Author: Roy Peterson. Introduced by Peter C. Newman. Published by Key Porter Books, Toronto, ON, 1984, 1st Edition. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 11 x 8.5 inch. A Very Good Condition Large SOFTCOVER Book, with slight cover wear, minor age-yellowing, and the 1st owners name is neatly rubber-stamped in blue ink on the inside front free page, (Okay,Yes, it's my name that is stamped, sorry, I did that when I was a younger man, haha, but I learned a few things since, wink) -Paul Gillmore.
DRAWN & QUARTERED, is filled with full-page B&W cartoons, and a running commentary by Roy Peterson, on the politics of the Trudeau-era. Introduced by Peter C. Newman. A beautiful vintage book to have sitting out on the coffee table when your Conservative friends drop by for tea, and they spy their old nemesis, P.E.T. haha, pass the sugar!
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Roy Eric Peterson, OC., (14 September 1936 – 30 September 2013) was a Canadian editorial cartoonist who drew for The Vancouver Sun from 1962 to 2009. Born in Winnipeg in 1936, Roy Peterson came to Vancouver in 1948. He created The Canadian ABC Book and as a long-time Vancouver Sun cartoonist, his World According to Roy Peterson was accompanied by text from Allan Fotheringham. His satirical 'Swamp' books with Stanley Burke were bestsellers (notably Frog Fables and Beaver Tales) and he has provided caricatures of numerous prominent figures within the B.C. book industry. Roy won many lifetime newspaper awards.
