Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 pirate narrative creator of Popeye

creator of Popeye

pixies and — of course — cartoonists

and the gang enjoy several lively rounds of tennis — which is why the legendary Billie Jean King provides the perfect serve with this volume's introduction

Valiant meets his bride-to-be face-to-face

Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 pirate narrative creator of PopeyeA massive anthology collecting one of the medium's indispensable masters: Alex Toth. Toth's influence on the art of comic books is incalculable. As his generation was the first to grow up with the new 10 cent full color pamphlets, he came to the medium with a fresh eye, and enough talent and discipline to graphically strip it down its to its bare essentials. His efforts reached fruition at Standard Comics, creating an entire school of imitators and