{"product_id":"the-ruling-clawss-syd-hoff-9781681377414","title":"The Ruling Clawss: The Socialist Cartoons of Syd Hoff","description":"\u003cb\u003ePublished under the pseudonym A. Redfield by prominent \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003econtributor Syd Hoff in the 1930s, these mordant and marvellously drawn gag comics skewer the rich and powerful with a pointed pen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring his career as a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist, and before he wrote \u003ci\u003eDanny and the Dinosaur\u003c\/i\u003e, Syd Hoff wrote under a different name. He was A. Redfield, a cartoonist for the communist newspaper the \u003ci\u003eDaily Worker\u003c\/i\u003e, and a scourge of the rich and powerful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScorning what he saw as the complicity and stale jokes of cartooning peers, Hoff set his sights on the ruling class and revealed them for what they were: hilariously inept, deeply selfish, and incredibly dangerous. Hoff spared nothing from his pen, lampooning police brutality, thin-skinned industrialists, racists, and the looming threat of fascism at home and abroad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Ruling Clawss\u003c\/i\u003e includes a new introduction by the historian Philip Nel, who reveals\u2028 the story behind the rise and disappearance of Hoffʼs Redfield. \u003ci\u003eThe Ruling Clawss\u003c\/i\u003e cements Hoff as a master of the gag comic, whose work remains powerfully funny and troublingly resonant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Syd Hoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681377411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681377414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 6.38w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/07\/2023 pg. 1","brand":"Syd Hoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080347087103,"sku":"9781681377414","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78035f81-1448-41ae-a6bc-a1474f4c0d89.jpg?v=1685486302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ruling-clawss-syd-hoff-9781681377414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}