Every couple years I open this up and try to read it but I just can't get very far. Pictures are nice, but the font is hard to read, and it's not really all that interesting.

Old fashioned? Sure, what do you expect? This work is 100 years old, on average. Storyline is pretty corny, but graphics are absolutely wonderful. ( )

Being a large-format reproduction of the seminal cartoon from the early 20th century. Actually, pace its cult status, meseems that the strip deteriorated noticeably after the first year, but at its best it retains its capacity to amaze with its depth of graphic vision ( )

brilliant ( )

2nd edition, 1974