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The complete cartoons of the New Yorker / edited by Robert Mankoff ; foreword by David Remnick.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal : Distributed by Workman Pub., c2004.Description: 655 p. : chiefly ill. ; 34 cm. + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 1579123228
Uniform titles:
  • New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Editor's note / by Robert Mankoff -- Foreword / by David Remnick -- The First decade: 1925-34 (Introduction / by Roger Angell. The Depression. Peter Arno) -- The Second decade: 1935-44 (Introduction / by Nancy Franklin. George Price. Drinking. James Thurber) -- The Third decade: 1945-54 (Introduction / by Lillian Ross. Nudity. Charles Addams. Television) -- The Fourth decade: 1955-64 (Introduction / by John Updike. William Steig. Cars. Saul Steinberg) -- The Fifth decade: 1965-74 (Introduction / by Calvin Trillin. The Space program. George Booth) -- The Sixth decade: 1975-84 (Introduction / by Ian Frazier. Slipper dogs. Jack Ziegler) -- The Seventh decade: 1985-94 (Introduction / by Mark Singer. Roz Chast. Business culture) -- The Eighth decade: 1995-2004 (Introduction / by Rebecca Mead. Bruce Eric Kaplan. The Internet. Politics) -- Index of artists [cited in the book].
Summary: "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, Sid Hoff, Mary Petty, Otto Soglow, and Gluyas Williams.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Oversize 741.5973 C737 Available 33111003981236
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The book that Janet Maslin of The New York Times has called "indispensable" and "a transfixing study of American mores and manners that happens to incorporate boundless laughs, too" is finally available in paperback--fully updated and featuring a brand new introduction by Adam Gopnik.

Organized by decade, with commentary by some of the magazine's finest writers, this landmark collection showcases the work of the hundreds of talented artists who have contributed cartoons over the course of The New Yorker's eight-two-year history. From the early cartoons of Peter Arno, George Price and Charles Addams to the cutting-edge work of Alex Gregory, Matthew Diffee and Bruce Eric Kaplan (with stops along the way for the genius of Charles Barsotti, Roz Chast, Jack Ziegler, George Booth, and many others), the art collected here forms, as David Remnick puts it in his Foreword, "the longest-running popular comic genre in American life."

Throughout the book, brief overviews of each era's predominant themes--from the Depression and nudity to technology and the Internet, highlight various genres of cartoons and shed light on our pastimes and preoccupations. Brief profiles and mini-portfolios spotlight the work of key cartoonists, including Arno, Chast, Ziegler, and others.

The DVD-ROM included with the book is what really makes the "Complete Cartoons" complete. Compatible with most home computers and easily browsable, the disk contains a mind-boggling 70,363 cartoons, indexed in a variety of ways. Perhaps you'd like to find all the cartoons by your favorite artist. Or maybe you'd like to look up the cartoons that ran the week you were born, or all of the cartoons on a particular subject. Of course, you can always begin at the beginning, February 21, 1925, and experience the unprecedented pleasure of reading through every single cartoon ever published in The New Yorker .

Enjoy this one-of-a-kind protrait of American life over the past eight decades, as captured by the talented pens and singular outlooks of the masters of the cartoonist's art.

Includes index.

Editor's note / by Robert Mankoff -- Foreword / by David Remnick -- The First decade: 1925-34 (Introduction / by Roger Angell. The Depression. Peter Arno) -- The Second decade: 1935-44 (Introduction / by Nancy Franklin. George Price. Drinking. James Thurber) -- The Third decade: 1945-54 (Introduction / by Lillian Ross. Nudity. Charles Addams. Television) -- The Fourth decade: 1955-64 (Introduction / by John Updike. William Steig. Cars. Saul Steinberg) -- The Fifth decade: 1965-74 (Introduction / by Calvin Trillin. The Space program. George Booth) -- The Sixth decade: 1975-84 (Introduction / by Ian Frazier. Slipper dogs. Jack Ziegler) -- The Seventh decade: 1985-94 (Introduction / by Mark Singer. Roz Chast. Business culture) -- The Eighth decade: 1995-2004 (Introduction / by Rebecca Mead. Bruce Eric Kaplan. The Internet. Politics) -- Index of artists [cited in the book].

"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, Sid Hoff, Mary Petty, Otto Soglow, and Gluyas Williams.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROMs: Adobe Reader 6.0.1 or higher (on disk 1). Windows: Microsoft Windows 98 second edition or higher; 32MB RAM; 60MB available hard-disk space; Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. Macintosh: PowerPC G3 or higher; MAC OS X v.10.2.2 or higher; 32MB RAM; 70MB available hard-disk space.

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