Robert C. Harvey, Commerce City, Colorado, comics historian and critic, is a cartoonist who has written for The Comics Journal, Comics Buyers' Guide, and Cartoonist PROfiles. Among his books are The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History, The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History, Accidental Ambassador Gordo: The Comic Strip Art of Gus Arriola, and Milton Caniff: Conversations, all published by University Press of Mississippi.