The Funnies: 100 Years of American Comic Strips

A single-issue celebration from F+W Media, The Funnies: 100 Years of American Comic Strips (1995) offers a brisk, affectionate survey of the newspaper comic strip’s first century. It distills a century of daily and Sunday humor, adventure, and drama into a compact overview, highlighting the artists and strips that defined the form. Though brief, it serves as a handy primer for anyone curious about the medium’s rich, pre-superhero heritage.