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A Cartoon History
A Cartoon History

Edited by Nick Newman

23rd September 2013

Five decades of classic comic art

Featuring more than 1,000 of the funniest jokes ever drawn, Private Eye A Cartoon History is a decade by decade chronicle of the gags and issues that tickled the nation's funny bone sometimes with a sledgehammer.








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Those unbiased BBC programmes in full... Why oh why do 84 percent say nation is divided?... The Grim Brandreth caught on camera... Shock at 'woman not married to Rushdie' revelation... Daily Mordor: Wizard warns of impending war... 'Kim Kardashian is fake,' says moon landing... Lily Allen album decoded... Who will take over as the host of Strictly?... Literary Diary – Simon Armitage, as told to Craig Brown

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Watch out – robotaxis are coming!

Wild claim
Law firm Carter-Ruck's latest wheeze

Any old tat
Lady Liberty on a Democrat with a permanent stain

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