Father and Son is one of the most beloved comic strips ever
drawn--an uproarious, timeless ode to the pleasures, pitfalls, and
endless absurdity of family life.
Father and Son is a slyly heartwarming, dizzyingly inventive classic
in the tradition of Calvin and Hobbes and The Simpsons. Created in
1934 by the German political cartoonist Erich Ohser (using the pseudonym
E.O. Plauen after being blacklisted for his opposition to the Nazi
regime), the gruff, loving, mustachioed father and his sweet but
troublemaking son embark on adventures both everyday and extraordinary:
family photoshoots and summer vacations, shipwrecks and battles with
gangsters, a Christmas feast with forest animals and a trip to the zoo.
Drawn almost entirely without dialogue, the strips overflow with
slapstick, fantasy, and anarchic visual puns. Father and Son remains
an uproarious, timeless ode to the pleasures, pitfalls, and endless
absurdity of family life.
This NYRC edition is an extra-wide hardcover with raised cover image,
and features new English hand-lettering.