Wildcat Anarchist Comics

(Paperback)

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Wildcat Anarchist Comics collects the drawings of Donald Rooum, mostly (but by no means entirely) from the long-running Wildcat cartoon series that has been published in Freedom newspaper since 1980. Rooum does not just purvey jokes but makes the drawings comical in themselves, 'getting the humour in the line', provoking laughter even in those who do not read the captions or speech balloons. The book also includes a lively autobiographical introduction that discusses Rooum's role in the 1963 'Challenor case'.

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"It is not only a work of genius, but of great originality, using outrageous knockabout comedy to convey serious ideas... this strangely effective technique of using utter farce to get below intellectual defences is successful in getting us to face challenges that no mere political pamphleteering could do. And we anarchists, with our eyes open, must accept that we too can be ridiculous in the passionate pursuit of our ideals."
--Tony Gibson, Freedom

Author Bio

Jayne Clementson is an anarchist and a professional print designer. Jay Kinney founded and edited Anarchy Comics, and contributed to many other comics. His previous works include Anarchy Comics: The Complete Collection, Hidden Wisdom, and The Masonic Myth. Donald Rooum became an anarchist in 1944 and has contributed articles to the anarchist paper Freedom since 1947. He studied graphic design in Bradford, England, and his cartoons have been published in the British press since 1950. His editorial cartoons have appeared in Peace News since 1962. His comic strip "Wildcat" has appeared in Freedom since 1980, and "Sprite" in The Skeptic since 1987.