The daily comic strip isn't the only art form to rely upon repetition and formula - plenty of TV shows and films, not to mention pop songs, do the same - but certainly a lot of strips, both modern and ancient, trade heavily on familiarity to garner interest and appeal. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek: The Complete Sunday Comics 1903-1905įorever Nuts present: Frederick Burr Opper's Happy Hooliganĭread & Superficiality: Woody Allen as a Comic Strip Now, for the first time, these cards have been restored without advertising, ready to enjoy and send to your Tad friends all year 'round! 11" x 16", hardcover, color.
Looking like personal postcards, individual stores printed promotional messages in cursive text. From 1907 to 1913, Gustave Verbeek's Tiny Tads Postcards were created as an advertising tool for small businesses. From the publishers of the beloved and acclaimed Little Nemo: So Many Splendid Sundays" deluxe reprint, with the same magnificent production values.Įach book includes a set of 12 Tiny Tads postcards, replicated from the Verbeek originals of 1907 - 1910. This book will have great appeal to collectors, archivists, and fans of illustrated children?s fantasy stories. Foreword by recreational mathematics scholar Martin Gardner, and contributions by comics historians Jeet Heer, Marco Graziosi and Richard Marschall. Suess, and many other illustrators and cartoonists. Verbeek's work has influenced, directly or indirectly, Maurice Sendak, Dr. As a bonus, a collection of 25 painting and drawings from books illustrated by Verbeek (1910-1915) fill out this high-quality hardbound volume. Also featured are a complete run of Verbeek's Loony Lyrics of Lulu (1910) and a sampling of his long-running favorite, Terrors of the Tiny Tads (1906-1914). This volume features a complete run of the Upside Downs (1903-1905), digitally restored and presented in their original size and colors. The one Sunday page came in two parts: the first is read like a regular comic, then you turn the page upside down and the images transform to illustrate the story that continues with the panels in their new position and order. One of the eight wonders of the comics world: The Upside Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo.
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