As an amateur comics historian, I'm glad to read this third collection of the classic comic strip "Skippy". But I'm a tad disillusioned; the second and third volumes have dispelled my long-held near worship of the strip. Prior to this complete reprinting, virtually every compilation I'd seen of the strip evidently hailed from the marvelous first year, which entirely lived up to my expectations. But sometime after that, Crosby seems to have both run out of fresh ideas, and allowed his strongly-held political and religious views to permeate the strip, to the point of tediously having Skippy pontificate to his young friends in a thoroughly un-childlike and unfunny manner. This situation hasn't improved by this third volume; there are only a few strips that harken back to the early glory days. But at least Crosby's marvelous artwork is always on display; "Skippy" is one of the best-drawn strips in comics history. Crosby especially excels in the effortless grace and economy of his lines suggesting swift movement. ( )