{"product_id":"the-collected-doug-wright-canadas-master-cartoonist-1949-to-1962-9781897299524","title":"The Collected Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist: 1949 to 1962","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA career-spanning retrospective of one of the masters of North American cartooning \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first of a historic two-volume set, \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first-ever comprehensive look at the life and career of one of the most-read and best-loved cartoonists of the 1960s. Compiled in cooperation with Doug Wright's family, it draws from thousands of pieces of art, pictures, letters, and the artist's own journals to provide a fully rounded view of Wright, both as a cartoonist and as an individual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume One follows the artistic development of the British-born cartoonist from his earliest unpublished work to the first days of his most enduring comic strip, \u003ci\u003eNipper\u003c\/i\u003e. First published in 1949, a full year before the debut of \u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e, this wordless strip perfectly captured the humorous--and frustrating--side of parenting for several generations of both young and old. Remembered by many for Wright's cartoon children's striped shirts and bald heads, \u003ci\u003eNipper\u003c\/i\u003e quickly grew into a Canadian phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesigned by the acclaimed cartoonist and \u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e designer Seth and featuring a biographical essay by the writer Brad Mackay, this lavish hardcover collection gives Wright's career the recognition it has long been due. The introduction is by one of the most famous working cartoonists today, Lynn Johnston of the syndicated heavyweight comic strip \u003ci\u003eFor Better or For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI don't think I'd have had the basics needed to do a syndicated comic strip had it not been for Doug Wright (Lynn Johnston, from the introduction).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781897299524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 15.00h x 11.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2009 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2009 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doug Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361561084085,"sku":"9781897299524","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_df32edb6-58bb-46bb-a828-953dcb13a802.jpg?v=1701192010","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-collected-doug-wright-canadas-master-cartoonist-1949-to-1962-9781897299524","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}