The Goat Getters: Jack Johnson, the Fight of the Century, and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented...

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Eddie Campbell

The Goat Getters

Jack Johnson, the Fight of the Century, and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented Comics...

Eddie Campbell

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Idea & Design Works
01 July 2018

Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction; Boxing

"A rip-roaring and exhaustively researched new take on the origin of the comic strip by one of the leading cartoon storytellers of our time.

A rip-roaring and exhaustively researched new take on the origin of the comic strip by one of the leading cartoon storytellers of our time.

With more than 500 period cartoons, The Goat Getters illustrates how comics were developed by such luminaries as Rube Goldberg, Tad Dorgan, and George Herriman in the sports and lurid crime pages of the daily newspaper. This wild bunch of West Coast-based cartoonists established the dynamic anatomy and bold, tough style that continue to influence comics today, as well as their own goofy slang that enriched the popular lexicon.

The Goat Getters also captures early twentieth century-history through the lens of the newspaper comics- the landmark 1910 boxing match in Reno, Nevada between Jim Jeffries, the ""Great White Hope,"" and Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion; the nationwide race riots that followed; the San Francisco graft trials that culminated in the shooting of the Federal Prosecutor; and the trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of architect Stanford White, a crime of passion that centered on Thaw's wife, show-girl Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw--all were venerated or vilified by Nell Brinkley, Jimmy Swinnerton, and their fellow directors of the ink and newsprint stage."

By: Eddie Campbell
Imprint: Idea & Design Works
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 302mm, Width: 240mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 1.644kg
ISBN: 9781684051380
ISBN 10: 168405138X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 July 2018
Recommended Age: From 13 to 16 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Publishers Weekly calls Eddie Campbell ""one of the premier cartoonists of his generation."" Campbell has been writing and drawing comics since 1974, and is best known for his collaborations with Alan Moore (From Hell, A Disease of Language) and Neil Gaiman (The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains), as well as for Alec, his tour-de-force autobiographical series that Booklist called ""a high-water mark in the graphic novel's short history,"" and the 1200-page epic Bacchus. Forthcoming is Bizarre Romance (in collaboration with Audrey Niffenegger)."

Reviews for The Goat Getters: Jack Johnson, the Fight of the Century, and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented Comics

A scintillating examination of how some legendary cartoonists helped change newspapers and its readership. -Washington Times Armed with his meticulous eye for scholarship and an always-raucous storytelling instinct, (Eddie Campbell is) guaranteed to entertain as well as educate. -World Literature Today My hat is off to Eddie Campbell for his superb work in hunting down, cleaning up, and collecting together over 500 illustrations from those far-off golden days. -Yesterday's Papers