The best of Punch cartoons : 2,000 humor classics / edited by Helen Walasek.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 608 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 1590203089 (hardcover)
- 9781590203088 (hardcover)
- Punch (London)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 741.5942 B561 | Available | 33111006187328 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Collected in this hilarious anthology are some of the most side-splitting cartoons ever published in one of the world's most noted humor magazines. Each of the cartoons is arranged in chronological order dating back from Punch's first appearance in 1841 up through contemporary issues. Packed with superb gags and beautiful artwork by some of the finest artists of the past two centuries, this is an essential anthology for any fan of cartoons, visual humor, or of the legendary Punch magazine.
Includes index.
Foreword / Mohamed Al Fayed -- Introduction / Helen Walasek -- 1841-1913. Victorians and Edwardians -- 1914-1918. The Great War -- 1919-1938. Between the wars -- 1939-1945. World War Two -- 1946-1959. The post-war world -- 1960-1979. Sixties and seventies -- 1980-1992. The eighties and beyond.