The Lost Art of E.T. Reed: Prehistoric Peeps

128 pages - 11?x8.5? trade paperback edition This volume brings together all of the Prehistoric Peeps collected in Reed's lifetime as well as an extensive gallery of his varied output for Punch magazine. Comic artist, writer, and scholar Stephen Bissette (Swamp Thing, Tyrant) contributes an introduction that tackles the entire genre of caveman-and-dinosaur comics and how they have intersected with and inspired other media since Reed kicked that first avalanche-starting boulder down the cliff. In addition, this book includes a short biography of Reed by cartoons historian Mark Bryant as well as an extensive interview with Reed himself, exploring his inspirations and working methods.