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For those who have never dipped their toes into the singular world of Glen Baxter, this is the moment of truth. For those already addicted, relief is at hand.
In this new volume great issues of the day are tackled boldly and head-on.
Corduroy and its tragic implications, the truth about group therapy and guacamole, the sinster rise in th enumber of quiche self-help groups, the resurgence of woad and distressing new developments in the field of marquetry are but a sampling of the subjects confronted.
Glen Baxter's earlier works inlude Atlas, The Impending Gleam, Jodhpurs in the Quantocks, The Billiard Table Murders, Return to Normal, and Glen Baxter's Gourment Guide.
In this new volume great issues of the day are tackled boldly and head-on.
Corduroy and its tragic implications, the truth about group therapy and guacamole, the sinster rise in th enumber of quiche self-help groups, the resurgence of woad and distressing new developments in the field of marquetry are but a sampling of the subjects confronted.
Glen Baxter's earlier works inlude Atlas, The Impending Gleam, Jodhpurs in the Quantocks, The Billiard Table Murders, Return to Normal, and Glen Baxter's Gourment Guide.
96 pages, Hardcover
First published September 27, 1999
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About the author
Glen Baxter
69 books16 followersGlen Baxter (born 4 March 1944), nicknamed Colonel Baxter, is an English cartoonist, noted for his absurdist drawings and an overall effect often resembling literary nonsense.
Born in Leeds, Baxter was trained at the Leeds College of Art. His images and their corresponding captions employ art and language inspired by pulp fiction and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. His simple line-drawings often feature cowboys, gangsters, explorers and schoolchildren, who utter incongruous intellectual statements regarding art and philosophy.
Baxter's artwork has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The Independent on Sunday.
Born in Leeds, Baxter was trained at the Leeds College of Art. His images and their corresponding captions employ art and language inspired by pulp fiction and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. His simple line-drawings often feature cowboys, gangsters, explorers and schoolchildren, who utter incongruous intellectual statements regarding art and philosophy.
Baxter's artwork has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The Independent on Sunday.
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November 25, 2017
Absurdist cartoons by British artist Glen (Colonel) Baxter. Like Monty Python in that he affects a kind of literary tone and makes it into nonsense. I laughed and smiled throughout.
Tackles such important issues such as: Corduroy and its tragic implications, group therapy and guacamole, the sinister rise in the number of quiche self-help groups, and distressing developments in the field of marquetry. Usefully silly.
Tackles such important issues such as: Corduroy and its tragic implications, group therapy and guacamole, the sinister rise in the number of quiche self-help groups, and distressing developments in the field of marquetry. Usefully silly.
May 6, 2015
I learned from this book that there are many ways of looking at the world that I hadn't even considered. Its the very dry, and often cruel, wit and the peculiarly serious expressions of the people in the illustrations that make this book so funny.
Like Monty Python, this type of humour is generally appreciated by the British but leaves Americans cold.
Like Monty Python, this type of humour is generally appreciated by the British but leaves Americans cold.
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