"Don't Talk, Kiss" By Enzo Apicella (Published in Great Britain by Banyan Books, London 1988) - Part 2

A really good biography of Enzo Apicella (born in Naples, Italy 1022) from 2012 here: http://www.designcurial.com/opinion/enzo-apicella18156264

"Don't Talk, Kiss" By Enzo Apicella (Published in Great Britain by Banyan Books, London 1988)

                     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Apicella

"The Book Of Bunny Suicides" By Andy Riley (published in Great Britain by Hodder And Stoughton, 2003) - Part 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Riley

"The Book Of Bunny Suicides" By Andy Riley (published in Great Britain by Hodder And Stoughton, 2003) - Part 1

 I know, you might think that I'm putting these cartoons up as a reaction to the Brexit vote but I am actually quite relieved with the recent referendum results - a little less power to the banks and the bureaucrats can't do much harm! Both the book and its creator, British cartoonist Andy Riley, are quite famous by now but I do wish the horrible rabbits munching on my lawn and flowers would take the hint and disappear forever!  http://misterandyriley.com/

"Paying Through The Nose And Other English Expressions" By Andrew Niccol, Pictures By Stephen Woodman (published by Sphere Books Ltd, UK 1983) - Part 2

"Paying Through The Nose And Other English Expressions" By Andrew Niccol, Pictures By Stephen Woodman (published by Sphere Books Ltd, UK 1983)

Some pretty funny cartoons in this book! http://www.comicsreview.co.uk/nowreadthis/2008/10/08/paying-through-the-nose/  Could not find a website by the artist unfortunately.

"The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra" By Gerard Hoffnung (Published by Dobson Books Ltd, London 1955) Part 4

Classic 1950's humorous caricatures by Gerard Hoffnung (born in Berlin 1925 - London 1959). Hoffnung was one of many artists and intellectuals whose families fled Nazi Germany in the 1930's to settle in Britain. Here's his biography from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Hoffnung  I was really lucky to find two of his books dating from 1957 and 1959 in a fairly good condition earlier this year. I'll be featuring the other book - called "Acoustics" - in this blog sometime next year.

"The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra" By Gerard Hoffnung (Published by Dobson Books Ltd, London 1955) Part 3

"The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra" By Gerard Hoffnung (Published by Dobson Books Ltd, London 1955) Part 2

"Ronald Searle's Non-Sexist Dictionary" By Ronald Searle (Published by Souvenir Press Ltd, London 1988) Part 2

 

 

Zany illustrations from this 1988 book by Ronald Searle (1920-2011). A good biography on the artist here: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jan/03/ronald-searle The best source of information on the artist is actually the Ronald Searle Tribute blog with many extended articles on his life and work: http://ronaldsearle.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

"Ronald Searle's Non-Sexist Dictionary" By Ronald Searle (Published by Souvenir Press Ltd, London 1988) Part 1

 

 

 

"Scar-Strangled Banger" By Ralph Steadman (published by HARRAP Limited, London 1987)

 

 I was planning to feature this book for ages and kept postponing it. This, being the Christmas period, is hardly the right time for it but the recent events in the US highlighting police "heavy-handedness" have prompted me to present it!

The book is a collection of Steadman's political cartoons dating from the early sixties to the mid-eighties. Considering that these were illustrating police behaviour some fifty years ago they are terrifyingly close to the current news!! You would have thought there would be some progress by now, that some one would get punished for such horrible behaviour towards other human beings! But instead, nobody is found guilty! Along with the Police, are the Bankers, Politicians, Corporations etc - the bigger you are the more you get away with. And it is the same in every country - with some variations. My only question is: Why do we bother calling it Democracy?....

 

 

"La Mythologie De A. Dubout" By Albert Dubout (Publisher Maurice Gonon, France 1954) Part 3

 

Dr Chris Mullen's excellent blog/archive on illustrators from the past also features a selection of Dubout's cartoons: http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/aoi/d/dubout/a.htm