Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374298556 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He is the author of The Word According to Eve, Just Curious, and God’s Jury. About the AuthorCullen Murphy is the editor at large at Vanity Fair and the former managing editor of The Atlantic Monthly. He lives in Massachusetts with his family
Cartoon County gives us a glimpse into a very special communityand of an America that used to be.. Anarchic and deeply creative, the cartoonists were independent spirits whose artistic talents had mainly been forged during service in World War II.Illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, cartoons, and drawings, Cartoon County brings the postwar American era alive, told through the relationship of a son to his father, an extraordinarily talented and generous man who had been trained by Norman Rockwell. Cullen Murphy’s father, John Cullen Murphy, drew the wildly popular comic strips Prince Valiant and Big Ben Bolt, and was at the heart of this artistic milieu. Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit groupSuperman, Beetle Bailey, Snuffy Smith, Rip Kirby, Hagar the Horrible, Hi and Lois, Nancy, Sam & Silo, Amy, The Wizard of Id, The Heart of Juliet Jones, Family Circus, Joe Palooka, and The Lockhorns, among others. A poignant history of the cartoonists and illustrators fr
Cullen Murphy is the editor at large at Vanity Fair and the former managing editor of The Atlantic Monthly. He lives in Massachusetts with his family. . He is the author of The Word According to Eve, Just Curious, and God’s Jury