Oh Mother, That Man's Here Again!!: The Christmas Cards of Charles W. Carvin

A fun-filled, full color look at the culture and politics of the 20^th century. For nearly fifty years, the celebrated humorist Charles Carvin (1897-1974) drew his own Christmas cards, elaborate cartoon productions that sometimes unfolded to several pages, poking good natured fun at the political and cultural icons of America (and the world) between 1928 and 1971 -- from the Great Depression and World War II to the space race and the civil rights movement. The cast of characters ranges from Calvin Coolidge and FDR to John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, from Adolf Hitler and Franklin Roosevelt to Nikita Krushchev and Fidel Castro, from Mae West and Will Rogers to Bob Hope and Milton Berle, from Segar's Popeye to Schulz's Charlie Brown and Snoopy. This complete collection of the cards and other drawings has 217 illustrations, mostly in full color, with explanatory notes and an introduction by the artist's grandson.

Author: Joseph W. Carvin
Publisher: Nothing in Common Books
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 154
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780976818359

About the Author
Carvin, Joseph W.: - Joseph W. Carvinm, a grandson of Charles W. Carvin, is a graduate of the Phillips Exeter Academy, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Miami School of Law.Carvin, Charles W.: - Charles W. Carvin (1897-1974) was the son of a 45 year old Irish barkeep and a mother who died when he was a year old. Raised by his two half-sisters, he learned to tell stories while he was supposed to be in school. By 1918 he was in Texas flying Curtiss JN-4 biplanes and selling war bonds for the Army Air Corps. After the Great War, he went to work in the basement of a hosiery mill, but moved quickly into sales, where his dialect stories and cartoons brought him popularity and success. He would go on to perform at U.S.O. shows with Bob Hope, have dinner with Harry Truman, and earn an honorary LLD degree from St Joseph's University. Modern Textiles magazine called him "famous as the almost official raconteur of the whole textile industry," and the industry's "greatest wit, story teller, jokesmith and toastmaster."