The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg
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Dimensions: 6.13 x 1.14 x 9.25 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0801880445
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801880440
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Print length: 344 pages
Publication date: June 15, 2005
subtitle: Hardcover – June 15, 2005
author: Visit Amazon's Iain Topliss Page search results Iain Topliss
review: Editorial Reviews Review Delight, mixed with criticism, is apparent throughout. (Nina C. Ayoub Chronicle of Higher Education ) A major study of a minor but vital mirror to our society. ( Library Journal ) Very intelligent... A good collection of notable cartoons. ( American Journalism ) Soundly argued, meticulously researched, gorgeously illustrated and utterly fun reading... writes with satisfying authority and pleasurably crisp prose. 'Academic' this book may be, but don't let that stop you from letting Topliss guide you through every conceivable aspect of all these brilliantly twisted artists and their larger contexts. ( New York Newsday ) Ambitious study of four of the New Yorker magazine's most notable cartoonists. ( American Historical Review ) If you like the New Yorker magazine, you'll love this book. If you aren't yet an aficionado, you probably will be by the time you've dipped into a chapter or two. ( International Journal of Comic Art ) Thorough, often brilliant, portraits of these artists. ( Modernism/Modernity ) The author gives us a look at art central to the first fifty years of The New Yorker, art that might at first seem peripheral to American culture of the time, but feels absolutely central after reading this insightful and perceptive study. ( Melus ) Superlative. ( James Wolcott's Blog, Vanity Fair ) From the Back Cover For many readers of the New Yorker magazine, the drawings of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg epitomize its sophisticated wit and disarming humor. In The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg , Iain Topliss considers the work of each artist, traces its development, and recalls the cultural and social context in which it was created. About the Author Iain Topliss is Senior Lecturer in the English Program in the School of Communication, Arts, and Critical Inquiry at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Read more