The classic graphic novel - a dark fable of childhood and growing up.

The hand-puppet play starring the characters Punch and Judy was introduced from England and became extremely popular in the United States in the 1800s. This book details information on nearly 350 American Punch players. It explores the significance of the 19th-century American show as a reflection of the attitudes and conditions of its time and place. The century was a time of changing feelings about what it means to be human. There was an intensified awareness of the racial, cultural, social and economical diversity of the human species, and a corresponding concern for the experience of human oneness. The American Punch and Judy show was one of the manifestations of these conditions.

Playful, poignant and wholly original, this coming-of-age memoir about Blackness, masculinity and addiction follows the author, a poet and screenwriter, as he recounts his experiences, revealing a perpetual outsider awkwardly squirming to find his way in. --

A series of exerpts from Punch Magazine articles about World War I. Reprinted in the United States by Frederick Stokes.

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Companion volume to the whimsical & offbeat Tragically Comic or Comically Tragic Tarot of Mr. Punch. Mister Punch and the Tarot go back a long way together. Both originated in Italy, and both explore life's Great Mysteries. Indeed, Mister Punch is perfectly suited to the Tarot! Now the creator of the celebrated Tarot of the Zirkus Magi has produced a Tarot that feels as if it should have existed over a hundred years ago, featuring Mister Punch and his full cast of adversaries. Along with card meanings for the Major and Minor Arcana and unique spreads designed just for the deck, this companion volume also features a treasure-trove of Punch & Judy history (including a version of the original play), plus insightful connections between the worlds of Punch and the Tarot. Having mastered nearly every tragically comic or comically tragic situation known to humanity, Mister Punch is ready to take on his biggest challenge of all, as you will see in this unique take on the Tarot.