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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > Cartoons & comic strips
This work features cartoons by David Allan, chairman of Mountain
Rescue Council (England) and text by Judy Whiteside, editor of
"Mountain Rescue News" - the official national magazine for
Mountain Rescue. David Allan, FRCS, said: I have been involved with
mountain rescue in a number of roles for a little over thirty
years. During that time I have come to respect the people who
provide the service for their commitment, their skills, and their
capacity to endure. However, I have also come to believe that
perhaps the most essential requirement for a successful mountain
rescue team member is a sense of humour and it is in recognition of
this that this book is produced. I must pay tribute to the
excellent book Mountain Rescue by Bob Sharp and Judy Whiteside
which I have parodied and used as a source of ideas.
Owners of this edition will receive access to non-DRM ebook
versions of every book in the series--for free The Definitive
Brother Juniper is the culmination of The Brother Juniper
Rejuvenation Project. This 888-page hardcover (6.14" x 9.21")
contains every single cartoon from all eight of the books in the
Brother Juniper series. The "Brother Juniper" comic strip was
syndicated in newspapers for thirty years and, at its peak, ran in
more than 150 dailies world-wide. The comic, created by a
seventy-one-year member of the Secular Franciscan Order, received
an unprecedented cross-cultural response and was the only
religious-themed comic strip to garner international syndication.
The Brother Juniper Rejuvenation Project has done pixel-level
remastering of the eight-book series using the highest caliber
archival materials in order to present Brother Juniper with a
degree of quality never before seen. Also, the Extended Editions
supply readers with a breadth of supplementary content that
traditional paper publishers are unable to produce. The creator,
Father Justin 'Fred' McCarthy sums up the timeless appeal of
Brother Juniper: "Take someone from the Middle Ages, put him in a
modern setting and you have something funny right there. He's
Catholic with a small 'c'. He's always trying to help people but
always slipping on a banana peel. Characters like Brother Juniper,
and Charlie Brown, lose the battle but win the war."
a comic about dinosaurs finding meaning, together from the
international bestselling team behind dinosaur therapy,
@dinosandcomics including exclusive, never-before-seen bonus comics
posing questions such as 'do I exist?', 'how should I live?', 'what
is beauty?' in each comic, dinosaur characters explore how to exist
in the modern world and meditate on what it means to 'live well'.
suitable for grown-ups.
Cosy up with a warm cup of tea and follow the sweet scenes of Milk
and Mocha, from the popular webcomic @milkmochabear. Milk and Mocha
share their sweet slice-of-life moments in this new collection,
including never-before-seen comics! Milk and Mocha are charming
bears with opposite personalities. These uplifting comics remind us
of the sweet moments we share with our friends, family, and loved
ones.
Marie Duval: maverick Victorian cartoonist offers the first
critical appraisal of the work of Marie Duval (Isabelle Emilie de
Tessier, 1847-1890), one of the most unusual, pioneering and
visionary cartoonists of the later nineteenth century. It discusses
key themes and practices of Duval's vision and production, relative
to the wider historic social, cultural and economic environments in
which her work was made, distributed and read, identifing Duval as
an exemplary radical practitioner. The book interrogates the
relationships between the practices and the forms of print,
story-telling, drawing and stage performance. It focuses on the
creation of new types of cultural work by women and highlights the
style of Duval's drawings relative to both the visual conventions
of theatre production and the significance of the visualisation of
amateurism and vulgarity. Marie Duval: maverick Victorian
cartoonist establishes Duval as a unique but exemplary figure in a
transformational period of the nineteenth century. -- .
Soldiers disguised as a herd of cows, cork bath mats for troops
crossing streams and a tank with a piano attachment for camp
concerts are just some of the absurd inventions to be found in this
book of cartoons designed to keep spirits up during the Second
World War. These intricate comic drawings poke gentle fun at both
the instruments of war and the indignity of the air-raid shelter in
Heath Robinson's inimitable style.
A fifth collection of classic Peanuts newspaper comic strips
features 248 daily strips from 1955-1958 and feature Snoopy,
perhaps Peanuts most popular character, certainly when it comes to
cainines! This book is a facsimile edition of the fifth Peanuts
collection originally published back in 1958 by the Clarke, Irwin
& Company, Ltd of Toronto, Canada. This collection of 248 daily
Peanuts newspaper strips that appeared between 1955 -1958 focuses
on, perhaps the most famous character in the Peanuts universe,
Charlie Brown's Beagle, Snoopy. Whether he's chasing snow flakes,
doing impersonations or just dancing his world famous happy jig,
things are always going to a little sillier when Snoopy's around.
The strip's bitter-sweet humour and child-like innocence helped to
cement the Peanuts comic strip's popularity and secure its
reputation as a true, one-of-a-kind, timeless classic.
In The Complete Peanuts 1963-64: this volume is particularly rich
in never-before-reprinted strips: Over 150 (more than one fifth of
the book!) have never seen the light of day since their original
appearance over 40 years ago, so this will be a trove of
undiscovered treasures even for avid Peanuts collectors. These
"lost" strips include Linus making a near-successful run for class
president that is ultimately derailed by his religious beliefs (two
words: "great" and "pumpkin"), and Snoopy getting involved with a
group of politically fanatical birds. One wonders: Was it the
political edge in these stories that got them consigned to oblivion
for so long? Also worthy of note is an extended, never-reprinted
sequence in which Snoopy gets ill and heads to the veterinarian
hospital... Also in this volume: Lucy's attempts at improving her
friends branches out from her increasingly well-visited nickel
psychiatry booth to an educational slideshow of Charlie Brown's
faults (it's so long there's an intermission!). Also, Snoopy's
doghouse begins its conceptual expansion, as Schulz reveals that
the dog owns a Van Gogh, and that the ceiling is so huge that Linus
can paint a vast (and as it turns out unappreciated) "history of
civilisation" mural on it.
From internationally bestselling author Liz Climo comes I'm So
Happy You're Here, a book to remind us to love ourselves. We all
need a reminder that we're loved and we matter, and international
bestselling author Liz Climo delivers that dose of warmth and love
in her new book Sometimes we just need a little pep talk to remind
us that we're doing our best. With help from her charming animal
drawings, Liz Climo encourages us to embrace the joyful moments,
get back up after falling down, and always love ourselves. A little
book to let someone know how important they are to you or a
thoughtful gift you can give to yourself, I'm So Happy You're Here
highlights how truly amazing we are. Like a good friend, it will
lift you out of low moments and keep you company until they've
passed, making you laugh and cry while reminding you that you're
loved, you matter, and we're all really happy you're here.
They're back, and better than ever! This year sees the release of
the twenty-first Madam & Eve, and it's another winner from this
sharp and witty creative team. Madam, Eve, Thandi and Mother
Anderson return with their chaotic and totally recognisable South
African household in the latest hilarious reflection of everyday
life in South Africa. Featuring the humour South Africans have come
to know and love, this Madam & Eve promises to be a laugh a
minute, and is sure to be a family favourite and welcome addition
to any bookshelf.
Pusheen the Cat is back with a brand-new collection of adorable
comics, expert advice, and silly antics featuring Pusheen and all
her friends! Whether you're hoping to learn how to tell if your cat
is a Vampurr or looking to study a comprehensive guide to being
lazy-Pusheen has got you covered in this super cute guide to
everything! This delightful collection of comics and illustrations
features some of the most popular and purr-fectly adorable Pusheen
comics you know and love, plus a healthy serving of
never-before-seen material. Pusheen the Cat has charmed millions of
fans worldwide with her humor, bounces, and tail wiggles. Join in
on the fun with this super cute collection perfect for cat lovers
and comics fans alike!
Britain's favourite basset hound is back again in this brand-new
collection of witty cartoon strips from the Daily Mail Fred Basset
first sauntered onto the pages of the Daily Mail in July 1963, and
over more than half a century he has made himself a household name
with readers all over the world. Nearly six decades after his
debut, Fred and his friends continue to delight and entertain us
with their trademark mix of wholesome humour, wry wit and shrewd
observation. Their familiar faces and new adventures offer readers
a source of comfort, contentment and amusement in our increasingly
hectic, fast-paced world. Through all life's ups and downs, Fred
Basset is always here to lift our spirits. Join Fred and his
lovable gang on and off the leash, as they indulge in their
favourite activities - and chase plenty of rabbits, naturally. This
is classic Fred Basset and an essential read for all fans.
Desperate Times is the brilliant and unfl inching new collection of
sketches of contemporary political life by The Times's master of
satire, Peter Brookes. Within these pages, the multiple winner of
the British Press Awards Cartoonist of the Year showcases the
standout pieces from his political cartoons in The Times, up to the
minute and breathtaking in their bite and wit. Cataloguing two of
the most turbulent years on record, Desperate Times provides an
unsparing critique of political leaders and events at home and
abroad. From Brexit and Megxit to Trump's departure and the arrival
of the Covid-19 pandemic, this collection of exquisitely crafted
cartoons provides vivid proof, were it needed, that we are indeed
living through desperate times.
From the moment Captain America punched Hitler in the jaw, comic
books have always been political, and whether it is Marvel's
chairman Ike Perlmutter making a campaign contribution to Donald
Trump in 2016 or Marvel's character Howard the Duck running for
president during America's bicentennial in 1976, the politics of
comics have overlapped with the politics of campaigns and
governance. Pop culture opens avenues for people to declare their
participation in a collective project and helps them to shape their
understandings of civic responsibility, leadership, communal
history, and present concerns. Politics in the Gutters: American
Politicians and Elections in Comic Book Media opens with an
examination of campaign comic books used by the likes of Herbert
Hoover and Harry S. Truman, follows the rise of political
counterculture comix of the 1960s, and continues on to the graphic
novel version of the 9/11 Report and the cottage industry of Sarah
Palin comics. It ends with a consideration of comparisons to Donald
Trump as a supervillain and a look at comics connections to the
pandemic and protests that marked the 2020 election year. More than
just escapist entertainment, comics offer a popular yet complicated
vision of the American political tableau. Politics in the Gutters
considers the political myths, moments, and mimeses, in comic
books-from nonfiction to science fiction, superhero to
supernatural, serious to satirical, golden age to present day-to
consider how they represent, re-present, underpin, and/or undermine
ideas and ideals about American electoral politics.
Garfield makes using a dictionary fun and easy!
- Nearly every spread presents an entertaining comic strip
illustrating the use of a featured word
- Over 65,000 meanings and Garfield's Daffy Definitions
- Great for all ages
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