Overview

Before Marilyn and Madonna, Betty booped and wriggled her way into hearts worldwidewith her unique mix of wide-eyed innocence and powerful cartoon sensuality. Althoughshe made her film debut as a curvaceous canine cabaret singer in the Max Fleischer shortDizzy Dishes on August 9, 1930, Betty Boop remains animation's first leading lady and aglamorous international icon.This beautiful volume collects Betty's adventures as they appeared in the funny pages ofdaily newspapers in the 1930's, capturing all the cheeky fun embodied by the character

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This book belongs in any collection of comic strip history - ICV2 .. .our eyes popped like Roger Rabbit - Heroes Online If you've only seen the character in modern advertisements, do yourself a favor and enjoy Betty Boop at the height of her original era in a volume that captures all of her cheeky fun. - Broken Frontier .. .the introduction by Brian Walker gives informative insight into the creation of Betty Boop and her multiple formations as a leading animation lady, a comic strip lead, and eventually a popular icon - Forces of Geek .. .reading through the strips collected here makes you see she was very much ahead of her time. - Project Fandom

This book belongs in any collection of comic strip history - ICV2 <p/> .. .our eyes popped like Roger Rabbit - Heroes Online <p/> If you've only seen the character in modern advertisements, do yourself a favor and enjoy Betty Boop at the height of her original era in a volume that captures all of her cheeky fun. - Broken Frontier <p/> .. .the introduction by Brian Walker gives informative insight into the creation of Betty Boop and her multiple formations as a leading animation lady, a comic strip lead, and eventually a popular icon - Forces of Geek <p/> .. .reading through the strips collected here makes you see she was very much ahead of her time. - Project Fandom

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Max Fleischer was an animation pioneer who established Fleischer Studios, credited with bringing the famous cartoon characters Betty Boop and Popeye to the movie screen for the first time in the 1930s. Bud Counihan is a cartoon artist who illustrated Betty Boop and created the newspaper strip Little Napoleon. He also worked with Chic Young on Blondie.

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