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1) Nobody's fool: the life and times of Schlitzie the Pinhead

Author

Griffith, Bill

Series

Nobody's Fool The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

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"The story of Schlitzie's long career--from Coney Island and the Ringling Bros. Circus to small town carnivals and big city sideshows--is one of legend. Today, Schlitzie is most well-known for his appearance in the cult classic Freaks (produced by MGM of all studios in 1932 and directed by Tod Browning, his first feature after the horror classic Dracula), in which all of the sideshow performers were real, not actors. The making of Freaks and Schlitzie's...

2) Securing a retirement income for life: strategies for managing, protecting and preserving your wealth

Author

Griffith, Bill

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

3) Three rocks: the story of Ernie Bushmiller, the man who created Nancy

Author

Griffith, Bill

Series

Three Rocks

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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From Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead and Nobody's Fool, comes Three Rocks, a biography of cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the iconic comic strip Nancy. But this graphic novel is about more than a single comic book artist. It is the story of this American art form, tracing its inception to 1895 with the Yellow Kid, the creation of Nancy in 1933, and all the strips that followed, including Peanuts and The Far Side. Nancy is hailed...

4) Invisible ink: my mother's secret love affair with a famous cartoonist : a graphic memoir

Author

Griffith, Bill

Pub. Date

2015.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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"Fifteen minutes after Bill Griffith's father died from a bicycle accident in 1972, his mother turned to him and said, "If I don't tell you this now, I'll never be able to tell you. I had a long and happy relationship with a man you knew slightly." Thus began Griffith's journey to reconstruct this hidden relationship between his mother and a deeply cultured jack-of-all-trades cartoonist and crime novelist. Invisible Ink unfolds like a detective story,...