Fiona Deans Halloran

Fairly good biography of the eminent 19th century American cartoonist. Halloran takes a few shots at Paine, who wrote one of the most prominent biographies of Nast just after his death (Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures), and her biography is certainly less rosy than Paine's is. Among other things, she takes a sharp look at whether Nast claimed credit for work he didn't do. There's a modicum of annoying gender-class type analysis, but also some pretty good analysis of Nast's career, including a long-running dispute with the powerful editor of Harper's Weekly. Overall, recommended.… (mais)