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Bringing Up Father 1936 Sundays by Bringing Up Father (Paperback / softback, 2016)

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Bringing Up Father Sundays 1936 (B/W) Golden Age Comic Strip Collection Now you can re-live (or, enjoy for the first time). Bringing Up Father was an influential American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus (1884-1954). Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years. Characters and story The humor centers on an immigrant Irishman named Jiggs, a former hod carrier who came into wealth in the United States by winning a million dollars in a sweepstakes. Now uveau-riche, he still longs to revert to his former working class habits and lifestyle. His constant attempts to sneak out with his old gang of boisterous, rough-edged pals, eat corned beef and cabbage (kwn regionally as Jiggs dinner ) and hang out at the local tavern were often thwarted by his formidable, social-climbing (and rolling-pin wielding) harridan of a wife, Maggie, their lovely young daughter, Nora and infrequently their lazy son Ethelbert later kwn as just Sonny. The strip deals with lace-curtain Irish, with Maggie as the middle-class Irish American desiring assimilation into mainstream society in counterpoint to an older, more raffish shanty Irish sensibility represented by Jiggs. Her lofty goal-frustrated in nearly every strip-is to bring father (the lowbrow Jiggs) up to upper class standards, hence the title, Bringing Up Father. The occasional malapropisms and left-footed social blunders of these upward mobiles were gleefully lampooned in vaudeville, popular song, and formed the basis for Bringing Up Father.The strip presented multiple perceptions of Irish Catholic ethnics during the early 20th century. Through the character Jiggs, McManus gave voice to their anxieties and aspirations. Varied interpretations of McManus's work often highlight difficult issues of ethnicity and class, such as the conflicts over assimilation and social mobility that second- and third-generation immigrants confronted. McManus took a middle position, which aided ethnic readers in becoming accepted in American society without losing their identity. A cross-country tour that the characters took in September 1939 into 1940 gave the strip a big promotional boost and raised its profile in the cities they visited. Escamilla Comics has lovingly remastered these timeless classics with vivid color correction, image restoration and has also added an enhanced reading experience with Kindle Panel View

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
1533321760
ISBN-13
9781533321763
eBay Product ID (ePID)
223143562

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Author
Bringing Up Father
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Graphic Novels: General

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Edited by
Israel Escamilla
Illustrator(s)
George Mcmanus
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Date of Publication
18/05/2016
Country of Publication
United States

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