Heath Robinson's Second World War: The Satirical Cartoons
By (Author) W. Heath Robinson
Introduction by Geoffrey Beare
Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
22nd April 2016
2nd edition
United Kingdom
Hardback
160
Width 194mm, Height 253mm
Soldiers disguised as a herd of cows, cork bath mats for troops crossing streams and a tank with a piano attachment for camp concerts are just some of the absurd inventions to be found in this book of cartoons designed to keep spirits up during the Second World War. These intricate comic drawings poke gentle fun at both the instruments of war and the indignity of the air-raid shelter in Heath Robinson's inimitable style.
William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist and illustrator best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines for achieving simple objectives.