“Negro America’s Favorite Cartoonist” – that’s what Langston Hughes called Ollie Harrington, whose cartoons and comic strips were a staple of America’s Black newspapers for decades starting in the 1930s. In his single-panel series “Dark Laughter,” Harrington brought out the vibrancy of Harlem life in its day, while serving some cutting looks at the politics of the time.
At the heart of “Dark Laughter” is Bootsie, a cunning, conning, girl-chasing ne’er-do-well who is nonetheless beloved in his Harlem community… if often reluctantly. Bootsie is both the victim of the world’s troubles and a frequent cause of them for others.
Here’s a collection of prime cartoons from the mid-1950s, drawn with the detailed joy that only Ol Harrington (who also worked as Oliver W. Harrington) could bring, finally available to a larger audience.
- Paperback : 155 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1949996352
- ISBN-13 : 978-1949996357
- Item Weight : 1.04 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.35 x 11 inches
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, who provides “unsolicited advice on how not to play bridge.”
Speck is the ultimate altar boy, half holy, half hellion, well-intentioned but oh, so distractible. Some of us remember dealing with him, others of us remember being him.
The great Sergio Aragonés, during the early years of his fifty-plus-and-still-counting career at Mad Magazine, also created this book of cartoons focused on a female sexual predator, a woman who does not let things like appropriateness and consent get in her way.
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O grande Sergio Aragonés, nos primeiros anos de sua carreira de mais de 50 anos e ainda contando na Revista Mad, também criou esse livro de cartoons focados em uma predadora sexual, uma mulher que não deixa coisas como adequação e consentimento ficarem em seu caminho. Meio século desde a primeira impressão desse livro, ele está disponível pela primeira vez em português, sem censura, nessa edição ampliada.Título original em Inglês: Aunt’s in Your Pants
Le grand Sergio Aragonés, au début de la cinquantaine-et-pas-fini-de-compter d’années de carrière à Mad Magazine, a aussi créé ce livre de gags centrés sur une femme prédatrice sexuelle, une femme qui ne laisse pas des détails comme la pertinence et le consentement se mettre en travers de son chemin. Un demi-siècle après que ce livre ait vu le jour, il est maintenant disponible pour la première fois en français, sans coupure, dans cette édition augmentée.Titre anglais (USA) originel : Aunt’s in Your Pants
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