World War I in Cartoons, 9781909808096
Paperback
Using images from a wide variety of international wartime magazines, newspapers, books, postcards, posters and prints Mark Bryant tells the history of World War I from both sides of the conflict in an immediate and refreshing manner that brings history alive.

World War I in Cartoons

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    31 May 2014

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Summary

In an age before TV and radio the impact and importance of cartoon art was immense, especially when the only sources of information were silent cinema newsreels, posters, newspapers and books - all largely black and white. The cartoon had an immediacy and universal accessibility, giving a message words could not convey. So, not surprisingly, the Great War proved an extraordinarily fertile time for cartoonists. When Zeppelins blackened the sky and U-boats challenged the Royal Navy’s supremacy …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781909808096
ISBN-10:1909808091
Author:Mark Bryant
Publisher:Grub Street Publishing
Imprint:Grub Street Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:31 May 2014
Weight:776g
Dimensions:305mm x 229mm
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Critics Review

“Bryant follows up his magisterial Second World War volume… brilliantly realised and often revelatory… a wonderful book.” British Journalism Review

About The Author

Mark Bryant

Dr Mark Bryant was born in Dorset, is a philosophy graduate of London University and has a PhD in History from the University of Kent. After more than a decade in literary and academic book publishing he turned freelance in 1987, working as an editor, writer, journalist, lecturer and exhibition curator. Honorary Secretary of the British Cartoonists’ Association for nine years, he has been Secretary of the London Press Club since 2000. He has organised cartoon exhibitions, given lectures on the history of cartoons and served on the jury of international cartoon competitions in Poland, Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Egypt, Denmark, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy, the UK and elsewhere and is the author of several books - including Dictionary of 20th Century British Cartoonists & Caricaturists, Dictionary of British Cartoonists & Caricaturists 1730-1980 (with S. Heneage) and God in Cartoons. He has also edited/compiled more than 30 short-story and cartoon collections (amongst other books), including MAC’s Year (since 1990), 25 Years of MAC, The Complete Colonel Blimp, Vicky’s Supermac, H.M.Bateman, Nicolas Bentley and The Comic Cruikshank. He lives in London.

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