Father and son
By: E. O. Plauen ; translated by Joel Rotenberg ; lettering by Jeremy Sorese ; biographical afterword by Elke Schulz
Contributors: Rotenberg, Joel, translator
Publisher: New York Review Comics
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781681371207
Subjects: Fathers and sons in art; Pictorial German wit and humor; Caricatures and cartoons; Fathers and sons
Work titles: Vater und sohn
Description: "Father and Son is one of the most beloved comic strips ever drawn--an uproarious, timeless ode to the pleasures, pitfalls, and endless absurdity of family life. Created in Germany in 1934 by the political cartoonist Erich Ohser (using the pseudonym E.O. Plauen after being persecuted for his opposition to the Nazi regime), the gruff, loving, mustachioed father and his sweet but troublemaking son embark on adventures both everyday and extraordinary: family photo shoots and summer vacations, shipwrecks and battles with gangsters, a Christmas feast with forest animals, and a trip to the zoo. Drawn almost entirely without dialogue, the Father and Son strips overflow with slapstick, fantasy, and anarchic visual puns. Like Calvin and Hobbes or The Simpsons, it is a slyly heartwarming, dizzyingly inventive classic"--
Notes: Translated from the German.