Oddly Distracted
Paperback, 112 pages
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A compilation of over a hundred of the best gag cartoons of 'Ger' (Gerard Whyman) as seen in magazines such as The Spectator, The Oldie, Punch, Reader's Digest and many more.
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"You'll be distracted by this great book"
The cartoons in this book are the product of a distracted mind, Gerard Whyman tells us in his introduction. Clearly he has put this mind wandering to good use over the past 15 years, coming up with a steady stream of gag cartoons that have seen publication in Punch, Reader’s Digest, The Spectator and The Oldie and can now be enjoyed here.
He has collected the best of his magazine cartoons together for this 112-page book, also including work for trade magazines, calendars and the like.
The book is packed with gags, often fitting in several on a page. There are almost 190 in total and the... More >.
The cartoons are not rigidly divided into categories, as you see in some cartoon books, but they are loosely themed, so there is a nice flow to them. You’ll find a group of business gags together, a group of car gags etc.
It’s difficult, and slightly pointless, to single out any favourite gags in print, but I do love the one with the guy in a bric-a-brac shop called Serendipity, who tells the assistant, “You haven’t got what I’m not looking for”. There are plenty of other corkers.
As you’d expect from a book like this, countless topics are explored, though a few crop up time and again. There are quite a few religious jokes, though as Ger admits in the intro, that is less likely to be a result of his Catholic upbringing than a love of Dave Allen’s show in the 1970s.
Like the humour of Allen, Ger's jokes are more silly than cynical, and they're great fun. Highly recommended. < Less
The cartoons in this book are the product of a distracted mind, Gerard Whyman tells us in his introduction. Clearly he has put this mind wandering to good use over the past 15 years, coming up with a steady stream of gag cartoons that have seen publication in Punch, Reader’s Digest, The Spectator and The Oldie and can now be enjoyed here.
He has collected the best of his magazine cartoons together for this 112-page book, also including work for trade magazines, calendars and the like.
The book is packed with gags, often fitting in several on a page. There are almost 190 in total and the... More >.
The cartoons are not rigidly divided into categories, as you see in some cartoon books, but they are loosely themed, so there is a nice flow to them. You’ll find a group of business gags together, a group of car gags etc.
It’s difficult, and slightly pointless, to single out any favourite gags in print, but I do love the one with the guy in a bric-a-brac shop called Serendipity, who tells the assistant, “You haven’t got what I’m not looking for”. There are plenty of other corkers.
As you’d expect from a book like this, countless topics are explored, though a few crop up time and again. There are quite a few religious jokes, though as Ger admits in the intro, that is less likely to be a result of his Catholic upbringing than a love of Dave Allen’s show in the 1970s.
Like the humour of Allen, Ger's jokes are more silly than cynical, and they're great fun. Highly recommended. < Less
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