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Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy's last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a caption mystified me. I felt like, yeah, sometimes I'm funny, but there are these other weird freaks who are actually funny. You can understand that I was deeply suspicious of these people who are actually...
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"Over 2,000 selected cartoons ... appear in the ... hardcover, and all 68,647 are featured on the two accompanying CD-ROMs (a digital anthology fully browsable by date, subject, and artist)."--Publisher's website. CD-ROMs contain all cartoons published in the "New Yorker" from 1925 Feb. 21 through 2004 Feb. 23, and comprise the contributions of hundreds of artists, including works of: Constantin Alajalov, Douglas Borgstedt, Boris Drucker, Alan Dunn,...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"The Art of Ill Will is a comprehensive history of American political cartooning, featuring over two hundred illustrations. From the colonial period to contemporary cartoonists like Pat Oliphant and Jimmy Margulies, Donald Dewey highlights these artists’ uncanny ability to encapsulate the essence of a situation and to steer the public mood with a single drawing and caption. Taking advantage of unlimited access to The Granger Collection, which holds...
Author
Publisher
For Beginners
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
Irreverent and passionate, this book is an ideal introduction for people who are convinced that opera is soley for those refined few who were born listening to arias. Written in short, humorous, and informative chapters, and laced with some of the opera world's juiciest anecdotes, this guide is sure to convert even the most ambivalent of music lovers. Line drawings.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It began with a chat about the mere-exposure effect in psychology, and became Chetwynd's internet comic series about following John around, trying to encounter him more. They're fueled by love, silliness, ponytail bears, finger guns, and good ol' snuggling-- and you just might find yourself (and your significant other) in the pages of this book. -- adapted from author's introduction.
Author
Series
Dumpty volume 1
Language
English
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"Award-winning actor and bestselling author John Lithgow wields a whip-smart, satirical pen in this poetic diatribe chronicling the last few abysmal years in politics. With lacerating wit, he takes readers verse by verse through the history of Donald Trump's presidency, lampooning the likes of Betsy DeVos, Anthony Scaramucci, Scott Pruitt, Paul Manafort, Trump's doctors, and many others. Illustrated from cover to cover with Lithgow's never-before-seen...
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