Perfect Nonsense: The Chaotic Comics and Goofy Games of George Carlson

Perfect Nonsense tells the complete story behind one of the most innovative and under-rated Golden Age artists, classic children's illustrators, and nonsense poets in American history.

For more than 50 years, George Carlson created thousands of distinctive and dynamic cartoons, comics, riddles, and games that thrilled both children and adults with their fanciful spirit and nonsensical humor. There has never been a career retrospective of this startling cartoonist and illustrator — until now!

Perfect Nonsense focuses on Carlson's prolific work as a gag cartoonist, children's illustrator, commercial designer, and art instructor from 1907 to just before World War II. Decades before his celebrated Jingle Jangle Comics, Carlson forever altered the nature of children's publishing during his tenure as chief artist and designer for the pioneering children's pulp, John Martin's Book.

Carlson turned the magazine itself into a toy, filled with seasonal games, holiday cut-outs, curious crosswords, graphic exercises, puzzles, riddles, rebuses, and more.

Author: Edited by Daniel F. Yezbick
Artist: George Carlson
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2014
Number of pages: 318
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 9" x 12" (240mm x 310mm)
ISBN: 9781606995082
Condition: VF - Very Fine
Code: PNCC