Blondie: The Bumstead Family History

This is a 200 page history of the comic strip with mostly more recent strips. There is a brief section on some of the early strips in the series and they are excellent. One does wish that more of the earlier strips were included but let's recview what is here. Even with the more recent strips making up the bulk of the collection, Blondie is still a top comic strip and is very enjoyable. The creator Chic Young's son Dean has done a good job of updating the characters to the times while still keeping the classic themes intact. When I pick up a newspaper comics page, Blondie is still the first one I read before any others. I do agree with some of the other reviewer's in lamenting what is not here but I'll review what is here and that is still very good.

Blondie is one of the most popular comic strips in the world. This book gives descriptions of the characters, briefly tells the history of the strip and gives short biographies of the creators. Of course, there are also several hundred comic strips reprinted. Only a handful of the strips are from the early days of Blondie, with the vast majority being from the last 20 years. One interesting thing is the inclusion of tributes to Blondie by other comic strips for Blondie's 75th anniversary. I would have liked it if there were more older strips included, but the strips that are here are good. Blondie must have done something right to have lasted this long.

This is a great comprehensive book on Blondie & Dagwood. Anyone who loves Blondie should get this book!

Blondie is by far one of the best comic strips around! No wonder it has lasted this long! I grew up reading Blondie and I LOVE this book! I have been looking for awhile for a newer Blondie book with lots of strips in it, and this is it! Good clean family fun! The new comic strips of today come nowhere close to this classic!

Excellent hardcover edition of this old times comic book that has entertained seven decades. Always fun to reminisce with this classic.