Funny Papers
Author | : Tom De Haven |
Publisher | : Diversion Books |
Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 2013-02-19 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781938120770 |
ISBN-10 | : 1938120779 |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Download or read book Funny Papers written by Tom De Haven and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book One of the Funny Papers Trilogy, De Haven’s dazzling tour of twentieth-century America, FUNNY PAPERS chronicles cartoon icon Derby Dugan's beginnings in the rough-and-tumble world of yellow journalism in turn-of-the-century New York, when Hearst and Pulitzer owned tabloid America. The aptly named Georgie Wreckage, a sketch artist for Pulitzer's daily World, rockets to fame as the creator of what becomes a hugely successful cartoon franchise.