"Weird
But True Toon Factoids"
by Craig Yoe
Gramercy, 1999
If you thought
those funny pages and comic books were perfectly harmless, then you're
in for a shock of the best kind. Craig Yoe has gathered all types of facts
about our favorite cartoon characters and presents it in a Ripley's
Believe It Or Not format. From the dawn of the political cartoons
to modern animated t.v. series, Yoe tells you all the behind-the-scenes
storied that came about and because of these drawings. Some examples
include how the size and configuration of the Jetson's beds changed during
the course of their series, how Elvis based his looks on Captain Marvel,
Jr., how president F.D.R. insisted that a Mickey Mouse cartoon be shown
before every movie he saw, and that Simpson's creator Matt
Groening hid his initials in Homer Simpson's head. We bachelors known the
best part of the newspaper is always the funny pages, and for those who
doubted the power of the comic strip just look through these pages and
find how comics changed political elections and social changes...oh, and
they do a pretty good job of making you laugh too.
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