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He Done Her Wrong Milt Gross Books

Story about a Popeye / Powerhouse Pepper type tough guy who has his love interest stolen by conniving knave. Funny illustrations. Full of gags. Milt Gross proved just how much of a story you can make without using any words.


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He Done Her Wrong Milt Gross Books Reviews

The publisher here has given us a pretty good overview of this work in their synopsis and our one reviewer has given us a wonderful history of this great good. I will refrain from doing a book report here. I will say though, that this is one of the most delightful works I have had the pleasure of reading over the years. I first encountered this work in the early 1960s and have off and on over the years read it again and again. As the author so well puts it "The Great American Novel Told Without Words." Ths illustrations are of course pure Gross and there is humor in every frame, from the first to the last. This is certainly a work that proves that a picture is worth a thousand word, although in this case, the pictures cover many more words than the saying goes. I am delighted to see that this one is in print again and hopefully some of the author's other work will be also reprinted soon. We will be much richer for it. I highly recommend this one.
I'm not sure what Milt Gross would have made of contemporary critics and their claim that he was the father of the modern graphic novel. I'm guessing his reaction would have been akin to A HARD DAY'S NIGHT director Richard Lester's famous reply to MTV. (When the music network hailed him as the 'Father of Music Videos', Lester responded by insisting on a blood test!)

One of the great American humorists of the 20th Century, Gross was a brilliant New York-based newspaper cartoonist whose creations included DAVE'S DELICATESSEN, BANANA OIL, THAT'S MY POP, PETE THE POOCH, OTTO AND BLOTTO, COUNT SCREWLOOSE FROM TOOLOOSE, and GROSS EXAGGERATIONS - classics, all. His original, wildly cartoony drawing style and hilarious "Yinglish" dialogue, still funny after three quarters of a century, held not a hint of modern-day pretentiousness. Comparing him to Frank Miller and Art Spiegelman can only demean him. (Sorry, fanboys!)

HE DONE HER WRONG is a bona fide classic, like all Gross' books - and one that seems impervious to time, since it was deliberately anachronistic from the git-go. Originally a burlesque of Lynd Ward's wordless woodcut novels of the 1920s, that point of reference is lost on modern readers because, like Lewis Carroll's song parodies, the spoof has become more famous than the original, (a felicitous turn of events!)

This book was notoriously censored (and re-titled HEARTS OF GOLD) when it was reissued in 1983, further indication - as if we needed any more - of America's contempt for its own cultural legacy. Luckily, the wise folks at Fantagraphics will publish the restored, uncut version - rather than dignify all the self-appointed P.C. Thought Police out there. (You KNOW who you are!) Hopefully - although it's a facsimile of the first edition from 1930 - they'll find a way to include Al Capp's affectionate tribute to Gross from his introduction to the 1963 edition.
Also, hopefully, it'll pave the way for the wholesale republication of other Gross classics - like NIZE BABY, DUN'T ESK, FAMOUS FIMMALES, I SHOULDA ATE THE ECLAIR, HIAWATTA WITT NO ODDER POEMS, DEAR DOLLINK and DE NIGHT IN DE FRONT FROM CHREESMAS - all of which have been too long out-of-print.

A definitive, coffee table art book on Gross and his contributions to American comic strips and animated cartoons is long, long overdue [UPDATE see "The Complete Milt Gross Comic Books and Life Story" IDW 2010]. For more on Milt Gross, visit Shane Glines' excellent website Cartoon Retro, and the ASIFA Animation Archive.
So, this is a 30's parody of popular films from 10-15 years earlier ( and plays from 50+/- years earlier).
To our modern, "sophisticated" tastes it's corny, as well as having a mild racist episode. Modern parodies have a strong element of irony ,"He Done Her Wrong" has a very weak ironic component. The drawings are fast and sloppy, but with a certain bravura pen.
No, really, I was disappointed.
Welcome to the wacky world of Milt Gross, which has withstood the test of time. Most remembered are his dialect stories (Nize Baby), but I enjoy his drawing, particularly the old cartoon strips (Dave's Delicatessen; Louie Dot Dope). His humor defies description, but the word "unique" comes to mind.
has it. Go for it.
A wonderful parody of the woodcut novels of Lynd Ward and a great example of the unique wit of Milt Gross. Pleasures all around.
My view this is the best cartoon book ever written, with or without words (in fact there are a few words). A classic, the best
by Milt Gross, and as far as I know no one has tried to emulate it - and someone should!
Single paneled comics strung together to tell a story not unlike a silent film. Milt Gross drew a world full of heroes, villains, damsels in distress, and big noses. I read it in 1 sitting, but went back to look at the complex, but deceptively simple looking art work. There are a few gags that wouldn't fly today.
Story about a Popeye / Powerhouse Pepper type tough guy who has his love interest stolen by conniving knave. Funny illustrations. Full of gags. Milt Gross proved just how much of a story you can make without using any words.