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George McManus’
BRINGING UP FATHER
Foreword by Bill Blackbeard and Introduction by R.C. Harvey
In 1904, a young George McManus was hired by Pulitzer’s New York World as a cartoonist. While he was there he created such strips as The Newlyweds which many comics historians consider the first family comic strip. In 1912, William Randolph Hearst hired McManus away to start a comic strip about a guy called Jiggs, a lower class man who came into a lot of money. With their new wealth, Maggie, Jiggs’ wife, wanted to enter the upper crust of society but Jiggs just wanted to hang out with his old friends at the local bar playing cards and pool and eat his simple favorite foods. This is the classic strip Bringing Up Father which became the second longest comic strip of the 20th Century. Now, for the first time, Forever Nuts presents all the dailies of the first two years of this classic comic strip, many of which have not been reprinted since they first appeared over 90 years ago. Discover why McManus became known as one of the greats in the field.
“This is the third volume in NBM’s new series of classic comic strip reprints, and it is their best thus far. Perhaps the greatest pleasure in McManus’s work is the palpable pleasure that he always takes in his work. The dawning of that pleasure is on display in this terrific volume.” -Gutter Geek @ The Comics Journal
"Bringing Up Father” was a much copied strip, not only for its simple and engaging premise, but also for creator George McManus’ beautiful art."
-Andrew Capt. Comics Smith, Scripps Howard Papers
"Masterful character development."
-Highlowcomics
“The gags are funny and well-designed, with a freewheeling spirit that’s held up well over the past century.”
-The Onion
“I began to appreciate the inventiveness of the comic, despite always following the same basic situation. The drawing of the comic also impressed me. It didn’t strike me immediately, but it is a sophisticated, well-drawn comic."
-Sequential Tart
“One of the most popular and longest-running comic strips. Soon, McManus would develop into one of the funnies’ leading stylists.” -Booklist
11x81/2, 192pp., B&W jacketed hardcover, $24.95,
ISBN 978-1-56163-556-6
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