Baseball Humor - Softcover

Tiritilli, Robert A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935938370 ISBN 13: 9780935938371

Publisher: LuckySports, 2013

Synopsis

The best of Baseball Humor from America's funniest sporting cartoonist.Cartoonist, Robert Tiritilli understands “the balls and strikes" of the baseball world. This former Italian Mafia pinch-hitter has teamed with Charles Hellman, an ex-Little Leaguer, to find more ways to blend these one-panel jokes and cartoons with clever captions. They bring out the "FUNNY" in sports. The wit and satire of these cartoons and their absurdities come to life from Tiritilli's pen. His outrageous graphics poke fun at baseball players, fans and owners with equal gusto. Tiritilli has freelanced and lampooned for more years than he cares to admit. After sailing around the world four times in his tiny ten-foot raft; he now spends his retirement years spraying graffiti on stadium bathroom walls when no one is looking. Baseball Humor Cartoons will be a “home run” with anyone who plays or enjoys baseball, no matter, if they are athletic or just a couch potato. 44 black & white cartoons

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About the Author

Charles Hellman is both a storyteller and a writer. His book credits include a novel "Bogie: Golf as it Was," which deals with the lives of ancient golfers during the 18th Century in St. Andrews, Scotland. As a golf historian and he often lectures on cruise ships about golf. Mr. Hellman also has several short stories and articles to his credit. With years of strong draftsman skills, Robert Tiritilli helped create his outlandish style and talent of sports cartooning by dually employing representative portraiture, and cartoonish lightheartedness. This cartoonist sketched his original artwork very loosely but with intent, in blue pencil and then utilized very spontaneously applied, inked brushwork. Incorporating the pen and ink technique, he is able to suggest shading with well-placed, expressive line work. It is worth noting that most of Tiritilli's sports cartoons have no backgrounds. Clearly by only focusing on central players, Tiritilli is able to complete a cartoon in faster fashion, but his absence of background imagery also allows for cleaner, easier to distinguish, artwork. PhotoShop is used to enhance the drawings and In-Design was used to lay-out the pages of the book.

Synopsis

This is a collection of baseball cartoons.

Edition details

• Publisher: LuckySports
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0935938370
• ISBN 13: 9780935938371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 151