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artbook review: Where's Dennis? - gad - 05-11-2011 05:44 AM artbook review: Where's Dennis? The Magazine Cartoon Art of Hank Ketcham Product Details Paperback: 200 pages Publisher: Fantagraphics Books (October 17, 2007) Language: English Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches Hank Ketcham is most famously known as the creator of the comic strip Dennis the Menace. this book presents a varied collection of Hank Ketcham's works, from a time he worked as a commercial advertising illustrator and gag cartoonist, before he created of Dennis the Menace. the book begines with a breef intrudaction of the artist history as a cartoonist, and continues with full page illustrations, mostly black and white illustration, with a few colored ones. many of the gags are much more sleazy and adult oriented then the famous Dennis the Menace. their are also a few examples of cartoon gags, that where early incarnations of what will become Dennis the Menace. in a whole it is a very extensive collection of works from a wonderful illustrator, and a must have to any one who likes cartoons and illustration. the book is available in AMAZON and BARNES & NOBLE: http://www.amazon.com/Wheres-Dennis-Magazine-Cartoon-Ketcham/dp/product-description/1560978538 http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Wheres-Dennis/Hank-Ketcham/e/9781560978534