Fred Basset 2001

Fred Basset 2001

by Alex Graham (Illustrator), Michael Martin (Drawings), Alex Graham (Illustrator), Michael Martin (Drawings)

Synopsis

Another top-notch collection of cartoons from the Daily Mail's classic Fred Basset strip, featuring one of the most endearing and enduring of Britain's cartoon heroes. Fred Basset is without doubt the acknowledged authority on slipper gnawing, newspaper collection and postman harassment and his wonderfully dry wisecracks now grace publications worldwide.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Edition: First Printing
Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 Nov 2001

ISBN 10: 0752844350
ISBN 13: 9780752844350
Book Overview: Traditional Christmas bestseller and perennial stock item Excellent brand name - the Daily Mail strip reaches some four million people daily and over two million Mail on Sunday readers at the weekend Also known as the Fred Basset animation - televised around the world - and supported by a wide range of Fred merchandise Basset annuals are collected by readers of all ages and persuasions.

Author Bio
Born in Scotland, Alex Graham began selling cartoons to magazines during World War II. He created a comic strip, Wee Hughie , in 1945 and continued this feature until about 1970 in the Dundee Weekly News. Graham produced two other comics, Our Bill and Briggs the Butler in 1946. On July 9, 1963, Graham began the comic strip with which he is most closely associated: Fred Basset . The strip still continues in the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday , and a book of the Fred cartoons is published every year.