This 1979 Dover collection of strips originally published in 1931 rank with the best of 20th century newspaper comics. The ravages of the Great Depression hit Little Orphan Annie and Daddy Warbucks hard; they first lose their entire savings and then are homeless when a competing businessman/gangster burns their mansion down. This is just the beginning of the tragedies herein, but both fight back against adversity with hard work and indefatigable optimism. Annie even adopts another orphan along the way! Beautifully drawn, imminently readable, these Dickensian tales stand the test of time and are most recommended.
The source material was provided at the time by Bill Blackbeard's San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, and is far superior in quality to the same strips published in book form by Fantagraphics.
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