Tall Tales
Format: Hardcover
ISBN13: 9780810972728
Hardcover|9780810972728
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Tall Tales was an innovative newspaper strip syndicated internationally by the New York Herald Tribune from 1957-1963. Whereas newspaper strips are square, single-panel or multiple-panel horizontal gag cartoons, Al Jaffee, known for the Fold-In in MAD Magazine, once again altered the format of his work to create a vertical strip--the first, and last, in newspaper history. Tall Tales contains the best 120 wordless strips out of over 2,200, scanned from the original files. The book features a new preface by Jaffee and an introduction by Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report.
"Al Jaffee is the cartoonist's cartoonist. He's a pioneer in every field, from comic books to book illustration to magazine cartoons. The worst thing about Jaffee is that every time I do a drawing, I find out he's done it before . . . and better."--Sergio Aragonés, cartoonist "This collection proves that not only has Al Jaffee always been funny, he's always been disturbed." -- Stephen Colbert, from his introduction
| ISBN-13 | 9780810972728 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0810972727 |
| Weight | 0.75 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 4.25 x 0.75 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $16.95 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 128 pages |
| Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
| Published On | 2008-09-01 |
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