Amadeo & Maladeo: A Musical Duet
| AUTHOR | Blechman, R. O.; Blechman, R. O. |
| PUBLISHER | Fantagraphics Books (03/21/2016) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
In the graphic novel Amadeo & Maladeo, the aristocratic Amadeo begins his musical career playing violin for the King and Queen of Austria, while his penurious, illegitimate brother Maladeo plays violin for pocket change on a street corner. Both face the trials and tribulations of fame. Amadeo and Maladeo serves as an elegant and unvarnished metaphor for the hardships contemporary artists face and that appears to be a universal condition of civilization. Drawn in Blechman (TM)s expressive, patented oewavy line pen-and-ink style, Amadeo & Maladeo is a story made powerful and moving by its gentle telling.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781606999158
ISBN-10:
160699915X
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
256
Carton Quantity:
26
Product Dimensions:
5.70 x 0.90 x 6.90 inches
Weight:
1.10 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Ikids,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary
Comics & Graphic Novels | Fantasy
Grade Level:
11th Grade
and up
Dewey Decimal:
741.5
Library of Congress Control Number:
2015952729
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In the graphic novel Amadeo & Maladeo, the aristocratic Amadeo begins his musical career playing violin for the King and Queen of Austria, while his penurious, illegitimate brother Maladeo plays violin for pocket change on a street corner. Both face the trials and tribulations of fame. Amadeo and Maladeo serves as an elegant and unvarnished metaphor for the hardships contemporary artists face and that appears to be a universal condition of civilization. Drawn in Blechman (TM)s expressive, patented oewavy line pen-and-ink style, Amadeo & Maladeo is a story made powerful and moving by its gentle telling.
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Author:
Blechman, R. O.
R.O. Blechman, born in Brooklyn 1930, is an American animator, illustrator, children s book author, graphic novelist, and editorial cartoonist. In 1984, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animated Programming for The Soldier s Tale. In 1999, he was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame, and in 2011 he received the National Cartoonists Society's Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also known for The Juggler of Our Lady (1953), Alka-Seltzer commercials, and multiple New Yorker covers.
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