It's Pickering's Best
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A razor-sharp wit meets an unerring artistic eye in It's Pickering's Best, a definitive collection of political cartoons from one of Australia's most celebrated and controversial satirists, Larry Pickering. This anthology gathers the finest work from a cartoonist who wielded his pen like a scalpel, dissecting the pretensions and hypocrisies of Australian politicians and public figures with gleeful, often savage precision. The book presents an unmistakable cast of caricatured power brokers caught in absurd, exaggerated, and brilliantly observed moments that defined an era of Australian public life. Pickering's style is immediately recognisable — bold lines, wickedly exaggerated anatomy, and a fearless willingness to puncture the pomposity of the powerful — making this collection both a landmark of Australian cartooning and a vivid social document of its time. His work stands in a proud tradition of political satire that stretches from Hogarth to Gillray, yet remains unmistakably and defiantly Australian in its irreverence. For anyone who remembers the originals or is discovering them for the first time, this volume leaves one persistent question: who among today's leaders would dare invite such a brilliant, merciless pen?
Author: Pickering
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A razor-sharp wit meets an unerring artistic eye in It's Pickering's Best, a definitive collection of political cartoons from one of Australia's most celebrated and controversial satirists, Larry Pickering. This anthology gathers the finest work from a cartoonist who wielded his pen like a scalpel, dissecting the pretensions and hypocrisies of Australian politicians and public figures with gleeful, often savage precision. The book presents an unmistakable cast of caricatured power brokers caught in absurd, exaggerated, and brilliantly observed moments that defined an era of Australian public life. Pickering's style is immediately recognisable — bold lines, wickedly exaggerated anatomy, and a fearless willingness to puncture the pomposity of the powerful — making this collection both a landmark of Australian cartooning and a vivid social document of its time. His work stands in a proud tradition of political satire that stretches from Hogarth to Gillray, yet remains unmistakably and defiantly Australian in its irreverence. For anyone who remembers the originals or is discovering them for the first time, this volume leaves one persistent question: who among today's leaders would dare invite such a brilliant, merciless pen?