Dropped by the Biblio-Mat for a photo op and out came
another book that I wish I had gotten a year ago for the blog:
Book: Mr. Punch in London Town
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When were jesters ever non-creepy? |
Collecting “the cream of national humour contributed to “Punch”
by our leading comic draughtsmen and humourous writers from the year 1900 to
the present day”, this 240-page book is an anthology of cartoons, poems, and
short stories from the legendary
Punch magazine.
Once again, I’m blown away that this was inside the
Biblio-Mat as Punch has such a rich history behind it. Started in 1841, it was
one of the premier humour mags of its time (think of it like an olden day MAD Magazine). It gave us Thackeray’s Vanity Fair (first published in serial
form) as well as John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Field’ poem, which almost every
Canadian recites in school on Remembrance Day. Sadly, it folded in 2002.
While this anthology doesn’t have a publish date, it lists
itself as the 15th volume and from the looks of it, I would guess it
was from the 1950’s. With 266 cartoons, it is filled to the brim with dad
jokes, way before they were considered dad jokes.
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Vintage clothbound cover. |
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The colour-blindness joke is on the only colour illustration in the book. |
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Oh London... |
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"You may say I'm a dreamer..." |
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*facepalm* |
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*BA DUM TSS* |
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Moustache stroking should really be in here. |
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