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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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Trump announces new dawn for Gaz-a-Lago... Can they rebuild Gazza?... Grim Brandreth strikes again... Was Nelson an admiral?... Those eye-catching, conference-pleasing Tory plans in full... The Guardian: 'She's our typo of leader'... Only Murders in the Schedules... James Bond 'fury' as he's ordered to stand down... Prince William visits TARDIS special... My Strictly Diary, as told to Craig Brown

Child's pay
Bono's private equity friends benefit while children's care suffers

Bishops' defence
The C of E can't forgive the media for exposing its crimes

Double standards
Who's criticising the Saudis while chasing their cash?

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