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Alay-oop / by William Gropper ; introduction by James Sturm

By:

Gropper, William, (1897-1977)

Contributor(s):

Sturm, James

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New York Review ComicsPublication details: New York : New York Review Comics , 2019, c1930Description: 208 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781681373003

Subject(s):

Comic book strips

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

GN 92 GRO

LOC classification:

PN6727.G757 A79 2019

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Graphic novel /Novela Gráfica	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	GN 92 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002894

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.

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