{"product_id":"books-the-ruling-clawss-by-syd-hoff","title":"The Ruling Clawss","description":"\u003cb\u003ePublished under the pseudonym A. Redfield by prominent\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u0026gt;\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\u003eIf you were reading\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Worker\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1930s, you'd have come across the words of Woody Guthrie and Richard Wright, along with the cartoons of the mysterious A. Redfield. Redfield was actually\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist and future\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eDanny and the Dinosaur\u003c\/i\u003e author Syd Hoff. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScorning what he saw as the complicity and stale yucks of cartooning peers like Peter Arno, Hoff set his sights on the rich and powerful and revealed them for what they were: hilariously inept, deeply selfish, and incredibly dangerous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHoff 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\u003eStill powerfully funny and troublingly resonant, these cartoons confirm what the legendary Milt Gross prophesied when he met Hoff as a high school student: Kid, someday you'll be a great cartoonist","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53510851330321,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781681377414.jpg?v=1778180932","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-ruling-clawss-by-syd-hoff","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}