- 1981 first edition, 192 pages
- Published by Book Club Associates, London
- Hardcover with dust jacket, red boards
- Good condition, some age wear and tear to dust jacket, fading to dust jacket and edge of boards, slightly cocked.
Illustrated and index included. The British sense of humour has always been one of the nation's most successful secret weapons in the times of war. From the Napoleonic era to modern times, cartoonists have helped people to laugh at their wartime misfortunes both great and small - from the gross incompetence of generals in the Crimean War to the battered shins and bruises of the blackout in the Second World War.
This lively and entertaining book provides a unique record of the development of the war cartoon from the mordant caricatures in the early pages of Punch, Judy, and Fun in the middle of the nineteenth century, to the creation of the great cartoon figures of modern times, such as Old Bill of the First World War, and Pilot Officer Prune of the Second.
Included are biographies of over twenty of the most brillant cartoonists, from the men who first popularised cartoons - Gillray, Rowlandson, and Cruickshank - through Leech, Doyle, and Tenniel, to the twentieth-century exponents of the art - Will Dyson, Sir David Low, Sir Osbert Lancaster, and David Langdon.
Contemporary photographs and examples of the cartoonists' skill accompany Frank Huggett's witty and sensitive text - superbly illustrating this look at an often neglected art form.
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