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  title info:
    title: Gary Larson and the Far Side
  name:
    name part: Soper, Kerry
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: msu
    date issued: 2018
    copyright date: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  abstract: Kerry D. Soper reminds us of The Far Side's groundbreaking qualities and cultural significance in Gary Larson and "The Far Side." In the 1980s, Gary Larson shook up a staid comics page by introducing a set of aesthetic devices, comedic tones and philosophical frames that challenged and delighted many readers, even while upsetting and confusing others. His irreverent, single panels served as an alternative reality to the tame comedy of the "family-friendly" newspaper comics page, as well as the pervasive, button-down consumerism and conformity of the Reagan era. In this first full study of Larson's art, Soper follows the arc of the cartoonist's life and career, describing the aesthetic and comedic qualities of his work, probing the business-side of his success and exploring how The Far Side brand as a whole, with its iconic characters and accompanying set of comedic and philosophical frames, connected with its core readers.
  table of contents: Introduction -- The accidental cartoonist: Larson's life and career -- Deadpan irreverence with cosmic proportions: the comedy of the Far Side -- Blandly drawn, myopic pinheads: the awkwardly effective aesthetics of the Far Side -- The accidental cartooning auteur: the business side of Gary Larson's career -- Absurdly naturalistic: the cultural significance of the Far Side.
  note: Kerry D. Sopper.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Larson, Gary
    topic: Criticism and interpretation
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Larson, Gary
  subject:
    topic: Comic books, strips, etc
  subject:
    topic: Cartoonists
    geographic: United States
  classification: NC1429.L32 S67 2018
  classification: 741.5/6973
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Great comics artists
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  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 180327
    record change date: 20180813153403.0
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