Emile Mercier Rediscovered Book 2 Five Complete Big Serials from The 1940s |
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Editor:
| Arnold, Lindsay |
ISBN: | 978-0-6480996-4-2 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
Publisher: | Knocklofty Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Emile Mercier was possibly Australia's best-loved cartoon humourist. He created many satirical characters and parodies of comic heroes of the period, all presented in his unique Australian colloquial style. His serialised stories ran through such a diversity of comic book titles from wartime through the 1940s that it seems unlikely that many readers could have followed every episode.The collection in this book is a partial attempt to redress this, and perhaps help to rescue some of...
More DescriptionEmile Mercier was possibly Australia's best-loved cartoon humourist. He created many satirical characters and parodies of comic heroes of the period, all presented in his unique Australian colloquial style. His serialised stories ran through such a diversity of comic book titles from wartime through the 1940s that it seems unlikely that many readers could have followed every episode.The collection in this book is a partial attempt to redress this, and perhaps help to rescue some of Mercier's work from the unjustified oblivion which ensnares so much of our "popular culture".