Peter Arno: The Mad, Mad World of The New Yorker's Greatest

Peter Arno: The Mad, Mad World of The New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist

The incredible, wild life ofÂ PeterÂ Arno, the fabled cartoonist whose racy satire and bold visuals became the unforgiving mirror of his times and the foundation of theÂ New YorkerÂ cartoon.

In the summer of 1925, The New Yorker was struggling to survive its first year in print. They took a chance on a young, indecorous cartoonist who was about to give up his career as an artist. His name was Peter Arno, and his witty social commentary, blush-inducing content, and compositional mastery brought a cosmopolitan edge to the magazineâ€™s pagesâ€”a vitality that would soon cement The New Yorker as one of the worldâ€™s most celebrated publications.

Alongside New Yorker luminaries such as E.B. White, James Thurber, and founding editor Harold Ross,Â ArnoÂ is one of the select few who madeÂ the magazineÂ the cultural touchstone it is today. In this intimate biography of one of The New Yorkerâ€™s first geniuses, Michael Maslin dives intoÂ Arnoâ€™s rocky relationship with the magazine, his fiery marriage to the columnist Lois Long, and his tabloid-cover altercations involving pistols, fists, and barely-legal debutantes. Maslin invites us inside the Roaring Twentiesâ€™ cultural swirl known as CafÃ© Society, in which Arno was an insider and observant outsider, both fascinated and repulsed by Americaâ€™s swelling concept of â€œcelebrity.â€

Through a nuanced constellation ofÂ Arnoâ€™s most defining experiences and escapades that inspired his work in the pages of The New Yorker, Maslin explores the formative years of the publication and its iconic cartoon tradition. In tandem, he traces the shifting gradations ofÂ Arnoâ€™s brushstrokes and characters over the decadesâ€”all in light of the cultural upheavals that informedÂ Arnoâ€™s sardonic humor.Â

In this first-ever portrait of Americaâ€™s seminal cartoonist, we finally come eye-to-eye with the irreverent spirit at the core of the NewÂ YorkerÂ cartoonâ€”a genre in itselfâ€”and leave with no doubt as to how and why this genre came to be embraced by the masses as a timeless reflection of ourselves.
Country USA
Brand Regan Arts.
Manufacturer Regan Arts.
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2016-04-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781942872610

Country	USA
Brand	Regan Arts.
Manufacturer	Regan Arts.
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2016-04-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781942872610

Peter Arno: The Mad, Mad World of The New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist

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