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Private Memoirs Of A Profiteer M. Scrullionaire An Animated Cartoon An Early French Graphic Novel
1939049483New York City Ny: Walden Publications 1939. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Risque Graphic Novel. Yellow Cloth Lettered In Black. First And Only Printing. Near Fine. Dust Jacket Priced $1.49 Dusty Worn Tears At Corners With Minute Losses. Inscribed From The Translator To Social Artist And Fellow John Reed Club Member William Gropper "For Gropper May This Help Put Those Buggers In Their Place! Keene Wallis." Marcel Arnac Whose Real Name Was Marcel Fernand Louis Bodereau 1886-1931 Was A Writer Illustrator And Humorist One Of The Precursors Of Comics In The Form Of Graphic Novels . He Contributed To Numerous Newspapers 1903- And There Are Translations Into German And English Such As Private Memoirs Of A Profiter. He Also Had A Career As An Advertising Designer And Is The Screenwriter Of Three Short Films In The Series Directed By Georges Monca Whose Hero Is The Comic Character Of Rigadin Embodied On The Screen By Charles Prince . He Died On August 24 1931 Killed By A Shard Of Cast Iron Which Fell On His House Following The Explosion Of The Suresnes Water Lifting Plant. Keene Wallis Was An Author And A Prolific Translator From The French Primarily Of Poetry And Literature Related To Sexuality And Eroticism. In October 1929 The John Reed Club Was Founded By Eight Staff Members Of The New Masses Magazine To Support Leftist And Marxist Artists And Writers. They Included: Mike Gold Walt Carmon William Gropper Keene Wallis Hugo Gellert Morris Pass And Joseph Pass. The John Reed Clubs 1929-1935 Often Referred To As John Reed Club Or Jrc Were An American Federation Of Local Organizations Targeted Towards Marxist Writers Artists And Intellectuals Named After The American Journalist And Activist John Reed. According To Alan M. Wald The John Reed Clubs Were Not Founded By The Communist Party. New Masses Managing Editor Walt Carmon Became Frustrated With A Group Of Young Writers Who Were Hanging Out In The Office And Getting In His Way. He Told Them To "Go Out And Form A Club" And "Call It The John Reed Club." The John Reed Clubs Would Be A Constant Source Of Drama Within The New Masses Family And Members Of The Clubs Would Eventually Found The Partisan Review Which Became A Main Competitor To The New Masses. Businessmen Are Easy Targets For The People Who Never Operate Their Own Business; But The Great Mass Of War Profiteers Are Actually The Morons Usually Lawyers Who Go Into Politics And Mindlessly Support Wars Rather Than Find More Constructive Work To Do Let Alone Trying To Solve The Real Issues That Were Critical To The Start Of The Hostilities. <br/> <br/> Walden Publications hardcover
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