Ross MacDonald (1957–)
Auteur de Another Perfect Day
Ross MacDonald est Ross Macdonald (2). Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Ross Macdonald, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Ross Macdonald, whose real name was Kenneth Millar, was born on December 13, 1915, in Los Gatos, California, to Canadian parents. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario and a master's degree and a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan. During World War afficher plus II, he served as a communications officer on a United States Navy escort carrier. His first book, The Dark Tunnel, was published in 1944 under his real name. He was best known for the Lew Archer Mystery series. Two of the books in the series, The Moving Target renamed Harper, and The Drowning Pool, were adapted into movies starring Paul Newman. Macdonald died of Alzheimer's disease on July 11, 1983 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Ross Macdonald -illustrator
Œuvres de Ross MacDonald
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- MacDonald, Ross
- Date de naissance
- 1957-06-23
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- New York City, New York, USA
Connecticut, USA - Professions
- illustrator
- Courte biographie
- [from illustrator's website]
For many years Ross MacDonald has been a contributor to periodicals like Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Time, and Rolling Stone, creating illustrations and writing humor pieces. He also authored and illustrated 4 children's books, as well as the adult humor books In and Out with Dick and Jane (with co-author James Victore) and What Would Jesus Craft?.
Yet all the while he has led a secret double life designing and fabricating props for over 40 movies and television series. He has made everything from the book Bradley Cooper's character throws out the window in Silver Linings Playbook, to the titular Book of Secrets for the second National Treasure movie; Jennifer Lawrence's mop patents for Joy; baby's favorite book in Baby's Day Out; Nucky Thompson's passport and Arnold Rothstein's calling card for Boardwalk Empire; the morgue toe-tags in The Knick; the Pawnee town charter for Parks and Recreation; the Red Apple Tobacco tin in Tarantino's Hateful Eight; Versace's book in the latest season of American Crime Story and thousands of other props.
Membres
Critiques
Achoo! Bang! Crash!: The Noisy Alphabet par Ross MacDonald
Letterpress alphabets! Wood type and noise! What's not to love?
Fun kids' book with art reminiscent of early Golden Age books yet cleaner & clearer
Best bought for comical purposes, a lot of them, such as EYE SEE YOU GO TO HELL MIRROR and others are horrific and weird to do, one involves tin foil and de-limbing a doll, it's hilarious.
Jack wakes up to another perfect day in this humorous confection of a picture-book, displaying many superhero qualities - battling aliens intent on conquest, saving a derailed train - on his way in to his job as an ice-cream taste tester. But on his way home, everything starts to go wrong, as our hero suddenly finds himself dressed like a baby, and driving a tricycle. What could have happened? A helpful little boy suggests he is dreaming, and advises him to wake up. But can he...?
Although first published in 2002, Another Perfect Day has a distinct vintage feel to it, hearkening back, in its stylized illustrations, to Golden Age comic-book artwork. The story is humorous and quite surreal, feeling a little random at first, until you realize that it is all part of a dream. The final scenes, in which the real Jack is revealed, explain a lot about what made up his "perfect" day, and what was considered a catastrophe. I enjoyed this one, and would recommend it to anyone looking for picture-books about dreams and/or superheroes, or that have a somewhat surreal sensibility.… (plus d'informations)
Although first published in 2002, Another Perfect Day has a distinct vintage feel to it, hearkening back, in its stylized illustrations, to Golden Age comic-book artwork. The story is humorous and quite surreal, feeling a little random at first, until you realize that it is all part of a dream. The final scenes, in which the real Jack is revealed, explain a lot about what made up his "perfect" day, and what was considered a catastrophe. I enjoyed this one, and would recommend it to anyone looking for picture-books about dreams and/or superheroes, or that have a somewhat surreal sensibility.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Aussi par
- 8
- Membres
- 233
- Popularité
- #96,932
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 19
- ISBN
- 844
- Langues
- 23
