Cham : : the Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839-1862

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Call Number: 740.92 Ch Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Chapter 1. Cham and Daumier -- Chapter 2. The joker in the pack of life -- Chapter 3. L'illustration (1843-1852) and Le charivari (1843-1879) -- Chapter 4. The formal substance of the picture stories (1839-1852) -- Chapter 5. Les Misérables de Victor Hugo (1862-1863) -- Envoi: from Töpffer to Petit -- The comic strips. 0. L'Art D'engraisser et de Maigrir à Volonté (The art of Getting Fat and Thin at Will) -- 1. Histoire de Mr. Lajaunisse -- Mr. Lamélasse -- 3. Histoire de Mr. Jobard -- 4. Deux Vieilles Filles Vaccinées à Marier (Two Vaccinated Old Maids Available for Marriage) -- 5. Histoire de Mr. de Vertpré et de sa Ménagère Aussi (Mr. de Vertpré by Eugène Forest, Misattributed to Cham) -- 6. Un Géni Incompris, Persécutions Artistiques (A Misunderstood Genius) -- 7. Impressions de Voyage de Monsieur Boniface ex-Réfractaire de la 4me du 5me de la 10me (Travel Impressions of Mr. Boniface) -- 8. Voyage de Paris en Amérique du Sud, Poursuivi Jusqu'au Havre Inclusivement (Journey from Paris to America, Pursued as far as Le Havre) -- 9. Les Aventures Anciennes et Nouvelles d'un Chasseur Connu (Ancient and Modern Adventures of a Well-known Hunter) -- 10. Impressions lithographiques d'un [de] voyage par M.M. Trottman et Cham ... Belgique ... Russie, Angleterre, Irlande (Lithographic Impressions of Messrs. Trottman and Cham) -- 11. Nouveaux Voyages et Nouvelles Impressions Lithographiques, Philosophiques et Comiques de M.M. Trottman et Cham (New Journeys ... by Messrs. Trottman and Cham) -- 12. Episodes de L'histoire d'un Nation Sauvage, ou les Bienfaits de la Civilisation (History of a Savage Nation, or the Benefits of Civilization) -- 13. The Foreign Gentleman in London, or, the English Adventures of Mr. Vanille -- 14. La Ballomanie, ou Infortunes de M. Potard (Ballomania, or the Misfortunes of Mr. Potard) -- 15. Impressions de Voyages Aériennes et Marissimes de Mr. A.A.N. Trouillard, Epicier de la Veille. (Travel Impressions of Mr. Trouillard) -- 16. Proudhon en Voyage (Travels of Proudhon) -- 17. Voyage Exécuté Autour du Monde par le Capitaine Cham et par son Parapluie (Journey Around the World by Captain Cham and His Umbrella) -- 18. Les Misérables de Victor Hugo, Lus, Médités, et Illustrés (Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, Read, Meditated, and Illustrated) -- Annex. Synopsis of Cham's minor narrative works -- Original drawings by and letters form Cham -- Notes.
"Cham, real name Count Amédée de Noé and a serious rival to Daumier, may have been the epitome of a célèbre inconnu, a famous unknown. He is one much deserving, at last, of this first account of his huge oeuvre as a caricaturist. This book concentrates on his mastery of the important newcomer to the field of caricature, which we call comic strip, picture story, and graphic novel. The volume features facsimiles of nearly twenty of these from 1839 to 1863 and ranging from one page to forty (this last a parody of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables). In addition, summaries and sample illustrations of twenty-seven "minor works" demonstrate that Cham is by far the most important specialist of what was then a new genre in Europe. Born to an ancient aristocratic family, Cham was from early on wholly dedicated to an art considered far beneath his class. Starting as a disciple of the father of the modern comic strip, Swiss Rodolphe Töpffer, Cham soon launched out on his own, evolving an original form of comedy, his own comédie humaine, farcical, absurd, and parodic. His productivity was legendary and comprised all the known genres of caricature, the full-page cartoon lithograph, the thematic seasonal group, weekly and monthly humorous comment (much like the daily newspaper cartoonist today), and a feature called the Revue Comique, which made him the supreme graphic journalist of his day. Hitherto unknown correspondence reveals an attractive personality who was fond of animals and who honored a low-class woman he eventually made his countess. Vaunted comics scholar David Kunzle has created a fitting tribute to Cham's impact and genius." -- Provided by publisher.

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