Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute to 35 Years of Cartoonist Profiles
Jud Hurd, . . Andrews McMeel, $29.95 (368pp) ISBN 978-0-7407-3809-8
This hefty tome is a both a collection of Hurd's profiles of cartoonists and an insider's memoir of meeting and interviewing one's heroes. The first half charts Hurd's own life, from a 12-year-old fan worshiping the Sunday funnies to the beginning of his career in comics in the 1920s. Working first in animation and then on his own syndicated comic, Hurd developed a long career in the industry, eventually beginning the magazine
Reviewed on: 06/21/2004
Genre: Fiction