The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg

by Iain Topliss

Book Overview

For many aficionados of the New Yorker magazine, the drawings of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg epitomize its sophisticated wit and disarming humor. In Laughing with 'The New Yorker', the first full-scale scholarly study of the subject, Iain Topliss considers the work of each artist, traces the development of his art, and recalls the cultural and social context in which it was created. Topliss delves into the nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801880440
• ISBN13: 9780801880445
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"