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More like The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age
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From the Publisher
From Eisner Award-winning author Trina Robbins, The Flapper Queens is a gorgeous oversized hardcover collection of full-color comic strips featuring well known women cartoonists such as Nell Brinkley to lesser known artists like Virginia Huget and Edith Stevens.
"A fresh, spirited look at a colorful cultural phenomenon.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Absolutely Gorgeous
From the large front cover with metallic accents to the very back pages this book is really something to lust over. The attention to detail, page arrangements, historical information provided about each artist, and full color reproductions of each comic in their original glory leaves you in awe. It's clear the author of this book (a historian) made this a labor of love. Nothing was thrown in by chance or left for ghost writers & editors to figure out. Each page has been painstakingly put together like a scrapbook of cherished family photos. Nearly every page is printed in full color on excellent quality thick paper using bright ink. There are some strips printed in black/white to scale as they would be in the paper at that time.The sheer size of this makes it a perfect coffee table book and the lovely cover makes it pure joy to display. I've really enjoyed sitting down and going through the pages. Each time I do I see a new detail or catch on to a new pun I didn't see before.Note: As others have mentioned this book has references and illustrations we would not consider appropriate today. This collection of comics was written about 100 years ago (give/take) and clearly our society has evolved since then. This book was put together to celebrate early women in the publishing & illustration industry which was, and still is, very male dominated. It was also done to preserve part of history as the Roaring 20's are still very prominent today in fashion, pop culture, and decor. If you are purchasing this book for yourself keep that in mind as you read it. If you are purchasing this as a gift make sure you know the recipient well and consider how they may view it. Personally, I believe seeing our history and talking about it in complete honesty, both good and bad, is how we best learn as humans. Others believe things like this should be destroyed and not mentioned. Both arguments have their merits.In this review I am including one photo as an example of what this content is to assist someone else in deciding if this book if something they wish to own. The other two photos included showcase the lovely artwork found throughout the entire book in full pages.
