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Wildcat Anarchist Comics
Contributor(s): Rooum, Donald (Author), Kinney, Jay (Foreword by), Clementson, Jayne
ISBN: 1629631272     ISBN-13: 9781629631271
Publisher: PM Press
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Humor | Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Anthologies
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Anarchism
Dewey: 741.594
LCCN: 2016930965
Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.85" W x 9.92" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

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 chief characters in the strip are the Revolting Pussycat, a short-fused anarchist who is furious and shouty; and the Free-Range Egghead, an intellectual who would like anarchism to be respectable but sometimes appears foolish. Governments, bosses, and authoritarians are presented as buffoons, and quite often so are anarchists. This thoughtful and delightful collection includes strips from The Skeptic and many more, all beautifully colored for the first time by Jayne Clementson.

The book also includes a lively autobiographical introduction that discusses Rooum's role in the 1963 "Challenor case," in which a corrupt police officer planted a weapon on Rooum at a demonstration, ultimately resulting in Rooum's acquittal.