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.
In This Issue
America invades USA... Frog and scorpion attack each other... Triumph for Reform as it sweeps into third place... Innocuous wooden box turns out to be deadly weapon... Lady Macbeth's memoirs, serialised... Conspiracy update: Joe Biden is a robot special... Middle East Ironyometer blows up... Jane Austen: the documentary, as told to Craig Brown
So, farewell then
Private Eye legend Barry Fantoni remembered
Tees made
Teesside's questionable land deal
Tough crowd
The fallout from publisher Unbound's collapse
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So, farewell then
Private Eye legend Barry Fantoni remembered
Tees made
Teesside's questionable land deal
Tough crowd
The fallout from publisher Unbound's collapse
Read these stories and much more - only in the magazine. Subscribe here to get delivery direct to your home and never miss an issue!
Watery grave
How Thames Water's troubles began News, Issue 1649
How Thames Water's troubles began News, Issue 1649
Yard clearance
How The Met gave up In The Back, Issue 1652
How The Met gave up In The Back, Issue 1652
Mike drop
The feeding frenzy around Sarah Vine Street Of Shame, Issue 1651
The feeding frenzy around Sarah Vine Street Of Shame, Issue 1651
