Willard Mullin's Casey at the Bat and Other Tales from the Diamond - Hardcover

Thayer, Ernest

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1606998145 ISBN 13: 9781606998144

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2015

Synopsis

In 1953, in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of the World Series, legendary cartoonist Willard Mullin created images illustrating one of America’s best-loved poems: Ernest Thayer’s “Casey at the Bat.” These images were then put on a series of drinking glasses that were given away as premiums at various major and minor league ballparks across America. The first set was issued on April 15, 1954, at the very first home game for the modern day Baltimore Orioles. The illustrations by Mullin were for years thought to have been lost, but were found at an auction in 2002. They have been meticulously reproduced to create this stunning edition of “Casey at the Bat.” This edition will include additional Mullin material like the “Fan’s Alphabet” from 1953 and the poems “Iron Horse Lou” and “O Brooklyn, My Brooklyn” from 1947. With a preface by Yogi Berra and an essay on the history of both “Casey” and Mullin’s images by noted baseball historian Tim Wiles, this edition of “Casey” is the most authentic ever produced. A keepsake for the ages.

About this title

About the Author:

Willard Mullin (1902–1978) was an American sports cartoonist most famous for his creation of the “Brooklyn Bum,” the personification of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. He was widely published: he cartooned daily for Scripps-Howard’s New York World-TelegramandSun for decades and was often published in Scripps-Howard’s papers, as well as in The Sporting News.  

Ernest Thayer (1863–1940) is a writer best known for composing the poem "Casey at the Bat." In his lifetime, he edited the Harvard Lampoon and wrote a humor column for Hearst.

Baseball player, manager and coach Yogi Berra is one of the greatest and most enduring legends in American sports.

Michael Powers was born in Long Beach, California, and grew up on the beaches of Southern California and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He is an attorney and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of the Pacific. Over the last 30 years, he has written about baseball, jazz, boxing, art history, sports law and politics, among other subjects.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1606998145
• ISBN 13: 9781606998144
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 50