Ace Reid and the Cowpokes Cartoons

English

Series: Southwestern Writers Collection

ISBN: 0292770979

EAN: 9780292770973

Category: Humor / Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Release Date: 01/31/1999

Synopsis: Folks across the West know a cowpoke named Jake. A good-hearted guy, hes always up to his eyebrows in debt or drought or prickly pears looking for them dad-blamed ole wild cows. In fact, hes so real a fella that its hard to believe that Ace Reid made him up. This book brings together 139 of Ace Reids popular Cowpokes cartoons, reproduced in large format to show the artistry and attention to detail that characterized Reids work. Grouped around themes such as work, weather, bankers, and friends, they reveal the distinctive you might as well laugh as cry sense of humor that ranch folks draw on to get through hard work and hard times. In the foreword,Washington Postcartoonist Pat Oliphant offers an appreciation of Reids Cowpokes cartoons, noting that Aces work has a magic of its own, and it owes nothing to anyone else. Reids longtime friend Elmer Kelton recounts Aces life and career in the introduction, describing how a shy boy who grew up on ranch work transformed himself into an artist-entrepreneur who never met a stranger and who made ranch work the subject of his real love, cartooning. This collectors volume belongs on the shelf of everyone who loves the Cowpokes cartoons, knows a fella like Jake, or enjoys the dry wit of the American cowboy.

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Ace Reid and the Cowpokes Cartoons

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.18 inches

Width: 8.5 inches

Length: 10.0 inches

Weight: 13.33 oz

Pages: 176