A celebration of the life and career of author and artist William Steig, discussing his work as a cartoonist for "New Yorker" magazine, his collections, his children's books, and other topics. Features examples of his art, including a portfolio of previously unpublished pieces.
Reprints nearly four hundred American editorial cartoons from the year 1975, covering the Ford administration, the energy crisis, the end of the Vietnam War, Patty Hearst, and other topics, each with introductory remarks.
Presents a collection of "Boondocks" comic strips, following the lives of Huey and Riley Freeman, two prepubescent African-American boys who have moved to an upscale, predominantly white neighborhood with their grandfather.