{"product_id":"father-and-son-isbn-9781681371207","title":"Father and Son","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFather and Son\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most beloved comic strips ever  drawn—an uproarious, timeless ode to the pleasures, pitfalls, and  endless absurdity of family life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFather and Son \u003c\/i\u003eis a slyly heartwarming, dizzyingly inventive classic in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eCalvin and Hobbes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e. Created in 1934 by the German political cartoonist Erich Ohser (using the pseudonym E.O. Plauen after being blacklisted for his opposition to the Nazi regime), the gruff, loving, mustachioed father and his sweet but troublemaking son embark on adventures both everyday and extraordinary: family photoshoots and summer vacations, shipwrecks and battles with gangsters, a Christmas feast with forest animals and a trip to the zoo. Drawn almost entirely without dialogue, the strips overflow with slapstick, fantasy, and anarchic visual puns. \u003ci\u003eFather and Son\u003c\/i\u003e remains an uproarious, timeless ode to the pleasures, pitfalls, and endless absurdity of family life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis NYRC edition is an extra-wide hardcover with raised cover image, and features new English hand-lettering.“A lovely new edition that will make an excellent stocking filler...if you don’t know Plauen’s strangely affecting work already, these are dialogue-free, slapstick adventures involving a gruff but loving father and his sweet but occasionally naughty son.\" —Rachel Cooke, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This gem of an unjustly forgotten book was originally published in the  1930s. German cartoonist Erich Ohser created this charming comic strip  under the pen name E.O. Plauen after being barred by the Nazi government  from drawing political cartoons....None of the darkness in  his life can be seen in this sunny pantomime strip about a gruff but  indulgent father and his mischievous, tousle-haired son. There’s a  warmth to the characters’ relationship unusual in old gag cartoons....A perfect book for  Father’s Day.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fatherhood is a many hued thing. Some moments are pure joy. Others  contain levels of frustration you hadn’t thought possible. Then there’s  the self-doubt and the love. It’s a hard thing to capture in words —  trust us — and a hard thing to capture in images and a hard thing to  capture in both. That’s why comic strips that offer even the slightest nod to the real experience of fatherhood, like \u003ci\u003eCalvin \u0026amp; Hobbes\u003c\/i\u003e,  hit so hard. But no comic strip has captured a father’s rapport with  his son as beautifully or accurately as the largely forgotten German  comic \u003ci\u003eFather \u0026amp; Son.\u003c\/i\u003e\" —Joshua David Stein, \u003ci\u003eFatherly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eE.O. Plauen\u003c\/b\u003e was the pseudonym of Erich Ohser  (1903–1944). In the 1920s, he studied art in Leipzig and began a career  as a cartoonist and illustrator. He moved to Berlin in 1927, and began  collaborating with his friend, the writer Erich Kästner, including  drawing illustrations for Kästner’s first book of poetry (which would  later be burned by the Nazis). Ohser’s caricatures of high-ranking Nazis  such as Goebbels and Hitler led to his being banned from publishing  after they took power. Unable to use his own name, he paired his  initials, “E.O.,” with “Plauen,” the town he grew up in, and using this  pseudonym created \u003ci\u003eVater und Sohn\u003c\/i\u003e in 1934; it appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBerliner Illustrirte Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e,  to great acclaim, until 1937. Though he was allowed to return to  regular magazine work in 1940—his caricatures of Stalin were especially  popular—he was arrested four years later by the Gestapo for disparaging  the regime. The day before his trial, he committed suicide in his cell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Rotenberg\u003c\/b\u003e was trained as a linguist and now translates from German and French. He lives in New York.","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302729732325,"sku":"NP9781681371207","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781681371207.jpg?v=1742928820","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/father-and-son-isbn-9781681371207","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}