| Oh Mother, That Man's Here Again!!: The Christmas Cards of Charles W. Carvin Contributor(s): Carvin, Joseph W. (Editor), Carvin, Charles W. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0976818353 ISBN-13: 9780976818359 Publisher: Nothing in Common Books OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor | Topic - Celebrity & Popular Culture - Comics & Graphic Novels | Humorous - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 8.5" W x 11" (1.71 lbs) 154 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fun-filled, full color look at the culture and politics of the 20th century. For nearly fifty years, the celebrated humorist Charles Carvin (1897-1974) drew his own Christmas cards, elaborate cartoon productions that sometimes unfolded to several pages, poking good natured fun at the political and cultural icons of America (and the world) between 1928 and 1971 -- from the Great Depression and World War II to the space race and the civil rights movement. The cast of characters ranges from Calvin Coolidge and FDR to John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, from Adolf Hitler and Franklin Roosevelt to Nikita Krushchev and Fidel Castro, from Mae West and Will Rogers to Bob Hope and Milton Berle, from Segar's Popeye to Schulz's Charlie Brown and Snoopy. This complete collection of the cards and other drawings has 217 illustrations, mostly in full color, with explanatory notes and an introduction by the artist's grandson. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carvin, Joseph W.: - Joseph W. Carvinm, a grandson of Charles W. Carvin, is a graduate of the Phillips Exeter Academy, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Miami School of Law.Carvin, Charles W.: - Charles W. Carvin (1897-1974) was the son of a 45 year old Irish barkeep and a mother who died when he was a year old. Raised by his two half-sisters, he learned to tell stories while he was supposed to be in school. By 1918 he was in Texas flying Curtiss JN-4 biplanes and selling war bonds for the Army Air Corps. After the Great War, he went to work in the basement of a hosiery mill, but moved quickly into sales, where his dialect stories and cartoons brought him popularity and success. He would go on to perform at U.S.O. shows with Bob Hope, have dinner with Harry Truman, and earn an honorary LLD degree from St Joseph's University. Modern Textiles magazine called him "famous as the almost official raconteur of the whole textile industry," and the industry's "greatest wit, story teller, jokesmith and toastmaster." |