{"product_id":"cham-david-kunzle-9781496816184","title":"Cham: The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839-1862","description":"Cham, real name Count Amédée de Noé and a serious rival to Daumier, may have been the epitome of a \u003ci\u003ecélèbre inconnu\u003c\/i\u003e, a famous unknown. He is one much deserving, at last, of this first account of his huge oeuvre as a caricaturist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book concentrates on his mastery of the important newcomer to the field of caricature, which we call comic strip, picture story, and graphic novel. The volume features facsimiles of nearly twenty of these from 1839 to 1863 and ranging from one page to forty (this last a parody of Victor Hugo's \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e). In addition, summaries and sample illustrations of twenty-seven \"minor works\" demonstrate that Cham is by far the most important specialist of what was then a new genre in Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn to an ancient aristocratic family, Cham was from early on wholly dedicated to an art considered far beneath his class. Starting as a disciple of the father of the modern comic strip, Swiss Rodolphe Töpffer, Cham soon launched out on his own, evolving an original form of comedy, his own \u003ci\u003ecomédie humaine\u003c\/i\u003e, farcical, absurd, and parodic. His productivity was legendary and comprised all the known genres of caricature, the full-page cartoon lithograph, the thematic seasonal group, weekly and monthly humorous comment (much like the daily newspaper cartoonist today), and a feature called the \u003ci\u003eRevue Comique, \u003c\/i\u003e which made him the supreme graphic journalist of his day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHitherto unknown correspondence reveals an attractive personality who was fond of animals and who honored a low-class woman he eventually made his countess. Vaunted comics scholar David Kunzle has created a fitting tribute to Cham's impact and genius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Kunzle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496816188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496816184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 13.80h x 10.30w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019","brand":"David Kunzle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44410937213183,"sku":"9781496816184","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3dac38e-a4cb-4ead-bb92-4f7951eae358.jpg?v=1697538332","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cham-david-kunzle-9781496816184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}