The Mark Knight Collection: A Lifetime Of Cartoons & Drawings (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Australia's most celebrated newspaper cartoonist, Mark Knight, has spent decades distilling the chaos of daily life — politics, sport, culture, and controversy — into deceptively simple strokes of ink that have made millions laugh, wince, and think. The Mark Knight Collection: A Lifetime of Cartoons & Drawings is a definitive retrospective anthology gathering the finest works from Knight's prolific career at the Herald Sun, presenting an unfiltered visual chronicle of Australian public life told through the sharp, irreverent lens of one of the country's greatest satirical draughtsmen. Beyond the laughs, this collection stands as a significant cultural document, illustrating how editorial cartooning captures the mood of a nation with a precision that words alone rarely achieve. Knight's style — bold, expressive, and unapologetically Australian — carries within it a wit that is both disarming and incisive, holding power to account while finding absurdity in the everyday. Whether you are a long-time admirer of his work or a newcomer to the art of political cartooning, this volume leaves you wondering: what will he skewer next?
Author: Mark Knight
Format: Hardback
Published: 2005, Gep Books / Herald Sun
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Australia's most celebrated newspaper cartoonist, Mark Knight, has spent decades distilling the chaos of daily life — politics, sport, culture, and controversy — into deceptively simple strokes of ink that have made millions laugh, wince, and think. The Mark Knight Collection: A Lifetime of Cartoons & Drawings is a definitive retrospective anthology gathering the finest works from Knight's prolific career at the Herald Sun, presenting an unfiltered visual chronicle of Australian public life told through the sharp, irreverent lens of one of the country's greatest satirical draughtsmen. Beyond the laughs, this collection stands as a significant cultural document, illustrating how editorial cartooning captures the mood of a nation with a precision that words alone rarely achieve. Knight's style — bold, expressive, and unapologetically Australian — carries within it a wit that is both disarming and incisive, holding power to account while finding absurdity in the everyday. Whether you are a long-time admirer of his work or a newcomer to the art of political cartooning, this volume leaves you wondering: what will he skewer next?