The New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons
An unforgettable, all-star lineup of cartoonists from A (Charles Addams) to Z (Jack Ziegler) are on deck, making the New Yorker Book of Baseball Cartoons a grand slam!
The 'national pastime' engages (and sometimes enrages) fans and fanatics across America and around the world. Many of The New Yorker`s best cartoonists, an esteemed and talented lot, have experienced our passion for this great game. These 100 drawings give hilarious proof of that.
An unforgettable, all-star lineup of cartoonists from A (Charles Addams) to Z (Jack Ziegler) are on deck, making this collection a grand slam! In cartoons spanning eight decades, the artists have captured the emotional essence of the game—kids playing pickup and beleagured major leaguers; fans at the ballpark or glued to the TV; zealous players to zany managers; and, yes, even that necessary evil, the umpires.
The humor endures because baseball—and our relationship with it—keeps a powerful, timeless grip upon all who await those precious words: 'Play ball!'
Hardback, 112 Pages, Dimensions 203 x 215 MM Language English.
INDEX OF ARTISTS
Marisa Acocella
Charles Addams
Peter Arno
Perry Barlow
Charles Barsotti
Harry Bliss
Michael Crawford
Whitney Darrow Jr.
Chon Day
Robert J. Day
Richard Decker
Dana Fradon
Edward Frascino
Herbert Goldberg
Alex Gregory
John Groth
Sidney Hoff
David Langdon
Arnie Levin
Lee Lorenz
Robert Mankoff
Charles E. Martin
Henry Martin
Joseph Mirachi
Frank Modell
William O’Brian
Garrett Price
George Price
Gardner Rea
Donald Reilly
Mischa Richter
Carl Rose
Al Ross
Charles Saxon
Bernard Schoenbaum
Danny Shanahan
David Sipress
Otto Soglow
William Steig
Peter Steiner
Mick Stevens
James Stevenson
Barney Tobey
Mike Twohy
Robert Weber
Bill Woodman
Jack Ziegler
Robert Mankoff, the editor of this and many other collections of New Yorker cartoons, has had cartoons published in The New Yorker since 1974. He is founder and president of The Cartoon Bank and is the cartoon editor of The New Yorker.
Michael Crawford, coeditor of this collection and staff artist at The New Yorker, has been contributing cartoons and illustrations since 1983. A dedicated baseball fan, he swears he has a better ERA for the company softball team than “Beanball Bob Mankoff.”