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Button 041: Famous Cartoonist Ronald Searle (Punch, Baron Munchausen)
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Famous Cartoonist Button 41
Ronald Searle. Searle
risked execution during three and a half years at a Japanese
death camp in Burma during World War II by making drawings of
his captors and hiding them under the beds of dying cholera victims.
The British satirist and illustrator is most associated with
the humor magazine Punch but has appeared in The New
Yorker and many other publications. Tom Wolfe calls him a
modern day Aubrey Beardsley.
About the Buttons:
Pinback Jack issued
this "Famous Cartoonist Series" of self-portrait buttons
back in 1975. All of the participating cartoonists were
alive and created self-portraits specifically for this button
set. With very few exceptions, the images have not appeared elsewhere
in print. The buttons were distributed by Krupp Comic Works
and Phil Seuling. This set was originally announced as
52 buttons, and the alphabetical numbering reflects
that. However, two artists (Neal Adams and Rick Meyerowitz)
turned in their self-portraits late, after the first 52 had already
been designed. They were included in the set, but numbered 53
and 54 respectively, out of alphabetical sequence. Steve Krupp's
Curio Shoppe is now the exclusive source of the remaining limited
inventory.
All the color buttons in this set are metal
with clear celluloid covers, are 2.25 inches in diameter, and
have "safety" pinbacks. This button is listed for sale
as an individual, but we do offer the complete set as well.
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Button 041: Famous Cartoonist Ronald Searle (Punch, Baron Munchausen)
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Famous Cartoonist Button 41
Ronald Searle. Searle
risked execution during three and a half years at a Japanese
death camp in Burma during World War II by making drawings of
his captors and hiding them under the beds of dying cholera victims.
The British satirist and illustrator is most associated with
the humor magazine Punch but has appeared in The New
Yorker and many other publications. Tom Wolfe calls him a
modern day Aubrey Beardsley.
About the Buttons:
Pinback Jack issued
this "Famous Cartoonist Series" of self-portrait buttons
back in 1975. All of the participating cartoonists were
alive and created self-portraits specifically for this button
set. With very few exceptions, the images have not appeared elsewhere
in print. The buttons were distributed by Krupp Comic Works
and Phil Seuling. This set was originally announced as
52 buttons, and the alphabetical numbering reflects
that. However, two artists (Neal Adams and Rick Meyerowitz)
turned in their self-portraits late, after the first 52 had already
been designed. They were included in the set, but numbered 53
and 54 respectively, out of alphabetical sequence. Steve Krupp's
Curio Shoppe is now the exclusive source of the remaining limited
inventory.
All the color buttons in this set are metal
with clear celluloid covers, are 2.25 inches in diameter, and
have "safety" pinbacks. This button is listed for sale
as an individual, but we do offer the complete set as well.
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$4.00
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