JOHN A. LENT has studied comics for more than thirty years. Besides his professorial duties, he is managing editor of WittyWorld International Cartoon Magazine. He is the author or editor of forty-seven books and monographs, and hundreds of articles. The first three volumes of this international study of comic art literature are: Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons in the United States and Canada: An International Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994), Comic Art of Europe: An International Comprehensive Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994), and Comic Books and Comic Strips in the United States: An International Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994). The third volume of this series was awarded Best Bibliographies in History, 1995, History Section, RASD, American Library Association and 1994 Ray and Pat Browne National Book Award for Best Text, Reference, or Resource Work in the Field of Popular Culture.

• Forewords Less Outside Influence, Fewer Commentary Cartoons by Effat Abdel Azim, Esmail, Egypt Cartooning-Art of the Underdog and Dissenter by Abu Abraham, India Latin American Cartooning: Progress, Prospects, and Problems by Ares (Aristides Esteban Hernandez Guerrero), Cuba Preface Acknowledgments Multi-Regional Perspectives Africa Continental and Inter-Country Perspectives Algeria Angola Cameroon Egypt Kenya Liberia Libya Madagascar Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Tunisia Middle East Regional and Inter-Country Perspectives Iran Iraq Israel Lebanon Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Asia Continental and Inter-Country Perspectives Bangladesh Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Vietnam Australia and Oceania Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Central and South America Regional and Inter-Country Perspectives Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Caribbean Regional and Inter-Country Perspectives Cuba Guyana Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad Addendum Asia Australia Central and South America Caribbean Middle East Author Index Subject Index