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Top Ten best PUNCH cartoons: ‘Well that’s the last of the Mohicans. There’s still a bit of Sioux left, if anyone’s interested’ by the great Mike Williams 1990 #classic #literature #literary #books #bears #hibernation #food #eating #caves
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
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Found a knitting needle on the wirk desk at home @emmavardy2.bsky.social doing knitting on Teams calls (camera off) like some modern day Trichoteuse
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Found a knitting needle on the wirk desk at home @emmavardy2.bsky.social doing knitting on Teams calls (camera off) like some modern day Trichoteuse
“Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, Thigben, but your retirement was a computer error.” Nuff said.... PUNCH cartoon by Harley Schwadron 1986
January 23, 2026 at 11:23 AM
“Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, Thigben, but your retirement was a computer error.” Nuff said.... PUNCH cartoon by Harley Schwadron 1986
Top Ten best PUNCH cartoons: ‘Well that’s the last of the Mohicans. There’s still a bit of Sioux left, if anyone’s interested’ by the great Mike Williams 1990 #classic #literature #literary #books #bears #hibernation #food #eating #caves
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Top Ten best PUNCH cartoons: ‘Well that’s the last of the Mohicans. There’s still a bit of Sioux left, if anyone’s interested’ by the great Mike Williams 1990 #classic #literature #literary #books #bears #hibernation #food #eating #caves
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Charles E. Martin’s utterly gorgeous cover for The New Yorker dated this very day in 1972.
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Charles E. Martin’s utterly gorgeous cover for The New Yorker dated this very day in 1972.
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Over on Facebook, our pal Paul Gravett alersts us to this exhibition in London (ends Jan 31st) www.cassiusandco.com/robert-crumb...
Robert Crumb: Boswell's London and Other Diaries (Copy) — CASSIUS&Co.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Over on Facebook, our pal Paul Gravett alersts us to this exhibition in London (ends Jan 31st) www.cassiusandco.com/robert-crumb...
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Toilet Saloons
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Toilet Saloons
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“It’s not the years in your life…but the life in your years that count.”
#birthdaycard
#birthdaycard
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 AM
“It’s not the years in your life…but the life in your years that count.”
#birthdaycard
#birthdaycard
Have we been here before? 'The Gap in the Bridge' PUNCH cartoon by Leonard Raven-Hill 1919 #US #America #UnitedStates #Europe #history #LeagueofNations #USA
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Have we been here before? 'The Gap in the Bridge' PUNCH cartoon by Leonard Raven-Hill 1919 #US #America #UnitedStates #Europe #history #LeagueofNations #USA
The Republic of PUNCH ... by Rowland Emett for the 1947 Almanack #cartoon #states #sovereignty #maps #borders
January 22, 2026 at 9:57 AM
The Republic of PUNCH ... by Rowland Emett for the 1947 Almanack #cartoon #states #sovereignty #maps #borders
It's a PUNCH cartoon by Arthur Wallis Mills from 1910
The suffragettes weren’t afraid of using violence when required!
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
It's a PUNCH cartoon by Arthur Wallis Mills from 1910
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and again from Punch ...
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
and again from Punch ...
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Look away, Pre-Raphaelite fans! Simon Cooke's latest is about Max Beerbohm's irreverent cartoons making fun of Rossetti & co.! Here's a diminutive Swinbrne reading his poetry to the Rossetti bros. Well, they did take themselves rather seriously! A fun read: www.victorianweb.org/authors/mb/p...
January 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Look away, Pre-Raphaelite fans! Simon Cooke's latest is about Max Beerbohm's irreverent cartoons making fun of Rossetti & co.! Here's a diminutive Swinbrne reading his poetry to the Rossetti bros. Well, they did take themselves rather seriously! A fun read: www.victorianweb.org/authors/mb/p...
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This has been the longest week so far.
January 21, 2026 at 7:14 AM
This has been the longest week so far.
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The Arsenic Waltz
~ John Leech {?} (1862)
~ John Leech {?} (1862)
January 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The Arsenic Waltz
~ John Leech {?} (1862)
~ John Leech {?} (1862)
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Not the right season anymore but I’m making a pocket sized copy of A Christmas Carol. First time trying to make a quarto-fold book. Included illustrations by John Leech and Arthur Rackham
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Not the right season anymore but I’m making a pocket sized copy of A Christmas Carol. First time trying to make a quarto-fold book. Included illustrations by John Leech and Arthur Rackham
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Incredible, we had the chance to look at and hold Rodolphe Töpffer's original art from 2 centuries ago...
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Incredible, we had the chance to look at and hold Rodolphe Töpffer's original art from 2 centuries ago...
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Looking to see who’s here on BlueSky? We’ve complied a list of cartoonists, publications and organizations to help you find people to follow.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Directory of Cartoonists on Blue Sky
There has been a slow migration away from Twitter/X by many long-time users since Elon Musk acquired it in 2022. The exodus has escalated noticeably after the recent U.S. election. We’ve noticed that ...
www.dailycartoonist.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Looking to see who’s here on BlueSky? We’ve complied a list of cartoonists, publications and organizations to help you find people to follow.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Artist CF Tunnicliffe first came to prominence with his wood engraving illustrations for Henry Williamson’s book Tarka the Otter, 1933
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Artist CF Tunnicliffe first came to prominence with his wood engraving illustrations for Henry Williamson’s book Tarka the Otter, 1933
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That cartoon is just such a good sum-up of the way that US politics is heading, with the Department of Justice becoming a sick joke now.
It reminds me of this Punch cartoon from 1938.
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles
It reminds me of this Punch cartoon from 1938.
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles
January 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM
That cartoon is just such a good sum-up of the way that US politics is heading, with the Department of Justice becoming a sick joke now.
It reminds me of this Punch cartoon from 1938.
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles
It reminds me of this Punch cartoon from 1938.
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles
"Nothing personal, Mr. Knight, but I was hoping to speak to one of the others." Us, too... PUNCH cartoon by the inimitable Tony Husband 1989 #names #lawyers #solicitors #law #legal
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
"Nothing personal, Mr. Knight, but I was hoping to speak to one of the others." Us, too... PUNCH cartoon by the inimitable Tony Husband 1989 #names #lawyers #solicitors #law #legal
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Manchester Ship Canal, a 36-mile waterway linking the city to the Mersey estuary, opened for traffic on this day 1894. Eventually Manchester became Britain’s third busiest port. (Punch cartoon ridiculing the idea)
January 1, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Manchester Ship Canal, a 36-mile waterway linking the city to the Mersey estuary, opened for traffic on this day 1894. Eventually Manchester became Britain’s third busiest port. (Punch cartoon ridiculing the idea)
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Nestled in the centre of a small village in the Welsh countryside, St Mary's, Derwen is renowned for its wondrous collection of medieval woodwork.
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January 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Nestled in the centre of a small village in the Welsh countryside, St Mary's, Derwen is renowned for its wondrous collection of medieval woodwork.
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