King of the Comics - 100 Years of King Features
| King of the Comics - 100 Years of King Features | |
 Cover artist: (various artists) | |
| Country/language: |  USA / English
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| Format: | 23.5 × 30.5 cm |
| Pages: | 308 pgs, b/w and full colour |
| Publishing date: | August 2016 |
| Editor: | John Barber |
| Publishing company: | IDW Publishing |
| Preceded by: | n/a |
| Followed by: | n/a |
| ISBN 9781631403736 | |
King of the Comics - 100 Years of King Features is an American book, published in 2015 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of King Features Syndicate. It was nominated for two 2016 Eisner Awards: "Best Comics-Related Book" and "Best Publication Design".
The book relates the impact that "King Features Syndicate " has had on popular culture From the earliest days when William Randolph Hearst first added cartoons to his newspapers to the recent and modern comics creations.
An softcover edition was released in August 2018 with the ISBN number 978-1-64405-339-1.
Two "Mandrake" Sunday strip are reproduced in the book: 1°) the September 29, 1935 Sunday page (on page 182 / full page in color / story "Land of the Fakirs" and 2°) the October 18, 1936 Sunday page (on page 183 / full page in bl.& w. / story "Chamber into the X Dimension".
Contents
- (page 7) Introduction by Brendan Burford
- (page 11) Chapter One: William Randolph Hearst and the Founding of an Empire by Brian Walker
- (page 39) Chapter Two Gags, Situation Comedies and the Birth of King Features by Bruce Canwell
- (page 71) Chapter Three: Developing a Sophisticated Language of Comics by Jared Gardnder
- (page 105) Chapter Four: The Glory Days: Or, Believe It or Not by Ron Goulart
- (page 199) Chapter Five: Comics at War by Ron Goulart
- (page 233) Chapter Six: The Times are A'Changin' by Bruce Canwell
- (page 253) Chapter Seven; Unlimited New Horizons by Bruce Canwell
- (page 273) Chapter Eight: Adapting to a New Age by Brian Walker
- (page 306) Index.