Cartoons in Hard Times

Cartoons in Hard Times
Author: Tracey Mollet
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2017-10-19
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1501328778

The storyboard so far -- The Roosevelt honeymoon 1932-1934 -- Animating depression America 1934-1937 -- International relations in animation 1936-1941 -- Animated nationalism 1937-1941 -- Animation at war: Disney, Warner Brothers and the United States government 1941-1943 -- Animation at war: Disney, Warner Brothers and war-time entertainment 1941-1945 -- That's all folks

Chuck Amuck

Chuck Amuck
Author: Chuck Jones
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1999-12-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466836024

The illustrated classic, complete with a new preface by Matt Groening. Winner of three Academy Awards and numerous other prizes for his animated films, Chuck Jones is the director of scores of famous Warner Bros. cartoons and the creator of such memorable characters as the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, and Marvin Martian. In this beguiling memoir, Chuck Jones evokes the golden years of life at "Termite Terrace," the Warner Bros. studio in which he and his now-famous fellow animators conceived the cartoons that delighted millions of moviegoers throughout the world and entertain new generations of fans on television. Not a mere history, Chuck Amuck captures the antic spirit that created classic cartoons-such as Duck Dodgers in the 241/2 Century, One Froggy Evening, Duck Amuck, and What's Opera, Doc?-with some of the wittiest insights into the art of comedy since Mark Twain.

Haunted Laughter

Haunted Laughter
Author: Jonathan C. Friedman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2022-03-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1793640165

A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Haunted Laughter addresses whether it is appropriate to use comedy as a literary form to depict Adolf Hitler, The Third Reich, and the Holocaust. Guided by existing theories of comedy and memory and through a comprehensive examination of comedic film and television productions, from the United States, Israel, and Europe, Jonathan Friedman proposes a model and a set of criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of comedy as a means of representation. These criteria include depth of purpose, relevance to the times, and originality of form and content. Friedman concludes that comedies can be effective if they provide relevant information about life and death in the past, present, or future; break new ground; and serve a purpose or multiple purposes—capturing the dynamic of the Nazi system of oppression, empowering or healing victims, serving as a warning for the future, or keeping those who can never grasp the real horror of genocide from losing perspective.

The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons

The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2000
Genre: American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN: 0671035576

The "New Yorker" cartoon editor has collected dead-on portraits and eye-opening ruminations on all things bookish, courtesy of the magazine's renowned stable of cartoonists, from Charles Barsotti to Roz Chast, Ed Koren to Frank Modell, and Jack Ziegler to Victoria Roberts.

The Cartoon Music Book

The Cartoon Music Book
Author: Daniel Goldmark
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1569764123

The popularity of cartoon music, from Carl Stalling's work for Warner Bros. to Disney sound tracks and "The Simpsons"' song parodies, has never been greater. This lively and fascinating look at cartoon music's past and present collects contributions from well-known music critics and cartoonists, and interviews with the principal cartoon composers. Here Mark Mothersbaugh talks about his music for "Rugrats," Alf Clausen about composing for "The Simpsons," Carl Stalling about his work for Walt Disney and Warner Bros., Irwin Chusid about Raymond Scott's work, Will Friedwald about "Casper the Friendly Ghost," Richard Stone about his music for "Animaniacs," Joseph Lanza about "Ren and Stimpy," and much, much more.

Hard Times

Hard Times
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1854
Genre:
ISBN:

Everyone's a Critic

Everyone's a Critic
Author: Bob Eckstein
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781616898533

We are all critics now. From social media "likes" to reviews on Yelp and Rotten Tomatoes, we're constantly asked to give our opinion and offer feedback. Everyone's a Critic is a curated collection of the best and brightest New Yorker cartoonists celebrating the art of the drawn critique, whether about restaurants, art, sports, dates, friends, or modern life. Featuring the work of thirty-six masters of the cartoon, including Roz Chast, Sam Gross, Nick Downes, Liza Donnelly, Bob Mankoff, Michael Maslin, and Mick Stevens, over half the cartoons in this book appear in print for the first time.

Happiness in Hard Times

Happiness in Hard Times
Author: Andrew Matthews
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2010-08-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1848504063

This book is about: • surviving when you’re broke • how happy people think – and how you can be like them • liking yourself before you lose that extra weight • persevering after you get the sack • being happy before you meet your dream partner – and when they become a ‘learning experience!’ Filled with Andrew’s charming cartoons, and inspiring stories of people who have lost everything they had or almost been beaten by alcohol, illness, abuse or outrageous misfortune, Happiness in Hard Times shows us how we too can find our way through the pain to the contentment that seems out of reach.

The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker

The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker
Author: Robert Mankoff
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Total Pages: 669
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781579126209

Showcases the work of hundreds of artists who have contributed to the magazine throughout its eighty-year history, in a richly illustrated volume containing 2,500 black-and-white cartoons by Peter Arno, Charles Addams, Jack Ziegler, Roz Chast, and other notables, along with essays on the evolution of the magazine's humor and style, and a fully searchable DVD-ROM. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Hard Times

Hard Times
Author: Studs Terkel
Publisher: The New Press
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1595588582

First published in 1970, Studs Terkel's bestselling Hard Times has been called “a huge anthem in praise of the American spirit” (Saturday Review) and “an invaluable record” (The New York Times). With his trademark grace and compassion, Terkel evokes a mosaic of memories from those who were richest to those who were destitute: politicians, businessmen, artists and writers, racketeers, speakeasy operators, strikers, impoverished farmers, people who were just kids, and those who remember losing a fortune. Now, in a handsome new illustrated edition, a selection of Studs's unforgettable interviews are complemented by images from another rich documentary trove of the Depression experience: Farm Security Administration photographs from the Library of Congress. Interspersed throughout the text of Hard Times, these breathtaking photographs by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Jack Delano, and others expand the human scope of the voices captured in the book, adding a new dimension to Terkel's incomparable volume. Hard Times is the perfect introduction to Terkel's work for new readers, as well as a beautiful new addition to any Terkel library.