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Genre/Form: | Cartoons (Humor) Caricatures and cartoons Pictorial works Caricatures et dessins humoristiques Cartoons and caricatures |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Cartoon America. New York : Abrams, 2006 (OCoLC)607779421 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Harry L Katz |
ISBN: | 0810954907 9780810954908 |
OCLC Number: | 64336016 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Performer(s): | Tony Auth, James H. Billington, R.O. Blechman, Brumsic Brandon, Jr., John Canemaker, Lucy Caswell, Roz Chast, Paul Conrad, Sara Duke, Alan Fern, Bill Griffith, Robert C. Harvey, Nicole Hollander, Lynn Johnston, Kevin "Kal" Kallaugher, Harry Karz, Martha Kennedy, David Levine, Paul Levitz, Patrick McDonnell, Elena Millie, Pat Oliphant, Mike Peters, Wendy Wick Reaves, Trina Robbins, Jerry Robinson, Edward Sorel, Art Spiegelman, Ron Tyler, John Updike, Brian Walker, Chris Ware, Judith Weschler, Richard West an. |
Description: | 323 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
Contents: | A cartoon odyssey / J. Arthur Wood, Jr. -- A brief history of American cartooning / Harry Katz -- Cartoon connoisseurship: what makes a great cartoon great? / Alan Fern -- Honore Daumier and censorship / Judith Wechsler -- An explosion of color: the age of the chromolithographic weekly / Richard West -- Posada, printmaker to the Mexican people / Ron Tyler -- The yellow kid / Jerry Robinson -- Art, architecture, and abstraction: Feininger in the funnies / Art Spiegelman -- Rose O'Neill and Nell Brinkley / Trina Robbins -- Reginald Marsh's New Yorker cartoons ; Winsor McCay's political cartoons / Martha Kennedy -- John Held, Jr.: the jazz-age cartoonist / Elena Millie -- Every picture tells a story / Brian Walker -- Frank King's Gasoline Alley / Chris Ware -- K'mon "Klio" tune up the old harp, and Let's go. Zip. Pow! / Patrick McDonnell -- Blondie gets married / Sara Duke -- Clare Briggs's small-town humor / Edward Sorel -- Humor devoid of nonsence: the caricature drawings of Miguel Covarrubias and Al Hirschfeld / Wendy Wick Reaves -- Animation art at the Library of Congress / John Canemaker -- The midwestern school of editorial cartooning / Lucy Caswell -- Cartoonists rally during World War II / Sara Duke -- Charles Schulz and Mort Walker / Robert C. Harvey -- A lively primitivism: James Thurber / John Updike -- Comic book treasures / Paul Levitz -- Consider Saul Steinberg / R.O. Blechman -- Feiffer's gift / Harry Katz -- Caricature and communication / David Levine -- Political drawings: the British tradition / Pat Oliphant -- Thank you, Ollie Harrington! / Brumsic Brandon, Jr. -- Born of upheaval: cartoons of the Vietnam War / Tony Auth -- Underground comix / Bill Griffith -- On cartooning / Roz Chast -- Mothers, don't let your daughters grow up to be cartoonists! / Nicole Hollander -- Jimmy misses Superman: Jeff MacNelly / Mike Peters -- The joy of writing / Lynn Johnston -- Caricature as weapon / Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher -- God, we had fun: to Herblock / Paul Conrad -- Cartoons of 9/11 / Martha Kennedy. |
Responsibility: | [edited by] Harry Katz. |
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Abstract:
Caricatures and cartoons often depict the principal events and figures of the day; they are an indelible and indigenous part of American culture. This book speaks of the US nation's creativity and resilience, its desire to educate and entertain, laugh at its quirks and foibles and challenge its political leaders and public figures to do better.
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