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SCREWBALL! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny

Author : Paul C. Tumey
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1684051878
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book SCREWBALL! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny written by Paul C. Tumey and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of screwball comics, with new research and rare art from some of the most hilarious cartoonists of all time. Before "screwball" became a movie genre, it was a staple of other forms of American culture, including newspaper comic strips. Emerging from the pressures of a rapidly accelerating technological and information-drenched society, screwball comics offered a healthy dose of laughter and perspective. The disruptive, manic, and surreal verbal-visual comedy of these "funnies" fostered an absurdist sensibility embraced by The Marx Brothers (who took their names from a popular comic strip), W. C. Fields, Tex Avery, Spike Jones, Ernie Kovacs, and Mad magazine. Comics scholar Paul C. Tumey traces the development of screwball as a genre in magazine cartoons and newspaper comics, presenting the work of around fifteen cartoonists, with an art-stuffed chapter on each. The book offers a wealth of previously un-reprinted comics unleashing fresh views of some of America's greatest and most-loved cartoonists, including George Herriman (Krazy Kat), E.C. Segar (creator of Popeye), Rube Goldberg (The Inventions of Professor Lucifer G. Butts, A.K.), Bill Holman (Smokey Stover), and Frederick Opper (Happy Hooligan). In addition, readers will be delighted to discover previously "lost" screwball masters, such as Gene Ahern (The Squirrel Cage), Gus Mager (Sherlocko the Monk), Boody Rogers (Sparky Watts), Milt Gross (Count Screwloose), George Swanson ($alesman $am) and others. Both humorous and educational, this book is aimed at a general audience of all ages and at university comics studies programs.

The Flapper Queens

Author : Trina Robbins
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1683963237
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book The Flapper Queens written by Trina Robbins and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantagraphics celebrates The Flapper Queens, a gorgeous collection of full-color comic strips. In addition to featuring the more well-known cartoonists of the era, such as Ethel Hays, Nell Brinkley, and Virginia Huget, Eisner award-winning Trina Robbins introduces you to Eleanor Schorer, who started her career in the teens as a flowery art nouveau Nell Brinkley imitator but, by the '20s, was drawing bold and outrageous art deco illustrations; Edith Stevens, who chronicled the fashion trends, hairstyles, and social manners of the '20s and '30s in the pages of The Boston Globe; and Virginia Huget, possibly the flappiest of the Flapper Queens, whose girls, with their angular elbows and knees, seemed to always exist in a euphoric state of Charleston.

Foolish Questions

Author : Rube Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781930585843
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Foolish Questions written by Rube Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rube Goldberg's classic 'Foolish Questions' collection.

War Bears

Author : Margaret Atwood
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506708986
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book War Bears written by Margaret Atwood and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale, comes this historical fiction graphic novel tracing the Golden Age of Canadian comic books. Collects War Bears issues #1-3. Oursonette, a fictional Nazi-fighting superheroine, is created at the peak of World War II by comic book creator Al Zurakowski who dreams of making it big in the early world of comics publishing. A story that follows the early days of comics in Toronto, a brutal war that greatly strains Al personally and professionally, and how the rise of post-war American comics puts an end to his dreams. Internationally and New York Times best-selling novelist Margaret Atwood and acclaimed artist Ken Steacy collaborate for one of the most highly anticipated comic book and literary events!

Comics Ad Men

Author : Steven Brower
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1683963075
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Comics Ad Men written by Steven Brower and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comics and modern American advertising exploded into the public conscious at much the same time in the early 20th century. Collected now for the first time, the comics, cartoons, and illustrations from the OTHER career of comics creators Jack Davis, Al Capp, John Romita, Mort Meskin, Ross Andru, Sheldon Moldoff, Neal Adams, Noel Sickles, Stan Drake, Joe Simon, Basil Wolverton, Dik Browne, Clifford McBride, Hank Ketcham, Lou Fine, Daniel Clowes, and many more.

Scoop Scuttle and His Pals

Author : Basil Wolverton
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1683963970
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Scoop Scuttle and His Pals written by Basil Wolverton and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2021 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rip-roaring retrospective, Basil Wolverton’s often warped imagination combines with his outlandishly wacky visual humor to fascinate and delight It collects the ultra-rare treasures Scoop Scuttle, Mystic Moot, Bingbang Buster, and Jumpin’ Jupiter — as they’ve never been seen before! Due to the rock-bottom printing methods of 10¢ comic books, Wolverton’s intricate line work was routinely obscured, and often obliterated. In this collection, every effort has been made to restore the art to its original splendor, and to at last present the uniquely detailed graphics of this justly revered comic book master.

Funny Girls

Author : Michelle Ann Abate
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496820770
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Funny Girls written by Michelle Ann Abate and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several generations, comics were regarded as a boys’ club—created by, for, and about men and boys. In the twenty-first century, however, comics have seen a rise of female creators, characters, and readers. While this sudden presence of women and girls in comics is being regarded as new and noteworthy, the observation is not true for the genre’s entire history. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the medium was enjoyed equally by both sexes, and girls were the protagonists of some of the earliest, most successful, and most influential comics. In Funny Girls: Guffaws, Guts, and Gender in Classic American Comics, Michelle Ann Abate examines the important but long-overlooked cadre of young female protagonists in US comics during the first half of the twentieth century. She treats characters ranging from Little Orphan Annie and Nancy to Little Lulu, Little Audrey of the Harvey Girls, and Li’l Tomboy—a group that collectively forms a tradition of Funny Girls in American comics. Abate demonstrates the massive popularity these Funny Girls enjoyed, revealing their unexplored narrative richness, aesthetic complexity, and critical possibility. Much of the humor in these comics arose from questioning gender roles, challenging social manners, and defying the status quo. Further, they embodied powerful points of collection about both the construction and intersection of race, class, gender, and age, as well as popular perceptions about children, representations of girlhood, and changing attitudes regarding youth. Finally, but just as importantly, these strips shed light on another major phenomenon within comics: branding, licensing, and merchandising. Collectively, these comics did far more than provide amusement—they were serious agents for cultural commentary and sociopolitical change.

The Complete Milt Gross Comic Books and Life Story

Author : Milt Gross
Publisher : Gefen Books
ISBN 13 : 9781600105463
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Milt Gross Comic Books and Life Story written by Milt Gross and published by Gefen Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains reprints of the comic art of Milt Gross and a detailed biography of the artist with rare cartoons, advertisements, still photographs, and more. Features a fold-in introduction by "Mad" magazine's Al Jaffee.

The Mutts Winter Diaries

Author : Patrick McDonnell
Publisher : Andrews Mcmeel+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1449475655
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book The Mutts Winter Diaries written by Patrick McDonnell and published by Andrews Mcmeel+ORM. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s wintertime for our favorite furry friends, Earl and Mooch, and they have a lot to do to get ready to hibernate: Step 1: Fill their bellies with shnacky shnacks. Step 2: Cozy up on their people’s warm laps. Or maybe instead of hibernating, Mooch and Earl will help Shtinky Puddin’, Bip and Bop, and the rest of their buddies enjoy the beautiful and magical winter season. Take a peek at The Mutts Winter Diaries to find out. You can help your animal friends, too! Check out the More to Explore section in the back of TheMutts Winter Diaries to find out how you can make sure winter critters stay warm and full of shnacks through the cold, snowy months.

Milt Gross' New York

Author : Milt Gross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631401732
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Milt Gross' New York written by Milt Gross and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a mind-blowing, laugh-filled, freewheeling tour of New York, Gross' character Pop and his sidekick son blast through the East Side, The West Side, China Tow, n and Harlem. The demented-duo roar through Yankee Stadium, The New York Public Library, and Coney Island A "lost" graphic novel from one of the FIRST and MOST BRILLIANT graphic novelists: Milt Gross Listen to what Big Shot cartoonists say about Gross: "I love all his work-what a goofball " - R. Crumb; "Still Great " - Jules Feiffer; "He frees you up " - Patrick McDonnell; "Dig "- Matt Groening. Animation Resources says of this uber-rare book from 1939: "It's an amazing time capsule into life in the Big Apple in its golden age. If Weegee's Naked City depicts the front page view of this marvelous time and place, Gross' Cartoon Tour tells the Funny Pages version. "Animation Resources concludes: "Milt Gross is one of the greatest comic artists who ever lived. His drawing style is direct and funny with absolutely flawless staging, composition and expression...there's still plenty of joy in every panel "

Gross Exaggerations

Author : Milt Gross
Publisher : Fantagraphics Sunday Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780983550488
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Gross Exaggerations written by Milt Gross and published by Fantagraphics Sunday Press Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a comprehensive collection of the major comic strips from Milt Gross: Nize Baby, Count Screwloose, and Dave's Delicatessen, along with other comic strips and offerings from books and magazines.

Hillbilly Redneck

Author : Desi Northup
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530913893
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Hillbilly Redneck written by Desi Northup and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BEST of the BEST Redneck and Yo Mama jokes on the PLANET.

The Art of Rube Goldberg

Author : Rube Goldberg
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613125593
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Rube Goldberg written by Rube Goldberg and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “generously illustrated and well-designed appreciation” of the Pulitzer Prize–winning illustrator, with an introduction by New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik.(The New York Times) Cartoonist, humorist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, Rube Goldberg wrote and illustrated nearly 50,000 cartoon in his seventy-two-year career. Goldberg (1883–1970) was the most famous cartoonist of his time, best known for his comical inventions, which were syndicated in daily newspapers throughout the world. Author Jennifer George celebrates all aspects of her grandfather’s career, from his very first published drawings in his high school newspaper and college yearbook to his iconic inventions, his comic strips and advertising work, and his later sculpture and Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoons. Also included are essays from such writers and comic historians as Adam Gopnik, Al Jaffee, Carl Linich, Peter Meresca, Paul Tumey and Brian Walker, as well as rare photographs, letters, memorabilia, and patents, many reproduced here for the first time. Brilliantly designed and packaged to capture the inventiveness of Rube Goldberg’s work, The Art of Rube Goldberg is a coffee table book the whole family can enjoy. “Goldberg’s cartoons touch the edge of modern art.” —Adam Gopnik “There will likely never be another Rube Goldberg. Fortunately, his granddaughter’s wonderful book ensures that we’ll always remember this one-of-a-kind cartooning legend.” ―The Washington Times

Society Is Nix

Author : Peter Maresca
Publisher : Sunday Press (CA)
ISBN 13 : 9780983550419
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Society Is Nix written by Peter Maresca and published by Sunday Press (CA). This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mit dose kids, society is nix!" So said the Inspector about the Katzenjammer kids, but he could have been speaking of all comic strips in their formative years at the turn of the last century. From the very first color Sunday supplement, comics were a driving force in newspaper sales, even though their crude and often offensive content placed them in a whirl of controversy. Sunday comics presented a wild parody of the world and the culture that surrounded them. Society didn't stand a chance. These are the origins of the American comic strip, born at a time when there were no set styles or formats, when artistic anarchy helped spawn a new medium. Here are the earliest offerings from known greats like R. F. Outcault, George McManus, Winsor McCay, and George Herriman, along with the creations of more than fifty other superb cartoonists; over 150 Sunday comics dating from 1895 to 1915.

Wonder Woman Vol. 1: the Just War

Author : G. Willow Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781779501660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Wonder Woman Vol. 1: the Just War written by G. Willow Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston."

American Daredevil

Author : Brett Dakin
Publisher : Chapterhouse Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781988247458
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book American Daredevil written by Brett Dakin and published by Chapterhouse Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MEET LEV GLEASON, A REAL-LIFE COMICSSUPERHERO! Gleason was a titan among GoldenAge comics publishers who fought back against the censorship campaigns andparanoia of the Red Scare. After dropping out of Harvard to fight in France,Gleason moved to New York City and eventually made it big with groundbreakingtitles like Daredevil and Crime Does NotPay. Brett Dakin, Gleason's great-nephew,opens up the family archives-and the files of the FBI-to take you on a journeythrough the publisher's life and career. In American Daredevil, you'll learn thetruth about Gleason's rapid rise to the top of comics, unapologetic Progressiveactivism, and sudden fall from grace. Whetherit was Dr. Frederic Wertham and Seduction of the Innocent or the HouseUn-American Activities Committee, Gleason was always ready to take on the enemy.

The Primer of Humor Research

Author : Victor Raskin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110198495
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Primer of Humor Research written by Victor Raskin and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is intended to provide a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area. There are two primary motivations for the book. The positive one is to collect and summarize the impressive body of knowledge accumulated in humor research in and around Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research. The negative motivation is to prevent the embarrassment to and from the "first-timers," often established experts in their own field, who venture into humor research without any notion that there already exists a body of knowledge they need to acquire before publishing anything on the subject-unless they are in the business of reinventing the wheel and have serious doubts about its being round! The organization of the book reflects the main groups of scholars participating in the increasingly popular and high-powered humor research movement throughout the world, an 800 to 1,000-strong contingent, and growing. The chapters are organized along the same lines: History, Research Issues, Main Directions, Current Situation, Possible Future, Bibliography-and use the authors' definitive credentials not to promote an individual view, but rather to give the reader a good comprehensive and condensed view of the area.