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“The Nation” calls Gropper’s graphic novel “Cannily expressive”

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“Alay-Oop” reviewed in “The Nation”: Missing Link William Gropper’s Alay-Oop is an exciting addition to the comics canon. By Jillian SteinhauerTwitter SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 William Gropper is not especially well remembered today, but to the extent that he is, it’s as a political cartoonist. From 1917, when he joined the staff of the New York… Continue Reading

All new reissue of the Artist’s 1930 graphic novel

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New York Review Comics has just published a handsome new edition of William Gropper’s “Alay-Oop”- not to be confused with the caveman comic strip, “Alley Oop”, introduced in newspapers in 1932.  It’s about a love triangle comprised of a pair of acrobats and a singer in early 20th century New York City.  The story “Soars… Continue Reading