Ace Reid and the Cowpokes Cartoons (Southwestern Writers Collection Series)
Contributors: Ace Reid (Author, Foreword); Elmer Kelton (Introduction)
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780292770966
Subjects: Cartoons & comic strips; Graphic Satire And Humor; Comics & Graphic Novels; American English; Humor; Comics & Cartoons; Humor / Cartoons; American wit and humor, Pictor; American wit and humor, Pictorial; Caricatures and cartoons; Ranch life
Description: This book brings together 139 of Ace Reid's popular "Cowpokes" cartoons, reproduced in large format to show the artistry and attention to detail that characterized Reid's work. Grouped around themes such as weather, work, bankers, and friends, they reveal the distinctive "you might as well laugh as cry" sense of humor that ranch folks draw on to get through hard work and hard times.