Status
Available
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Publication
Abrams Press (2009), Edition: 1, 608 pages
Description
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.
Media reviews
“The Best of Punch Cartoons” is as much a document of social history as it is a cartoon album, and it’s hard to read this big book without a twinge of nostalgia for a bygone era — if you’re an American, for a time when the English were more English and not quite so much like us. Even
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those ponderous, labored Victorian cartoons have their charm, for probably no one will ever again take being funny quite this seriously. Show Less
User reviews
LibraryThing member dtw42
This is very entertaining and makes a good companion piece to "The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker", which it closely resembles in format. A minor quibble is that whoever re-keyed the cartoon captions should be given a stout kick and a book on typography, as a large percentage of the
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apostrophes in contracted words are the wrong way around (i.e., they've used opening quotes instead). Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2008
Physical description
608 p.; 11.5 inches
ISBN
1590203089 / 9781590203088