel "Base-Ball Player" from 1868.… (more)
 
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BruceNesmith | 1 other review | Jul 24, 2010 |
This was a Christmas gift from my friend of fine vintage, Bob Rudolph, and a fine selection it was. This is a collection of essays and artwork about the amazing collection from the Comic Art collection of the Library of Congress. Much of it was from the donated collection of Arthur Wood, who has moved high up on my list of most-envied personages. Art Wood, as a youth, used to haunt the hangouts of the comic artists of his day and the syndicates, at first rescuing original art that, in those days, the syndicates used to throw away to make new storage space, and then obtaining free original artwork by hanging out with the artists and writing them for drawings. In this way he built up an immense collection of the likes of Ham Fisher, Charles Dana Gibson, Harrison Cady, James Montgomery Flagg, Alex Raymond, George Herriman, and a host of others. The book is arranged by topics, such as the history of cartooning, women in cartooning, cartooning and race, cartoons of 9/11, and many chapters devoted to particular cartooning greats. Each chapter is written by a different guest author, many of whom are known to me, and all are well-written and interesting. I would have made the book a bit less of a catch-all, joining together as it does newspaper comic strips, political cartoons, animation, and comic books. But the book is sumptuous enough to not leave the reader feeling shortchanged, and above all is the lovely draw of the original artwork, much of it by my favorite comic strip and carttoning creators. Thanks, Bob.… (more)
 
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burnit99 | 1 other review | Jan 14, 2007 |

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