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The Cat on a Hot Thin Groove: The Complete Collection of 78rpm Artwork from the Legendary Record Changer Magazine (Hardcover)

~ Gene Deitch (Author) "This stylized profile of a dazzled jazz record listener was my first RC cover design..." (more)
Key Phrases: record changer, jazz records, New Orleans, New York, Kid Ory (more...)
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As creative director at UPA studios, whose bold, abstract style (e.g., in the Mr. Magoo cartoons) influenced all movie cartooning, and at Terrytoons, where he created Tom Terrific, Deitch was a leading figure in 1950s film animation. Just before then (1945-50), he contributed prolifically to The Record Changer, a jazz magazine, drawing dozens of graphically bold issue covers as well as gag cartoons in his midcentury-modern style (think Virgil Partch meets Gerald McBoing-Boing). The cartoons feature "the Cat," a hardcore record collector and jazz purist based on Deitch himself. In them, the bald, bespectacled jazz lover chases down rare platters, argues the superiority of traditional jazz to bebop, and otherwise airs his obsession (in one cartoon, he turns to horticulture because cactus needles were thought to cause less wear than metal ones on shellac 78s). Deitch's breezy annotations bolster the cartoons' evocation of the postwar jazz scene, and this oversize volume, containing all of the Cat and the covers as well as other drawings, is a hipster's delight nonpareil. Gordon Flagg
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As creative director at UPA studios, whose bold, abstract style (e.g., in the Mr. Magoo cartoons) influenced all movie cartooning, and at Terrytoons, where he created Tom Terrific, Deitch was a leading figure in 1950s film animation. Just before then (1945-50), he contributed prolifically to The Record Changer, a jazz magazine, drawing dozens of graphically bold issue covers as well as gag cartoons in his midcentury-modern style (think Virgil Partch meets Gerald McBoing-Boing). The cartoons feature "the Cat," a hardcore record collector and jazz purist based on Deitch himself. In them, the bald, bespectacled jazz lover chases down rare platters, argues the superiority of traditional jazz to bebop, and otherwise airs his obsession (in one cartoon, he turns to horticulture because cactus needles were thought to cause less wear than metal ones on shellac 78s). Deitch's breezy annotations bolster the cartoons' evocation of the postwar jazz scene, and this oversize volume, containing all of the Cat and the covers as well as other drawings, is a hipster's delight nonpareil. (Gordon Flagg -Booklist )
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  • Hardcover: 220 pages
  • Publisher: Fantagraphics Books; 1st Fantagraphics Books Ed edition (April 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1560975261
  • ISBN-13: 978-1560975267
  • Product Dimensions: 14.3 x 11.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,104,301 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Cat is Back, June 19, 2003
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Great 1940s comics that capture the world of the jazz fanatic circa 1945-1950. Deitch's artwork is clever, original, somewhere between Virgil Partch and Harvey Kurtzman -- far above the amateurish efforts one associates with fanzines. Anyone familiar with the loonier aspects of record collecting will find much amusement in these cartoons (The Cat berates one guy searching a huge pile of records with, "That's the 'A' master which is relatively common!"). Deitch also drew some interesting covers, reproduced here in full color. Anyone into vintage comics, records, and/or jazz will dig this.

The packaging is a bit overkill. The width of the book is huge, but there is a lot of white space on the inside pages. A smaller size would not have detracted from the artwork, and would have made this a more affordable book. Also, nobody seems to have proofread the copy, as there are quite a few typos.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Fantastic, June 6, 2003
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This book gets seven stars. At first, I think I thought it had something to do with Mad Magazine, like Spy Vs. Spy. What I found was a goldmine. Rarely do I see books dealing with geeking out on something. Gene Deitch clearly loves Jazz Music. This book documents a dope artist, blossoming into greatness through an interest in an outsider sound. His honest comments on obsesive geekdom, as well as race relations, are appreciated. A super cool gift, as well as a beautiful, beautiful book. the OilCan highly recommends.
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