Betsy & Me by Jack Cole

Low stock: 7 left

152mm x 215mm x 12mm

Pages: 104

by Jack Cole
Having mastered comic books and gag cartoons, in 1958, nearly two decades after he unveiled Plastic Man to the world, Jack Cole set his sights on the cartoonists pot of gold - a syndicated newspaper strip. He hit the bulls-eye with Betsy and Me, a breezy domestic farce focusing on a middle-class urban couple and their smart-aleck genius son. Betsy and Me was an instant success and newspapers were lining up to buy it. Then, with only two-and-a-half months worth of strips completed, Cole purchased a .22 caliber pistol and ended his life. R.C. Harveys insightful introduction serves as a biographical sketch, and sheds light on the circumstances surrounding Coles suicide.