Gary Larson and The Far Side /
Kerry D. Soper reminds us of The Far Side's groundbreaking qualities and cultural significance in Gary Larson and "The Far Side." In the 1980s, Gary Larson (b. 1950) shook up a staid comics page by introducing a set of aesthetic devices, comedic tones, and philosophical frames that ch...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2018]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The accidental cartoonist: Larson's life and career
- Deadpan irreverence with cosmic proportions: the comedy of the Far Side
- Blandly drawn, myopic pinheads: the awkwardly effective aesthetics of the Far Side
- The accidental cartooning auteur: the business side of Gary Larson's career
- Absurdly naturalistic: the cultural significance of the Far Side.