Barnaby Volume Three

by Crockett Johnson

Other authorsJeff Smith (Introduction), Philip Nel (Editor), Jack Morley (Author), Ted Ferro (Author)

Hardcover, 2016

Status

Available

Call number

NC1429.J53 A43

Series

Barnaby (Vol. 3 (1946-1947))

Genres

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels and Comics

Comics

Publication

Fantagraphics (2016), Edition: Illustrated, 372 pages

Description

The comic revolves around a precocious five-year-old named Barnaby Baxter and his fairy godfather Jackeen J. O'Malley. Yet O'Malley, a cigar-chomping, bumbling con-artist and fast-talker, is not your typical protector. His grasp of magic is usually specious at best, limited to occasional flashes, often aided and abetted by his fellow members in The Elves, Leprechauns, Gnomes, and Little Men's Chowder & Marching Society.

User reviews

LibraryThing member burnit99

As Crockett Johnson became more and more involved in other projects in 1946 and 1947, he entrusted the reins of "Barnaby" (one of the great under-appreciated comic strips) to ghostwriter (heh) Ted Ferro and ghost-illustrator Jack Morley. Two unusual aspects of this common device with popular comic

strips was that (a) the substitute team was allowed to sign their work, and (b) there was very little alteration in style, either in writing or in art. At most there was a lean toward Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley getting involved in current politics more than before. This is still a delightful and charming work of comic genius, which was an obvious inspiration for many elements of "Pogo" and "Calvin and Hobbes".

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LibraryThing member villemezbrown

With this volume, Crockett Johnson steps back from the daily grind of the comic strip for a while, bringing on writer Ted Ferro and artist Jack Morley to take over the strip. The reduction in quality is fairly slight as Barnaby and O'Malley keep on keeping on. Many of the topics touched on in the

post-World War II era of the strip are still relevant today, with storylines about housing shortages, school board activists, nuclear brinkmanship, and border disputes. But there are also some lighter bits with baseball, a dog show, and a romantic courtship à la Cyrano de Bergerac.

I'm looking forward to the next volume where Johnson gets more involved with the strip again.

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