"Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Chic Young (Blondie), Gary Trudeau (Doonesbury), Al Capp (Li'l Abner), Jim Davis (Garfield), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy), Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Rudolph Dirks (The Katzenjammer Kids), Alex Raymond (Rip Kirby), Chester Gould (Dick Tracy), Frank King (Gasoline Alley), and other cartoonists whose comic strips appeared in American newspapers between 1945 to 1980 are featured in this work.

The author provides biographies of the cartoonists, with special attention to their careers and characters."--BOOK JACKET.