Aspiring cartoon artists, comic book collectors, and nostalgia buffs will discover a happy combination of cartoon history and practical instruction in this color-illustrated book. Author Vincent Woodcock presents an overview of cartoon history showcases humorous characters as they appeared in 19th-century satire, in childrens books, in cartoons of the 1920s, in Hollywood animation of the 1940s, and in todays manga and anime cartoons. Barrons Educational Series