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Old Jewish comedians / by Drew Friedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedman, Drew, 1958-
- Series:
- Blab! book
- A Blab! book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish comedians--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Jewish comedians.
- Older men--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Older men.
- American wit and humor, Pictorial.
- Jewish comedians--United States--Portraits.
- Older men--United States--Portraits.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Portraits.
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Cartoons (Humor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : all illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, [2006]
- Summary:
- An illustrated celebration of the greatest Jewish comedians of the 20th century. This comprehensive collection of portraiture of comedians born before 1930 includes the famous (Milton Berle, Groucho Marx, Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Jack Benny), the not-so-famous (Benny Rubin, Shelly Berman) and the largely unknown (Al Kelly, Menasha Skulnik). The Reuben Award-winning Friedman presents a thorough visual history of these greatest Borscht-Belt comedians with 28 full-page portraits. This is the latest BLAB! Storybook, a series showcasing sequential artists from the acclaimed anthology "BLAB!." Each volume is presented in a beautiful 10" x 10" hardcover and full-color format.
- ISBN:
- 1560977418
- 9781560977414
- OCLC:
- 71164846
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