{"product_id":"alay-oop","title":"Alay-Oop","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Gropper was one of the great American cartoonists and illustrators of the twentieth century. A student of George Bellows and Robert Henri, he was a prolific newspaper cartoonist, a WPA muralist, a Guggenheim recipient, and committed political activist—the first visual artist called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, after which he was blacklisted (though he got revenge with his pen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was also a master of visual storytelling, best seen in his only full-length narrative work, \u003cem\u003eAlay-Oop\u003c\/em\u003e. First published in 1930, just as Gropper was coming to the height of his powers, this lost classic of the graphic novel presents an unusual love triangle: two circus acrobats and the honey-tongued schemer who comes between them. In page after page of charming, wordless art, Gropper takes us from the big top to bustling New York streets, from a cramped tenement apartment to the shifting landscape of a dream, as his characters struggle with the conflicting demands of career, family, and romance. A timeless and surprisingly modern yarn—with backflips aplenty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis NYRC edition is a hardcover with extra-thick paper and features a brand-new cover design by Sammy Harkham and fully rescanned, edge-to-edge illustrations throughout.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43756998361166,"sku":"9781681373003","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/5726\/9838\/files\/Alay-Oop.jpg?v=1779105763","url":"https:\/\/z4ppaz-na.myshopify.com\/products\/alay-oop","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}