Philip Witte, Rex Hesner

Gebundenes Buch

Funny Stuff

How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons

Beschreibung

"Funny Stuff is a tribute to a unique art form: the single-panel gag cartoon. It looks at why so many of us enjoy cartoons, and what makes for a great cartoon. Authors Phil Witte and Rex Hesner consider how cartoonists can present a complex or odd scenario that we immediately grasp, and what enables us to "get" the humor in a flash"--

Autor

Phil Witte is a cartoonist and author. His cartoons have been published in dozens of publications in the U.S. and U.K., including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Reader's Digest, Private Eye, and New Statesman. His joke book What You Don't Know About Turning 50 (Hachette/Running Press) and the sequel on turning 60 have sold more than 170,000 copies to date. His humor writ-ing has appeared in American Bystander, Slackjaw, and many other print and digital publications. He has also written articles for publications ranging from The Washington Post to The Bangkok Post. He was an artist-in-residence at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco and the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California. Phil is a member of the National Cartoonist Society, elected by his peers. Rex Hesner writes, with Phil, the Anatomy of a Cartoon blog on the CartoonStock site. Before that, he and Phil co-wrote the weekly Cartoon Companion blog, critiquing New Yorker cartoons. They developed a devoted following among cartoonists and cartoon enthusiasts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Press
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 223mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9781633889804
• ISBN-10: 1633889807
• Artikelnr.: 68991159