Father and son /
E.O. Plauen ; translated by Joel Rotenberg ; lettering by Jeremy Sorese ; biographical afterword by Elke Shulze.

Description

Main Author

Plauen, E. O.

Related Names

Plauen, E. O.
Rotenberg, Joel, translator.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : New York Review Comics, [2017]

Subjects

German wit and humor, Pictorial.
Fathers and sons in art.
Fathers and sons.
HUMOR > HUMOR / Form > HUMOR / Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons.
Fathers and sons in art.
German wit and humor, Pictorial.
Fathers and sons > Fathers and sons / Caricatures and cartoons.
Comics (Graphic works)
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comics (Graphic works)

Summary

"Father and Son is one of the most beloved comic strips ever drawn--an uproarious, timeless ode to the pleasures, pitfalls, and endless absurdity of family life. Created in Germany in 1934 by the political cartoonist Erich Ohser (using the pseudonym E.O. Plauen after being persecuted for his opposition to the Nazi regime), the gruff, loving, mustachioed father and his sweet but troublemaking son embark on adventures both everyday and extraordinary: family photo shoots and summer vacations, shipwrecks and battles with gangsters, a Christmas feast with forest animals, and a trip to the zoo. Drawn almost entirely without dialogue, the Father and Son strips overflow with slapstick, fantasy, and anarchic visual puns. Like Calvin and Hobbes or The Simpsons, it is a slyly heartwarming, dizzyingly inventive classic"--

Physical Description

298 pages : illustrations ; 17 x 25 cm

ISBN

1681371200
9781681371207

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