Exit Stage Left

Heavens to Murgatroyd Hanna Barbera s very own Snagglepuss is reimagined in a brand new series, EXIT STAGE LEFT THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES, by author Mark Russell THE FLINTSTONES It s 1953 While the United States is locked in a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union, the gay Southern playwright known as Snagglepuss is the toast of Broadway But success has made him a target As he plans for his next hit play, Snagglepuss becomes the focus of the House Committee on Un American Activities And when powerful forces align to purge show business of its most subversive voices, no one is safe Written by Mark Russell, the critically acclaimed mastermind behind the award winning PREZ VOL 1 and THE FLINTSTONES, EXIT STAGE LEFT THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES, enters the Hanna Barbera reimagined universe Collects issues 1 6 Free Read Exit Stage Left by Mark Russell For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr While the rest of DC is writing about people fighting crime in their underwear, Mark Russell is over in his own corner reinventing our childhood cartoons as sociopolitical diatribes Snagglepuss is our way into some real life drama, now a gay playwright based in 1950 s NYC and loosely based on Tennessee Williams McCarthyism is in full swing and those in entertainment circles are afraid of being outed and blacklisted by the House Un American Activities Committee This was a truly dark time for A While the rest of DC is writing about people fighting crime in their underwear, Mark Russell is over in his own corner reinventing our childhood cartoons as sociopolitical diatribes Snagglepuss is our way into some real life drama, now a gay playwright...Mark Russell, DC s secret best writer after not at all secret best Tom King, of course is back with the vengeance In Exit Stage Left, he tells a story of America of the 50 s, a scary time of McCarthyism, the Cold War and the persecution and blacklisting of innocent people under false pretences We follow Snagglepuss, a secretly gay playwright from the South, as well as his friends and colleagues, all trying to survive and not lose themselves in the world that has seemingly no place for their Mark Russell, DC s secret best writer after not at all secret best Tom King, of course is back with the vengeance In Exit Stage Left, he tells a story of America of the 50 s, a scary time of McCarthyism, the Cold War and the persecution and blacklisting of innocent people under false pretences We follow Snagglepuss, a secretly gay playwright from the South, as well as his friends and colleagues, all trying to survive and not lose themselves in the world that has seemingly no place for their kind It s a heartbreaking book, and Russell s most emotionally raw and touching work to date Not only was it a scary time to live through by itself with the threat of the bomb and the rising tension bet...Exit Stage Left The Snagglepuss Chronicles is a clever reinvention of an iconic 1960s cartoon character.Snagglepuss was originally a pink swishy wannabe actor and actual mountain lion in the Yogi the Bear cartoons beginning in 1959 This comic, set in 1953, casts Snagglepuss as a successful playwright caught up in the McCarthy Congressional hearings looking for communist sympathizers within the show business community.I wasn t expecting such a serious comic based on such a silly character from Exit Stage Left The Snagglepuss Chronicles is a clever reinvention of an iconic 1960s cartoon character.Snagglepuss was originally a pink swishy wannabe actor and actual mountain lion in the Yogi the Bear cartoons beginning in 1959 This comic, set in 1953, casts Snagglepuss as a successful playwright caught up in the McCarthy Congressional hearings looking for communist sympathizers within the show business community.I wasn t expecting such a serious comic based on such a silly character from my childhood However, ...HmmI am really torn on what to rate this This is probablylike a 4.5, but I couldn t go all the way to 5 stars Since I read mostly TP, I have been waiting and anticipating this release for MONTHS I absolutely loved Russell s Flintstone series and Snagglepuss sounded even better While the Flintstones was a heavy hitting read a sentence I never thought I d write , there were some moments of levity or fun easter eggs in the backgrounds to lighten the mood a bit With Exit Stage Left, HmmI am really torn on what to rate this This is probablylike a 4.5, but I couldn t go all the way to 5 stars Since I read mostly TP, I have been waiting and anticipating this release for MONTHS I absolutely loved Russell s Flintstone series and Snagglepuss sounded even better While the Flintstones was a heavy hitting read a sentence I never thought I d write , there were some moments of le...This book is a dark look into a dark time period for creative types it is beautifully done I cried so much over issue 5 and 6 Closet sexuality, communism, and a look into depression that I never expected I will be buying this trade in a few months to read it again.originally reviewed at thelibraryladies.com A special thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book Though I feel like I watched a good amount of Hanna Barbera cartoons as a child, one character that I don t have specific memories of is Snagglepuss I remember him existing, and I remember a few of his quirks like his catch phrase exit, stage left and his smooth personality , but I don t think I ever saw a full cartoon with him as the star But even with my passing famili originally reviewed at thelibraryladies.com A special thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book Thou...A wonderful, humanistic story with lots of satire and a generous heap of touching lines, the Snaglepuss Chronicles are a prime example of the theory that DC Comics still has the potential to make good stuff, even if it s done as part of yet another multi universe deal taking advantage o...DOROTHY PARKER IS IN A COMIC BOOK Kind of fangirling here for a moment, but I love the fact Parker and the Algonquin Round Table are in this book Only for a brief cameo, but they kid of set the stage for what this comic book is about.If you liked the Flintstones comic book, you ll probably like this just a much Mark Russell is good with satire and cartoons Exit Stage Left is a satire on the early 50s during the Red Scare Of course, it has cartoon characters like Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hou DOROTHY PARKER IS IN A COMIC BOOK Kind of fangirling here for a moment, but I love the fact Parker and the Algonquin Round Table are in this book Only for a brief cameo, but they kid of set the stage for what this comic book is about.If you liked the Flintstones comic book, you ll probably like this just a much Mark Russell is good with satire and cartoons Exit Stage Left is a satire on the early 50s during the Red Scare Of course, it has cartoon characters like Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw, but it also has a bunch of historical characters as well.You could say this comic book has a ton of things going on at once, but take a look at the time period it was set in, a ton of things were gong on at once Besides the Red Scare, this also deals with homosexuality during the 50s They make SP, HH, aand QD all gay which fits for this comic book This comic has a ton of witty Dorothy Parker, even comme...After not enjoying DC and Mark Russell s The Flintstones, Vol 1, I completely passed on this title in issue form, even though I thought the premise Snagglepuss as a southern playwright during the age of McCarthyism, was an entertaining angle.That was a mistake.This book is pretty much a Cliff notes fictionalization of Stonewall, McCarthyism and The Red Scare, Nixon, the Cuban Revolution, the origin of Hanna Barbera cartoons, and the parallels between life and theater all wrapped into one pink, After not enjoying DC and Mark Russell s The Flintstones, Vol 1, I completely passed on this title in issue form, even though I thought the premise Snagglepuss as a southern playwright during the age of McC...Heavens to Murgatroyd Hanna Barbera has permitted artists to reimagine its intellectual properties in ways that I don t think Warner Bros or Disney ever would, and comics fans are all the better for it In this gorgeous graphic novel, Snagglepuss the mountain lion is pitch perfect as a closeted gay Southern playwright because he totally would be t...

• English
• 23 February 2017
Mark Russell
• Paperback
• 168 pages
• 1401275214
• Mark Russell
• Exit Stage Left