Carol Carnage
Malicious Mishearings of Your Yuletide Favourites
Published on 5. November 2015
Book
Hardback
80 pages
978-1-78239-785-4 (ISBN)
Description
A stocking-fodder sensation of classic Christmas carols told through the brilliantly British medium of pun, by the internationally renowned Guardian cartoonist, Martin Rowson.
Carol Carnage takes the first verse and chorus line of five world-famous carols and renders them into stunning pen-and-ink puns, brimming with English eccentricity, invention and Christmas-crackerly bawdiness. Whether it is the frosty beauty of In the Bleak Midwinter maliciously misheard as the vomit-spackled Ian the Greek,
Mid-wine Tour or the trumpeting joy of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen spitefully styled as a husband and wife drunkenly heckling one another in Got Dressed Yet Mary? Gin Till Morn!, the internationally renowned cartoonist Martin Rowson unrepentantly takes aim at po-faced carol enthusiasts and dangerously earnest Christmassers the world over.
Carol Carnage takes the first verse and chorus line of five world-famous carols and renders them into stunning pen-and-ink puns, brimming with English eccentricity, invention and Christmas-crackerly bawdiness. Whether it is the frosty beauty of In the Bleak Midwinter maliciously misheard as the vomit-spackled Ian the Greek,
Mid-wine Tour or the trumpeting joy of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen spitefully styled as a husband and wife drunkenly heckling one another in Got Dressed Yet Mary? Gin Till Morn!, the internationally renowned cartoonist Martin Rowson unrepentantly takes aim at po-faced carol enthusiasts and dangerously earnest Christmassers the world over.
Reviews / Votes
If you still giggle at the simple pleasure of shepherds washing their socks by night, then this book is amust have. Martin Rowson is in his smutty, inky element -- Phill Jupitus I have treasured Rowson's work for many years now -- Will Self A master of inky invective -- Ralph Steadman All sorts of comic genius -- Owen Jones Martin Rowson? Best cartoonist working in the UK today -- Mark Thomas
More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Black-and-white illustrations, fully integrated
Dimensions
Height: 143 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
211 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78239-785-4 (9781782397854)
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Person
Martin Rowson, born 15 February 1959, is a British cartoonist and novelist. His genre is political satire and his style is scathing and graphic. His work frequently appears in The Guardian and The Independent. He also contributes freelance cartoons to other publications, such as The Daily Mirror and the Morning Star.