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Milt Gross (1895–1953)

Auteur de He Done Her Wrong

17+ oeuvres 213 utilisateurs 8 critiques 1 Favoris

Œuvres de Milt Gross

He Done Her Wrong (1930) 98 exemplaires
Nize baby (1926) 21 exemplaires
Dunt esk!! (1927) 10 exemplaires
Hiawatta witt No Odder Poems (1926) 10 exemplaires
I Shoulda Ate The Eclair (1946) 8 exemplaires
Dear Dollink (1945) 7 exemplaires
Milt Gross' New York (2015) 7 exemplaires
What's this? (1936) 2 exemplaires
Jitterbug Follies 1 exemplaire
Banana Oil! 1 exemplaire
Ele Foi Mau para Ela 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

A Subtreasury of American Humor (1941) — Contributeur — 276 exemplaires
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories: v .2 (2008) — Contributeur — 156 exemplaires
The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
The Best Short Short Stories from Collier's (1948) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires

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Date de naissance
1895-03-04
Date de décès
1953-11-29
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
The Bronx, New York, USA
Lieux de résidence
New York, New York, USA
Professions
cartoonist

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Parody of the Longfellow poem, rendered into Gross' unique New York Jewish dialect and accompanied by Gross' equally unique drawings. A quick one, and enjoyable.
 
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EricCostello | Jun 7, 2022 |
A true classic of American comics. Thank you to Art Spiegelman and Seth (legendary cartoonists) for introducing me to Gross through KRAZY, the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibit. I finally read this book after reading the KRAZY companion volume. He Done Her Wrong was their second choice as a highly influential part of American comics, right after Krazy Kat.
 
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Cail_Judy | 3 autres critiques | Apr 21, 2020 |
Extremely quirky cult classic of comedy. The book is actually an anthology of Gross' work for the Sunday New York World in the mid-1920s, and the columns follow a general formula; first, an interchange between two neighbours, then, usually, a tenant disciplining his wayward little boy Isadore, and finally, a fractured fairy tale (years before Bullwinkle) rendered by a mother to her little child. All, it should be noted, rendered in a bizarre and wonderful "Yinglish" dialect, and accompanied by a wealth of Gross drawings. Obviously, this style of humour is greatly dated, but many persons I know in the animation community consider this book (which was a major best-seller in its day) as a touchstone for their craft.… (plus d'informations)
½
 
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EricCostello | 1 autre critique | May 29, 2018 |
I was attracted to He Done Her Wrong: the great American novel (with no words) because it is an early example of a wordless graphic novel (1930 - only the second one published in the USA) and described as something akin to a slapstick silent film. This is very true, and a lot of the scenes were very funny. I really enjoy books that tell stories in an unusual way, which is why I'm so drawn to wordless novels. I'm also a big fan of silent film, though I never do watch as many as I'd like - though I subscribe to TCM, I share the tv with my parents, and I'm rarely around or able to pick the station when silent films are airing. So, really, I don't see any reason why I wouldn't like He Done Her Wrong.

Unfortunately, I think I may be deficient in the visual shorthand used in comics in the 1920s, because I was pretty confused by many scenes. I wasn't entirely certain what the caricatures or set pieces were referring to, so the humor or just plain meaning was sometimes lost on me. For example, I couldn't figure out what the heck the Villain was doing with a coin-operated box that ended up making him destitute. Was it a machine for a train pass? for cigarettes? A slots-type gambling thing? It was plain that he was irritated by it and spending his entire fortune trying to get it to work, which was somewhat amusing, but the real humor was lost on me. It turns out, from the afterward, that it was a gum machine. Now it's hilarious!

But even with my ignorance of some of the visual gags, there was plenty to laugh at - from the way the Hero is completely out of his element in the Big City to the heartrending tale that the Heroine acts out in an effort to get a job, which is repeated step by step up the ladder to the very top of the company in great detail - only for that job to be washing the floors. So much effort and drama for such a thing! Dozens of pages in the build up, only for such pathos!

I would like to become more familiar with cartoons from this period, because I do enjoy them, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't have used a different book as my major introduction. He Done Her Wrong was enjoyable and all, but just a bit too confusing for 21st century me to be a really strong read.
… (plus d'informations)
½
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keristars | 3 autres critiques | Jan 8, 2012 |

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