Alay-oop
Gropper, William (1897-1977)
Alay-oop / by William Gropper ; introduction by James Sturm - New York : New York Review Comics , 2019, c1930 - 208 p. : illus. ; 21 cm. - New York Review Comics .
William Gropper was one of the great American cartoonists and illustrators of the twentieth century. A student of George Bellows and Robert Henri, he was a prolific newspaper cartoonist, a WPA muralist, a Guggenheim recipient, and committed political activist - the first visual artist called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, after which he was blacklisted (though he got revenge with his pen). He was also a master of visual storytelling, best seen in his only full-length narrative work, Alay-Oop. First published in 1930, just as Gropper was coming to the height of his powers, this lost classic of the graphic novel presents an unusual love triangle: two circus acrobats and the honey-tongued schemer who comes between them. In page after page of charming, wordless art, Gropper takes us from the big top to bustling New York streets, from a cramped tenement apartment to the shifting landscape of a dream, as his characters struggle with the conflicting demands of career, family, and romance.
English
9781681373003
Comic book strips
Graphic novels
Comic books, strips, etc.
PN6727.G757 / A79 2019
GN 92 GRO
Alay-oop / by William Gropper ; introduction by James Sturm - New York : New York Review Comics , 2019, c1930 - 208 p. : illus. ; 21 cm. - New York Review Comics .
William Gropper was one of the great American cartoonists and illustrators of the twentieth century. A student of George Bellows and Robert Henri, he was a prolific newspaper cartoonist, a WPA muralist, a Guggenheim recipient, and committed political activist - the first visual artist called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, after which he was blacklisted (though he got revenge with his pen). He was also a master of visual storytelling, best seen in his only full-length narrative work, Alay-Oop. First published in 1930, just as Gropper was coming to the height of his powers, this lost classic of the graphic novel presents an unusual love triangle: two circus acrobats and the honey-tongued schemer who comes between them. In page after page of charming, wordless art, Gropper takes us from the big top to bustling New York streets, from a cramped tenement apartment to the shifting landscape of a dream, as his characters struggle with the conflicting demands of career, family, and romance.
English
9781681373003
Comic book strips
Graphic novels
Comic books, strips, etc.
PN6727.G757 / A79 2019
GN 92 GRO
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