{"product_id":"9780374713041","title":"Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant history of the cartoonists and illustrators from the Connecticut School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a period of about fifty years, right in the middle of the American Century, many of the the nation’s top comic-strip cartoonists, gag cartoonists, and magazine illustrators lived within a stone’s throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut—a bit of bohemia in the middle of those men in their gray flannel suits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCullen Murphy’s father, John Cullen Murphy, drew the wildly popular comic strips \u003ci\u003ePrince Valiant \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBig Ben Bolt\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the heart of this artistic milieu. Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit group—\u003ci\u003eSuperman\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Beetle Bailey\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Snuffy Smith\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Rip Kirby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHagar the Horrible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHi and Lois\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Sam\u0026amp;Silo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Id\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Juliet Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFamily Circus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoe Palooka\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lockhorns\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Cartoonists and their art were a pop-cultural force in a way that few today remember. Anarchic and deeply creative, the cartoonists were independent spirits whose artistic talents had mainly been forged during service in World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with never-before-seen photographs, cartoons, and drawings, \u003ci\u003eCartoon County\u003c\/i\u003e brings the postwar American era alive, told through the relationship of a son to his father, an extraordinarily talented and generous man who had been trained by Norman Rockwell. \u003ci\u003eCartoon County\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a glimpse into a very special community—and of an America that used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104141525232,"sku":"9780374713041","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374713041_p0.jpg?v=1763691515","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374713041","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}