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Product Identifiers

PublisherIdea & Design Works, LLC

ISBN-101613778902

ISBN-139781613778906

eBay Product ID (ePID)201612866

Product Key Features

Book TitleRipley's Believe It or Not!: Daily Cartoons 1929-1930

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicForm / Comic Strips & Cartoons, Comics & Graphic Novels / General, Curiosities & Wonders

Publication Year2014

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Humor

AuthorRobert Ripley

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight48.3 Oz

Item Length11.2 in

Item Width7.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-472658

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal741.5/6973

SynopsisRipley's Believe It or Not! Odditoriums are among the most popular attractions worldwide, yet most people don't know that it all started with a daily cartoon drawn by one man -- Robert Ripley. Originally a sports cartoonist, Ripley developed Believe It or Not! in the 1920s. By the end of the decade, the series had become a phenomenal hit. In an era when few people traveled outside their own home town, let alone out of the country, Ripley became a globetrotter, seeking stories of bizarre and unusual proportion to put in his internationally-known feature. The cartoons were adapted into radio and television programs, and helped make Ripley the highest paid cartoonist in the world. This series begins a chronological reprinting of Ripley's famous daily cartoons in hardcover collections, reminding us that first and foremost Robert Ripley -- explorer, radio, movie, and television personality, entrepreneur and museum impresario -- was an astounding artist-cartoonist. The first volume reprises cartoons from 1929 and 1930, when Ripley's fame raised him from relative obscurity to international celebrity, and includes bonus and background material from Ripley's impressive archives., Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditoriums are among the most popular attractions worldwide, yet most people don't know that it all started with a daily cartoon drawn by one man -- Robert Ripley. Originally a sports cartoonist, Ripley developed Believe It or Not in the 1920s. By the end of the decade, the series had become a phenomenal hit. In an era when few people traveled outside their own home town, let alone out of the country, Ripley became a globetrotter, seeking stories of bizarre and unusual proportion to put in his internationally-known feature. The cartoons were adapted into radio and television programs, and helped make Ripley the highest paid cartoonist in the world. This series begins a chronological reprinting of Ripley's famous daily cartoons in hardcover collections, reminding us that first and foremost Robert Ripley -- explorer, radio, movie, and television personality, entrepreneur and museum impresario -- was an astounding artist-cartoonist. The first volume reprises cartoons from 1929 and 1930, when Ripley's fame raised him from relative obscurity to international celebrity, and includes bonus and background material from Ripley's impressive archives.

LC Classification NumberNC1429.R55R57 2014