Strutters and Fretters: Or the Inescapable Self

by William Steig

A compendium of William Steig's humorous art covers his career from his first drawings in The New Yorker during the Great Depression through subsequent collections published over five decades. By the author of Male/Female.

Genres: Art, Humor, Cartoon

96 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

William Steig was born in New York City in 1907. In a family where every member was involved in the arts, it was not surprising that Steig became an artist.

He published his first children's book, Roland the Minstrel Pig, in 1968, embarking on a new and very different career.

Steig's books reflect his conviction that children want the security of a devoted family and friends. When Sylvester, Farmer Palmer, Abel, Pearl, Gorky, Solomon, and Irene eventually get home, their families are all waiting, and beginning with Amos & Boris, friendship is celebrated in story after story.

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Reviews

[Al McCarty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This 1992 volume is a sequel of sorts to the "symbolic drawings" volumes of the 40's, such as "The Rejected Lovers", "The Lonely Ones", "About People", etcetera. It appears to center on the subject of "The Self", but that's what they were all about anyway, right? The label of "the Self" seems to cover for the other entities of volumes past. The drawings, though, are still the draw, flat-out genius. Steig learned from Picasso that you have to free yourself from what you know to become your true self.
I want to be Steig when I grow up. Still working on it.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

So very relatable

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

"What is your honest opinion of me?" Brilliant. William Steig makes me believe in genius. Only thing that could be better would be seeing these really big and with a little color.