{"product_id":"the-art-of-milt-gross-1-mastering-cartoon-pantomime-judge-1923-24","title":"THE ART OF MILT GROSS Volume 1 Mastering Cartoon Pantomime-Judge 1923-24","description":"\u003cp\u003eStep back into the roaring '20s and rediscover one of American comics’ lost geniuses. For the first time, this volume gathers his complete \u003cem\u003eJudge\u003c\/em\u003e magazine work from 1923–24, with annotations and a deep-dive illustrated essay by comics historian \u003cstrong\u003ePaul C. Tumey\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eScrewball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny\u003c\/em\u003e). In 1923, when he was working hard to re-establish himself in the newspaper cartooning industry with a full-time job at \u003cem\u003e The New York World\u003c\/em\u003e, Gross also broke into the slick, weekly humor magazine market and provided \u003cem\u003eJudge\u003c\/em\u003e with dozens of superb, dense, funny pages of comics. Not only that, but Gross also challenged himself to master a very difficult form: the pantomime comic.\n\nBefore \u003cem\u003eNize Baby\u003c\/em\u003e, before \u003cem\u003eCount Screwloose\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMilt Gross\u003c\/strong\u003e was quietly revolutionizing humor on the printed page. In fact, as this book shows, he first developed some of his funniest comics in his \u003cem\u003eJudge\u003c\/em\u003e work and later remade them for his newspaper strip.\n\nGross published what many consider his masterpiece, the wordless graphic novel \u003cem\u003eHe Done Her Wrong: The Great American Novel and Not a Word in It — No Music, Too.\u003c\/em\u003e Minus words, this \"novel\" is composed entirely of pen-and-ink cartoons, nearly 300 pages long, and is comparable to such silent films serials as \u003cem\u003eThe Perils of Pauline\u003c\/em\u003e. It resembled (and parodied) Lynd Ward's \u003cem\u003eGods' Man\u003c\/em\u003e, the first American wordless novel, published the previous year. It has been reprinted several times, including an abridged version in 1983 (retitled \u003cem\u003eHearts of Gold\u003c\/em\u003e) and in 2005 by Fantagraphics, under its original title.\n\nThese early comics reveal the birth of his unmistakable style: big-hearted, kinetic, and wildly inventive while also being intriguingly tighter and less wild than his mature work.\n\nWith a foreword by \u003cstrong\u003eDrew Lerman\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSnake Creek\u003c\/em\u003e), and a specially colored Milt Gross strip by \u003cstrong\u003eNoah Van Sciver\u003c\/strong\u003e, this book is both a feast for fans and a vital addition to comics history. Includes an extensive 60-page-plus Supplements section that provides additional essays, excerpts, scholarly material, and a continuity of rare strips from the hilarious, forgotten newspaper comic strip Gross wrote and drew at the same time in 1923.\n\nWhether you're a comics scholar, vintage art lover, or just someone who enjoys a good laugh — this is the Gross you didn’t know you were missing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643902886174,"sku":"ARTMG01","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/artmg01-art-milt-gross-mastering.jpg?v=1784522467","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-milt-gross-1-mastering-cartoon-pantomime-judge-1923-24","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}