{"product_id":"ruling-clawss-paperback","title":"RULING CLAWSS (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003ePublished under the pseudonym A. Redfield by prominent \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003econtributor Syd Hoff in the 1930s, these mordant and marvellously drawn gag comics skewer the rich and powerful with a pointed pen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring his career as a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist, and before he wrote \u003ci\u003eDanny and the Dinosaur\u003c\/i\u003e, Syd Hoff wrote under a different name. He was A. Redfield, a cartoonist for the communist newspaper the \u003ci\u003eDaily Worker\u003c\/i\u003e, and a scourge of the rich and powerful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScorning what he saw as the complicity and stale jokes of cartooning peers, Hoff set his sights on the ruling class and revealed them for what they were: hilariously inept, deeply selfish, and incredibly dangerous. Hoff spared nothing from his pen, lampooning police brutality, thin-skinned industrialists, racists, and the looming threat of fascism at home and abroad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Ruling Clawss\u003c\/i\u003e includes a new introduction by the historian Philip Nel, who reveals\u2028 the story behind the rise and disappearance of Hoffʼs Redfield. \u003ci\u003eThe Ruling Clawss\u003c\/i\u003e cements Hoff as a master of the gag comic, whose work remains powerfully funny and troublingly resonant.","brand":"Hoff, Syd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337347395858,"sku":"9781681377414","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/17563203482786.jpg?v=1780441648","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/ruling-clawss-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}