DOS GRUESOS TOMOS EN TAPA DURA DE LA SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS DE NY PRIMOROSAMENTE IMPRESOS EN JAPÓN, CON MAS DE 500 AUTORES DE HUMOR CATEGORIZADOS, IMPRESIONANTE, BIBLIAS DE LA ILUSTRACIÓN GRÁFICA DE HUMOR.
Humor (1st Edition) by Jill Bossert (Editor), Society Of Illustrators (New York), Watson Guptill Publications, Madison Square Press Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1987 ISBN-10: 0-8230-4884-5
Humor 2 (1st Edition) by Jill Bossert, Society Of Illustrators (New York Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1988 ISBN-10: 0-8230-4883-7 / 0823048837 ISBN-13: 978-0-8230-4883-0 / 9780823048830
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ISBN 0-8230-4884-5
Humor
From the HUMOR '87 exhibit sponsored by the Society of Illustrators and held at their Museum of American Illustration
Historical Introduction by Richard Marschall
Chosen by a prestigious and very funny jury, HUMOR contains over 300 of the best of American humorous illustration.
HUMOR covers all the bases - from subtle mind-teasers and New Yorker-style cartoons to pieces with titles like
"Crippling gas attacks kept 'Big Dave' from enjoying the singles scene," or "Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head pick their
Featured are: single cartoons, syndicated strips, editorial illustrations, political cartoons, caricatures, comic books and TV stills.
Gold and Silver Funny Bones were awarded to twelve outstanding pieces.
Judges included cartoonists Jack Davis, Rick Meyero-witz, Lou Myers, Arnold Roth, Jonathan Schneider, Jeff Seaver and Mort Walker; designers Robert Anthony and B. Martin Pedersen; illustrators Seymour Chwast, Gerry Gersten, Wendell Minor, Simms Taback; editors
Mike Gold of DC Comics and Michelle Urry of Playboy; and illustration historian Roger Reed.
A sampling of the top talent in HUMOR includes:
Guy Billout, R.O. Blechman, Seymour Chwast, Jack Davis, Steve Guarnaccia, Mark and Dick Hess, Rick Meyerowitz, Everett Peck, Arnold Roth, Ronald Searle, Elwood Smith, Ed Sorel, Ralph Steadman, Mort Walker, Rowland Wilson, Michael Witte and many others.
Distributors to the trade in the United States:
Watson-Guptill Publications
1515 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10036
Distributed outside the U.S.A. and Canada by:
Hearst Publications International
105 Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10016
Publisher:
Madison Square Press
10 East 23rd Street
New York, N.Y. 10010
Designer: Robert Anthony
Front cover: Elwood H. Smith
Printed in Japan
ISBN 08230-4883
HUMOR
What do George Bush, baseball, the Bakkers, Bork, bimbos, and babies have in common? Before you begin to free associate into the ozone, take a look at HUMOR 2. These are the themes which reoccur in the nearly 300 pieces chosen for Humor '88, a juried exhibition sponsored by the Society of Illustrators, which make up this book. Pit bulls were big, too.
Freud, Plato, and Mickey Mouse made appearances, and big business took a few licks, as did love, romance
There are lots of very funny, talented artists who are featured in HUMOR 2. Among them are Lynda Barry, Keith Bendis, Roz Chast, Seymour Chwast, Peter de Sève, Blair Drawson, Robert Giusti, Robert Grossman, Bill Mayer, Wilson McLean, Lou Myers, Everett Peck, Robert Risko, Arnold Roth, and Edward Sorel.
Gold and Silver FUNNY BONES were awarded to eleven outstanding pieces.
The jury also elected the first members of the Madison Square Press Humor Hall of Fame: CHARLES ADDAMS, legendary New Yorker cartoonist and creator of the characters of "The Addams Family"; and GEORGE HERRIMAN, the brilliant inventor of Krazy Kat, one of the most revered and influential comic strips of
The jury responsible for all this humor: Walter
Bernard/designer, Guy Billout/illustrator, Tom Bloom/ illustrator, Lou Brooks/illustrator, Steve Brodner/ caricaturist, Paul Davis/illustrator, Diane Dillon/illu-strator, Bernie Fuchs/illustrator, Chuck Green/cartoon historian, Nigel Holmes/Time art director, Patrick McDonnell/illustrator, Nick Meglin/Mad editor, Tim Raglin/illustrator, Elwood H. Smith/illustrator, Michael
J. Smollin/illustrator, Michael Witte/illustrator, and Bill Yates/King Features Syndicate editor.
Distributed to the trade in the United States and Canada:
Watson-Guptill Publications
1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036
Distributed throughout the rest of the world by:
Hearst Publications International
105 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Publisher:
Madison Square Press
10 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Cover illustration by Lou Brooks
Written and edited by Jill Bossert
Conceived and designed by Lou Brooks Production Supervisor, Kathy Spadoni
Printed in Japan