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Reading the Funnies

Author : Donald Phelps
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1560973684
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Funnies written by Donald Phelps and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comic strip has been a staple of American newspapers for nearly a century. It is a creation unique to cultural life and, in addition to entertainment, has commented on the way we see and view ourselves. From its high culture influence on Pop Art to its low culture appeal to children of all ages, the comic strip has had a lasting hold on the imaginations of generations. Noted writer Donald Phelps provides essays on popular classics, such as Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre (which produced Popeye), and Frank King's Gasoline Alley. His keen eye discerns the sublime qualities of this most American art form with wit and refreshing candor. Reading the Funnies offers an elegant and eloquent look into this fascinating slice of American popular culture.

The Funnies

Author : J. Robert Lennon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781941531679
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book The Funnies written by J. Robert Lennon and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Funnies is a great insider look at the world of the comic-strip industry blended with the mysteries of family dynamics.

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 Someday Funnies

Author : Michel Choquette
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810996182
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (961 download)

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Download or read book The Someday Funnies written by Michel Choquette and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of 129 never-before-published comics about the 1960s by 169 writers and artists, including Renâe Goscinny, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Art Spiegelman, and Gahan Wilson.

The Other Kind of Funnies

Author : Han Yu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135186453X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Other Kind of Funnies written by Han Yu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Other Kind of Funnies refutes the mainstream American cultural assumption that comics have little to do with technical communication-that the former are entertaining (in a low-brow sense) and juvenile, whereas the latter is practical and serious (to the point of stuffiness). The first of its kind, this book demonstrates the exciting possibilities of using comics in technical communication. It defines comics as a medium and art form that includes cartoons, comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels; provides conceptual and historical backgrounds on comics; and discusses the appeals and challenges of using comics-style technical communication. More specifically, it examines comics-style instructions, educational materials, health/risk communication, and political/propaganda communication. The author argues that comics-style technical communication encourages reader participation, produces covert persuasion, facilitates intercultural communication, benefits underprivileged audiences such as children and readers of lower literacy, and challenges the positivist view of technical communication. An abundance of comics-style technical communication examples, carefully selected from across cultures and times, demonstrates the argument. While the book proposes that comics can create user-friendly, visually oriented, engaging, and socially responsible technical communication, it is also quick to acknowledge the limitations and challenges of comics-style technical communication and provides heuristics on how to cope with them. The Other Kind of Funnies is unique in its interdisciplinary approach. It focuses on technical communication but speaks to design, cultural and intercultural studies, historical studies, and to some extent, education, politics, and art.

The Art of the Funnies

Author : Robert C. Harvey
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9780878056743
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Funnies written by Robert C. Harvey and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1994 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comic strip was created by rival newspapers of the Hearst and the Pulitzer organizations as a device for increasing circulation. In the United States it quickly became an institution that soon spread worldwide as a favorite form of popular culture. What made the comic strip so enduring? This fascinating study by one of the few comics critics to develop sound critical principles by which to evaluate the comics as works of art and literature unfolds the history of the funnies and reveals the subtle art of how the comic strip blends words and pictures to make its impact. Together, these create meaning that neither conveys by itself. The Art of The Funnies offers a critical vocabulary for the appreciation of the newspaper comic strip as an art form and shows that full awareness of the artistry comes from considering both the verbal and the visual elements of the medium. The techniques of creating a comic strip - breaking down the narrative, composition of the panel, planning the layout - have remained constant since comic strips were originated. Since 1900 with Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland key cartoonists have relied on the union of words and pictures to give the funnies their continuing appeal. This art has persisted in such milestone achievements as Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff, George McManus's Bringing Up Father, Sidney Smith's The Gumps, Roy Crane's Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy, Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie, Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Zack Mosley's Smilin' Jack, Harold Foster's Tarzan, Alex Raymond's Secret Agent X-9, Jungle Jim, and Flash Gordon, Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates, E. C. Segar's Popeye, George Herriman's Krazy Kat, and Walt Kelly's Pogo. In morerecent times with Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey, Charles Schulz's Peanuts. Johnny Hart's B.C., T.K. Ryan's Tumbleweeds, Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, and Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, the artform has evolved with new developments, yet the aesthetics of the funnies remain basic. The Art of The Funnies unearths new information and weighs the influence of syndication upon the medium. Though the funnies go in ever new directions, perceiving the interdependency of words and pictures, as this book shows, remains the key to understanding the art.

Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies

Author : Tom De Haven
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312421335
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies written by Tom De Haven and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-11-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1930s world of strip cartoons through the eyes of Al Beady, a lightning-fast pulp fiction writer. He writes text for "Derby Dugan, " a cartoon on an orphan boy and his smart-aleck talking dog, serving as comic relief for hard times.

Do You Talk Funny?

Author : David Nihill
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1942952287
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Do You Talk Funny? written by David Nihill and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change. In what doesn't sound like the best plan ever, David decided to overcome his fears by pretending to be an accomplished comedian called "Irish Dave" for one full year, crashing as many comedy clubs, festivals, and shows as possible. One part of the plan was at least logical: he was already Irish and already called Dave. In one year, David went from being deathly afraid of public speaking to hosting a business conference, regularly performing stand-up comedy and winning storytelling competitions in front of packed houses. And he did it by learning from some of the best public speakers in the world: stand-up comedians. Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker shows how the key principles of stand-up comedy can be applied to your speaking engagements and presentations to make you funnier, more interesting, and better looking. (Or at least two of the three.) Whether you are preparing for a business presentation, giving a wedding toast, defending your thesis, raising money from investors, or simply want to take on something you're afraid of, this book will take you from sweaty to stage-ready. You'll learn how to: - Craft a story and content that your audience will want to listen to - Find the funniest parts of your material and how to get to them faster - Deal with stage fright - Master the two most important parts of your performance: timing and delivery Ten percent of the author's proceeds from this book will go to Arash Bayatmakou via Help Hope Live until he is fully back on his feet and thereafter to one of the many facing the same challenges after suffering a severe spinal cord injury.

The Sunday Funnies, 1896-1950

Author : Richard Marschall
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780877540694
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Sunday Funnies, 1896-1950 written by Richard Marschall and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 1978 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Founding Fathers Funnies

Author : Peter Bagge
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1630085545
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Founding Fathers Funnies written by Peter Bagge and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Revolution has never been funnier! America's founding fathers were brilliant, brave, forward-thinking. . . and ridiculous, at least in the eyes of cartoonist and history buff Peter Bagge! "I find myself laughing out loud whenever I read of their foibles, especially when their oversized egos clashed," says the author. This collection of short vignettes features some of our country's best-known historical figures (along with several lesser-known players) and includes all Founding Fathers Funnies cartoons from Apocalypse Nerd and Dark Horse Presents. This hardcover also features several brand new stories and additional biographical information! "I can count on one hand the number of comic artists whose work is as strong . . . Maybe on two or three fingers." -Robert Crumb "Peter Bagge is one of the best comic storytellers ever." -Vice "Peter Bagge remains one of those premiere old-school 80s/90s alt-cartoonists who built their careers one corrosively funny page at a time." -The A.V. Club

Funnies from the Morgue

Author : Mark Cline
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Funnies from the Morgue written by Mark Cline and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you like the humor of the old EC comics "Tales From The Crypt ", you'll thoroughly enjoy Mark Cline's 102 page fully illustrated "Funnies From The Morgue". There are 11 individual stories beautifully written and illustrated by famed entertainer and theme park attraction builder Mark Cline, also known as "The Barnum of the Blue Ridge". Included also is a bonus thriller by his older brother Steven Cline. A maniacal milk man chases the morning paper boy. A plumber hopelessly falls in love with a turd told in tragic Shakespearean fashion. A near sighted vampire and his rat are buried in the rubble of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. There are giant tape worms, one and a half headed aliens, a zombie superhero with ADHD, Van Gogh as a tormented werewolf-even Bigfoot as well as the Devil as an exorcise equipment salesman. There are lots more monsters to entertain you in this twisted collection of bizarre tales of love, loss and revenge!"

The Funnies

Author : Paul A. Mendelson
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1913208974
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Funnies written by Paul A. Mendelson and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Marius is on the run from the Government. He’s the only one in the whole nation that values his sense of humour. Everyone else was de-humoured at birth – well, most people were. Yet somehow with Marius there was a glitch.

Fabulous Fishing Funnies

Author : Jonny Hawkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1629149438
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Fabulous Fishing Funnies written by Jonny Hawkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of more than 150 comics from popular cartoonist Jonny Hawkins. Any fisherman who has ever been annoyed by the braggart fisherman loudly celebrating every single catch or who has ever wondered what goes through the minds of fish as they watch the hook descend upon them will be in good company here. Fabulous Fishing Funnies finds something funny in every possible fishing scenario, some realistic, others more imaginative. Reluctant relatives feasting on stuffed fish for Thanksgiving, a knight fishing with night crawlers, and a grizzly juggling fish are all featured. In this second volume of comics for anglers, Jonny Hawkins’s humor turns on hilarious wordplay and comical contradictions, celebrating the absurd in mundane situations. The next time you’ve been waiting forever to feel a bite, remember these cartoons and you may just find your mood lifting instead. With more than 150 original, beautifully illustrated, and playfully captioned cartoons, this collection of fishing antics is sure to become a classic from syndicated cartoonist Jonny Hawkins. The perfect gift for anyone who has ever laughed at himself or a friend while fishing, Fabulous Fishing Funnies is page after page of laughs. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Last Of The Funnies

Author : Mike Cope
Publisher : Mike Cope
ISBN 13 : 1438264127
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book The Last Of The Funnies written by Mike Cope and published by Mike Cope. This book was released on 2008-08-17 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a worldwide energy and economic crisis, newspapers have ceased production and nearly every form of art and entertainment is a digital simulation. In this seemingly impossible (but plausible) future, a crusty old cartoonist named Frost has a great gift to leave Giles, his only child. Frost is the creator of Li'l Nibs; the most celebrated comic strip about four little aliens who crash-landed on Earth during the crisis and aptly announced, "Weez Comez in Peez!" However, to Giles, the funnies have caused nothing but conflict in his life. He's grown to resent Frost's crudely hand-drawn creations. But as the young Virtual Art professor soon learns, things aren't always as they appear. Like a cartoon wizard behind ink-stained curtains, Frost weaves a whimsical tale about the origins of the funnies, webcomics, and a terrorizing menace that threatens to kidnap every artist's childhood dreams! Whether Giles believes it or not, the fate of the funnies is in his hands.

The Funnies

Author : Ron Goulart
Publisher : Adams Media Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Funnies written by Ron Goulart and published by Adams Media Corporation. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies

Author : Art Spiegelman
Publisher : HarperColl
ISBN 13 : 9780060286248
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies written by Art Spiegelman and published by HarperColl. This book was released on 2000-10-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasure and a treasury! Innovative cartoonist and renowned children's book artists from around the world have gathered to bring you the magic of fairy tales through the wonder of comics. The stories range from old favorites to new discoveries, from the profound to the silly. A treat for all ages, these picture stories unlock the enchanted door into the pleasures of books and reading! Best Children's Books 2000 (PW)

Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607064022
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short comics that present an alternative view of the Savage Dragon, created by a variety of independent cartoonists including Erik Larsen, Benjamin Marra, Rachel Friere, Kat Roberts, Giannis Milonogiannis, George O'Connor, and others.