The Party by Tomi Ungerer
Tomi Ungerer eviscerates the 1 percent in this series of cartoon vignettes (a proto-graphic novel) that are unfortunately as relevant now as the time they were drawn and shall remain so forever and ever.Created in the 1960s, The Party takes place in the Hamptons. It's attended by captains of industry, tycoons, magnates, moguls, and various undistinguishable fat cats, luxuriating in their tuxedos, evening gowns, and prattling small talk. The depiction of one grotesquerie after another -- often couples -- cavorting through the haze of booze and caviar, with the occasional wanton display of sybaritically libidinal impulse. Ungerer accompanies each full-page image with a hilarious, hand-lettered caption, which provides the characters' names and a brief deadpan description of their social standings, creating a dissonance between image and text.
Tomi Ungerer, who was born in Strasbourg in 1931, arrived in New York in 1956 with $60 in his pocket and a bag full of paintings. In ten years, he rose to prominence as a caricaturist, illustrator, and children's book author, publishing more than eighty volumes. Tomi Ungerer won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration in 1998 and has since established herself as an globally famous artist.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781683963721 |
| ISBN 10 | 1683963725 |
| Title | The Party |
| Author | Tomi Ungerer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fantagraphics |
| Year published | 2020-11-12 |
| Number of pages | 136 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |