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The story of screwball comics, with new research and rare art from some of the most hilarious cartoonists of all time.
Before "screwball" became a movie genre, it was a staple of other forms of American culture, including newspaper comic strips. Emerging from the pressures of a rapidly accelerating technologicalā¦
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Paul Tumey is one of our pre-eminent comics scholars, but like the cartoonists he honors in this work, he mainly wants to make you laugh. To this end, heās assembled cartoons, comics, and old photos, mostly dating to the early 1900s, to build a case for a comics genre he calls Screwballism. Itās all a very funny read, and if the names of genius creators like Frederick Burr Opper and Gene Ahern arenāt yet household names, donāt blame Tumey.
From Michael's list on for reading century-old newspaper funnies.
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