- Hardcover: 150 pages
- Publisher: New Island Books; illustrated edition edition (1 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904301797
- ISBN-13: 978-1904301790
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,918,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'Tom Mathews cartoons sell like hot cakes.' The Irish Times"
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Tom Mathews is, without doubt, Ireland's leading cartoonist. A cult figure of growing stature, his work is published weekly in the "Irish Times", "The Sunday Independent" and "HotPress". Now, for the first time, New Island presents this long-awaited collection: a career's worth of cartoons from a master of the genre. Tom Mathews was born in Dublin in 1952. He studied Fine Art at NCAD, since leaving which in 1974 he has worked as freelance writer and cartoonist. His work appears weekly in "The Irish Times" and the "Sunday Independent" as well as in "Cara Magazine", "HotPress" and sundry others. He has had sixteen one-man shows to date including three exhibitions of paintings. His paintings have also featured in the Living Art and RHA. His cartoons are in many private and public, national and international collections. He has illustrated a dozen books as well as designing magazine covers, record sleeves, posters, T-shirts, hoardings and postcards. His hobbies are drinking stout, writing verse and talking too much about James Joyce.
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Format:Hardcover
Tom Mathews has been drawing cartoons in Irish magazines and
newspapers since the 1980s. This is his second collection,
introduced by his fan Pauline McLynn (Father Ted,
Bremner,Bird and Fortune).
His cartoons generally take the form of a single
panel containing a joke, which can be simple or
complex-but always witty.
His humour is slightly "student-y" with repeated themes
being Literary Modernism, rock music, and pubs. There is a
Gary Larson-like
fascination with animals. Some of the cartoons occur
by themes (cowboys, married couples, elephants). There is a use
of puns that would be irritating in the hands of a lesser
cartoonist, but in Mathews' hands work brilliantly (see the
"Mobile Phone" gag on the book's cover).
Some of the humour may be lost on readers from outside
Ireland (i.e. the pun based on the fact that the word "jam" is
"subh" in Irish Gaelic) but generally I believe the
British,American or Australian cartoon fan would enjoy this book too.
So if you fancy a dip into a world of movie-going crabs,
swearing wine-glasses and "difficult" (literally) second albums,
this is worth a look.
newspapers since the 1980s. This is his second collection,
introduced by his fan Pauline McLynn (Father Ted,
Bremner,Bird and Fortune).
His cartoons generally take the form of a single
panel containing a joke, which can be simple or
complex-but always witty.
His humour is slightly "student-y" with repeated themes
being Literary Modernism, rock music, and pubs. There is a
Gary Larson-like
fascination with animals. Some of the cartoons occur
by themes (cowboys, married couples, elephants). There is a use
of puns that would be irritating in the hands of a lesser
cartoonist, but in Mathews' hands work brilliantly (see the
"Mobile Phone" gag on the book's cover).
Some of the humour may be lost on readers from outside
Ireland (i.e. the pun based on the fact that the word "jam" is
"subh" in Irish Gaelic) but generally I believe the
British,American or Australian cartoon fan would enjoy this book too.
So if you fancy a dip into a world of movie-going crabs,
swearing wine-glasses and "difficult" (literally) second albums,
this is worth a look.
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