Curtis
$74.64
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2027
Summary
A landmark career retrospective celebrating Ray Billingsley, the cartooning powerhouse behind Curtis, America’s longest-running syndicated comic strip about middle-class Black life. This is a must-have collector’s item with never-before-seen art and ephemera.
For almost 40 years, Ray Billingsley has written about the life of Curtis Wilkins and his family in the longest-running Black-created comic strip. Beginning his professional career at age 12, Billingsley was determined t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770468986 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770468986 |
| Author: | Ray Billingsley |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 267mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
Curtis has won over the hearts of millions of readers and continues to evolve with its audience. NPR. Through the lens of the Wilkins family, whose members live in a brownstone in an unspecified city, the cartoonist could mine his own childhood for humor while also thoughtfully addressing such serious issues as smoking, drug addiction, bullying and covid-19. The Washington Post
Ray Billingsley
Ray Billingsley has been selling cartoons professionally for more than 45 years. Born in 1957, he was raised in Harlem. He won his first cartooning award at age eight and became a staff artist for KIDS magazine at 12. He attended the La Guardia High School of Music & Art and received a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts.
After a short stint at Disney, Billingsley created a nationally syndicated strip titled Lookin’ Fine at age 21, which ran from 1980-1982 under United Features Syndicate. Subsequently, King Features Syndicate launched Curtis in 1988, which debuted daily in 250 newspapers and digital platforms and has since expanded to 325 outlets worldwide.
Billingsley is the first Cartoonist of Color to win the prestigious Reuben Award.
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