50 Years of American Comedy
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Schtick Figures
The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy
| Author: | Drew Friedman |
|---|---|
| Hardback: | 128 pages |
| Publisher: | Fantagraphics Books (2024) |
| Avg. Rating: |  [ Unrated ] |
| ISBN: | 978-1683969340 |
| In Print? | Yes |
A caricature of Larry Fine is featured in this hardbound portfolio.
From the publicity release...
"For years, acclaimed artist Drew Friedman has chronicles an oddball, alternate history of American pop culture, where forgotten character actors, old Jewish comedians, comic book artists, and liver-spotted elevator operators are afforded the spotlight over Hollywood starlets and heartthrobs. This latest collection showcases a wide range of recent color and black-and-white portraits of comedians (Gilbert Gottfried, Groucho Marx, Selma Diamond, Moms Mabley, Brother Theodore), writers (Kurt Vonnegut, Alan Zwiebel, Bruce Jay Friedman, Arnie Kogan), musicians (B. B. King, Bob Dylan, Al Kooper, Sammy Davis Jr., Weird Al), directors (Buster Keaton, Elaine May, Terry Zwigoff), comic book legends (Max Gaines, Bill Gaines, Kelly Freas, Ron Turner), actors (Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Rondo Hatton, Peter Falk) and other famous, infamous, and not-so-famous human beings that Friedman has drawn inspiration from over his lifetime.
In addition to over 100 full-page images, this collection features a foreword by historian of comedy Kliph Nesteroff, a glossary of brief biographical information on each subject by the author, as well as the never-before-collected eight-page comic strip, "R. Crumb and Me," detailing Friedman's intense relationship to the work of the cartoonist he cites as his greatest inspiration of all. "Schtick Figures" is a must-have for fans of Friedman's inimitable talent and sharp cultural eye for preserving lesser known but worthy tributaries of all aspects of American culture, high and low."
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