Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Sports and Human Body
Author | : Robert Ripley |
Publisher | : Arrow |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2013-06-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 0099567989 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780099567981 |
Rating | : 4/5 (981 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Sports and Human Body written by Robert Ripley and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odditoriums are among the most popular attractions worldwide, yet most people don't know that it all started with a daily cartoon drawn by one man - Robert Ripley. Originally a sports cartoonist, Ripley developed Believe It or Not in the 1920s. By the end of the decade, the series had become a phenomenal hit. In an era when few people traveled outside their own home town, let alone out of the country, Ripley became a globetrotter, seeking stories of bizarre and unusual proportion to put in his internationally-known feature. The cartoons were adapted into radio and television programs, and helped make Ripley the highest paid cartoonist in the world. This series begins a chronological reprinting of Ripley's famous daily cartoons in hardcover collections, reminding us that first and foremost Robert Ripley - explorer, radio, movie, and television personality, entrepreneur and museum impresario - was an astounding artist-cartoonist. The first volume reprises cartoons from 1929 and 1930, when Ripley's fame raised him from relative obscurity to international celebrity, and includes bonus and background material from Ripley's impressive archives.