Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis the Menace 1959-1960

 Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace one
panel gags have enjoyed folklore status for many years. Based on his
estranged son, Hank has enjoyed fame through newspapers and
merchandising such as Diary Queen images of the character on various
ice-cream products of the company. The grit and shrewdness of Dennis is
as universal from Mark Twain’s Huck and Tom to Calvin. This is volume
five for Fantagraphics great reprinted collection of pristine quality.

Dennis the Menace is the second most popular cartoon kid in the world;
he’s a global publishing, merchandising and multi-media phenomenon,
with over 50 million book collections sold, the fondly remembered
live-action TV show from 1959-63, two major motion pictures in the
’90s, a full-length animated film in 2002, and many other media
tie-ins. Readers of over 1,000 newspapers currently enjoy the strip
every day.

 


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