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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9781560977414
ISBN number: 1560977418
Label: Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer: Fantagraphics Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: October 18, 2006
Publishing house: Fantagraphics Books
Sale Popularity Level: 342963
Studio: Fantagraphics Books
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An illustrated celebration of the greatest Jewish comedians of the 20th century.
This comprehensive collection of portraiture of comedians born before 1930 includes the famous (Milton Berle, Groucho Marx, Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Jack Benny), the not-so-famous (Benny Rubin, Shelly Berman) and the largely unknown (Al Kelly, Menasha Skulnik). The Reuben Award-winning Friedman presents a thorough visual history of these greatest Borscht-Belt comedians with 28 full-page portraits.
This is the latest BLAB! Storybook, a series showcasing sequential artists from the acclaimed anthology BLAB!. Each volume is presented in a beautiful 10' x 10' hardcover and full-colour format.
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No Jokes...I wanted some old Jewish, Catskills jokes. I got a bunch of pictures. I need jokes.
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God knew what he was doing. First he created the Jews, then he created comedy. Then he created Drew Friedman and his pencils.
What else can you ask for?
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Drew Friedman's work falls into that category of "you either get it or you don't." For those of us who get it, this is pure gold. Besides being the state of the art in contemporary caricature, Drew puts a particular spin on everything he does. There's a lot of love in these portraits of aging comics, but there's still this warts-and-all approach that separates them from pure hero worship. Drew casts his Jewish comedians as wonderful funnymen to be admired, while still keeping them human (or perhaps even more than human). If the Everyman is covered in wrinkles and liver spots, then these larger-than-life Supermen have even more!
With today's comics almost always working blue, and the average comedy club or HBO special containing more four-letter words than a dockworkers convention, it's refreshing to see these old-timers (accent on the old) who were funny without being foul-mouthed. The days of these old-skool comedians is past, but their faces will live on thanks to Drew.
Like Levy's rye bread, you don't have to be Jewish to love this book.
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A great find to give the elderly Jewish family members. My dad doesn't read very much anymore, but he appreciated this book. The images are clear and fun. I'm sure seeing these pictures brought back many memories of his youth.
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If you grew up in the 50's and 60's watching TV, having this short but sweet book on your coffee table to thumb through will bring a smile to you over and over. Being Jewish not required.
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