The Funnies

Author : Robert C. Harvey
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0878056742

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The Art of the Funnies by Robert C. Harvey Pdf

The comic strip was created by rival newspapers of the Hearst and the Pulitzer organizations as a device for increasing circulation. In the United States it quickly became an institution that soon spread worldwide as a favorite form of popular culture. What made the comic strip so enduring? This fascinating study by one of the few comics critics to develop sound critical principles by which to evaluate the comics as works of art and literature unfolds the history of the funnies and reveals the subtle art of how the comic strip blends words and pictures to make its impact. Together, these create meaning that neither conveys by itself. The Art of The Funnies offers a critical vocabulary for the appreciation of the newspaper comic strip as an art form and shows that full awareness of the artistry comes from considering both the verbal and the visual elements of the medium. The techniques of creating a comic strip - breaking down the narrative, composition of the panel, planning the layout - have remained constant since comic strips were originated. Since 1900 with Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland key cartoonists have relied on the union of words and pictures to give the funnies their continuing appeal. This art has persisted in such milestone achievements as Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff, George McManus's Bringing Up Father, Sidney Smith's The Gumps, Roy Crane's Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy, Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie, Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Zack Mosley's Smilin' Jack, Harold Foster's Tarzan, Alex Raymond's Secret Agent X-9, Jungle Jim, and Flash Gordon, Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates, E. C. Segar's Popeye, George Herriman's Krazy Kat, and Walt Kelly's Pogo. In morerecent times with Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey, Charles Schulz's Peanuts. Johnny Hart's B.C., T.K. Ryan's Tumbleweeds, Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, and Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, the artform has evolved with new developments, yet the aesthetics of the funnies remain basic. The Art of The Funnies unearths new information and weighs the influence of syndication upon the medium. Though the funnies go in ever new directions, perceiving the interdependency of words and pictures, as this book shows, remains the key to understanding the art.

Author : Donald Phelps
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781560973683

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Reading the Funnies by Donald Phelps Pdf

The comic strip has been a staple of American newspapers for nearly a century. It is a creation unique to cultural life and, in addition to entertainment, has commented on the way we see and view ourselves. From its high culture influence on Pop Art to its low culture appeal to children of all ages, the comic strip has had a lasting hold on the imaginations of generations. Noted writer Donald Phelps provides essays on popular classics, such as Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre (which produced Popeye), and Frank King's Gasoline Alley. His keen eye discerns the sublime qualities of this most American art form with wit and refreshing candor. Reading the Funnies offers an elegant and eloquent look into this fascinating slice of American popular culture.

Author : Paul A. Mendelson
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781913208974

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The Funnies by Paul A. Mendelson Pdf

Twelve-year-old Marius is on the run from the Government. He’s the only one in the whole nation that values his sense of humour. Everyone else was de-humoured at birth – well, most people were. Yet somehow with Marius there was a glitch.

Author : J. Robert Lennon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Brothers
ISBN : 1941531679

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The Funnies by J. Robert Lennon Pdf

The Funnies is a great insider look at the world of the comic-strip industry blended with the mysteries of family dynamics.

Author : Mike Cope
Publisher : Mike Cope
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781438264127

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The Last Of The Funnies by Mike Cope Pdf

After a worldwide energy and economic crisis, newspapers have ceased production and nearly every form of art and entertainment is a digital simulation. In this seemingly impossible (but plausible) future, a crusty old cartoonist named Frost has a great gift to leave Giles, his only child. Frost is the creator of Li'l Nibs; the most celebrated comic strip about four little aliens who crash-landed on Earth during the crisis and aptly announced, "Weez Comez in Peez!" However, to Giles, the funnies have caused nothing but conflict in his life. He's grown to resent Frost's crudely hand-drawn creations. But as the young Virtual Art professor soon learns, things aren't always as they appear. Like a cartoon wizard behind ink-stained curtains, Frost weaves a whimsical tale about the origins of the funnies, webcomics, and a terrorizing menace that threatens to kidnap every artist's childhood dreams! Whether Giles believes it or not, the fate of the funnies is in his hands.

Author : Michel Choquette
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0810996189

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The Someday Funnies by Michel Choquette Pdf

Presents a collection of 129 never-before-published comics about the 1960s by 169 writers and artists, including Renâe Goscinny, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Art Spiegelman, and Gahan Wilson.

Author : Ron Goulart
Publisher : Adams Media Corporation
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : IND:30000050646904

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The Funnies by Ron Goulart Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006357342

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Paul C. Tumey
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781684051878

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SCREWBALL! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny by Paul C. Tumey Pdf

The story of screwball comics, with new research and rare art from some of the most hilarious cartoonists of all time. Before "screwball" became a movie genre, it was a staple of other forms of American culture, including newspaper comic strips. Emerging from the pressures of a rapidly accelerating technological and information-drenched society, screwball comics offered a healthy dose of laughter and perspective. The disruptive, manic, and surreal verbal-visual comedy of these "funnies" fostered an absurdist sensibility embraced by The Marx Brothers (who took their names from a popular comic strip), W. C. Fields, Tex Avery, Spike Jones, Ernie Kovacs, and Mad magazine. Comics scholar Paul C. Tumey traces the development of screwball as a genre in magazine cartoons and newspaper comics, presenting the work of around fifteen cartoonists, with an art-stuffed chapter on each. The book offers a wealth of previously un-reprinted comics unleashing fresh views of some of America's greatest and most-loved cartoonists, including George Herriman (Krazy Kat), E.C. Segar (creator of Popeye), Rube Goldberg (The Inventions of Professor Lucifer G. Butts, A.K.), Bill Holman (Smokey Stover), and Frederick Opper (Happy Hooligan). In addition, readers will be delighted to discover previously "lost" screwball masters, such as Gene Ahern (The Squirrel Cage), Gus Mager (Sherlocko the Monk), Boody Rogers (Sparky Watts), Milt Gross (Count Screwloose), George Swanson ($alesman $am) and others. Both humorous and educational, this book is aimed at a general audience of all ages and at university comics studies programs.

Author : Kenneth D. Nordin,Joseph Ursitti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029443111

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Understanding the Funnies by Kenneth D. Nordin,Joseph Ursitti Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Funnies an American Idiom by Anonim Pdf

Author : Harold H. Kassarjian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000106021219

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Males and Females in the Funnies by Harold H. Kassarjian Pdf

Author : Han Yu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351864534

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The Other Kind of Funnies by Han Yu Pdf

The Other Kind of Funnies refutes the mainstream American cultural assumption that comics have little to do with technical communication-that the former are entertaining (in a low-brow sense) and juvenile, whereas the latter is practical and serious (to the point of stuffiness). The first of its kind, this book demonstrates the exciting possibilities of using comics in technical communication. It defines comics as a medium and art form that includes cartoons, comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels; provides conceptual and historical backgrounds on comics; and discusses the appeals and challenges of using comics-style technical communication. More specifically, it examines comics-style instructions, educational materials, health/risk communication, and political/propaganda communication. The author argues that comics-style technical communication encourages reader participation, produces covert persuasion, facilitates intercultural communication, benefits underprivileged audiences such as children and readers of lower literacy, and challenges the positivist view of technical communication. An abundance of comics-style technical communication examples, carefully selected from across cultures and times, demonstrates the argument. While the book proposes that comics can create user-friendly, visually oriented, engaging, and socially responsible technical communication, it is also quick to acknowledge the limitations and challenges of comics-style technical communication and provides heuristics on how to cope with them. The Other Kind of Funnies is unique in its interdisciplinary approach. It focuses on technical communication but speaks to design, cultural and intercultural studies, historical studies, and to some extent, education, politics, and art.

Author : Randy Duncan,Matthew J. Smith
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826429360

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The Power of Comics by Randy Duncan,Matthew J. Smith Pdf

Offers undergraduate students with an understanding of the comics medium and its communication potential. This book deals with comic books and graphic novels. It focuses on comic books because in their longer form they have the potential for complexity of expression.

Author : Ian Brodie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1772060429

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Old Trout Funnies by Ian Brodie Pdf

"Now iconic to Canadian, if not global culture, Cape Breton Island underwent a metamorphosis of sorts during the 1970s and 1980s. Long marginalized by geography, economics and predominant mainland political culture, a countercultural sea change brought the island's deeply rooted creative side--music, drama, literature and humour--to centre stage. One such stage was Old Trout Funnies, a homegrown satirical series of comic books created by artist Paul MacKinnon. MacKinnon's Cape Breton comic book heroes, the Cape Breton Liberation Army, led the revolution, lampooning local and provincial politics, labour unions, environmental activism, government infrastructure projects and back-to-the-landers. Through the farcical exploits of the CBLA, Old Trout Funnies parodied and played with the caricature of Cape Bretoners as shiftless, happy-go-lucky rogues whose motivation emanated from the taverns. In The Comic Origins of the Cape Breton Liberation Army, folklorist Ian Brodie explores the themes and the legacy of Old Trout Funnies, providing the cultural and historical context for a project that was intensely esoteric and in-the-moment. Included are the complete runs of the comics, the calendars and some rarely seen ancillary images of the CBLA, and of some unfinished and unpublished works."--