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Thelwell's Pony Cavalcade: Angels on Horseback, a Leg in Each Corner, Riding Academy
Little girls. Fat hairy ponies. Hook-nosed riding teachers, riders on backward, and horses gone madly off course. The artist Norman Thelwell published his first pony cartoon in 1953, and quite by accident, his name became synonymous with these kinds of images. The response was instantaneous, he wrote in his autobiography. Suddenly I had fan mail...I dreamed up some more horsey ideas and people went into raptures. The Thelwell pony soon became the most-often referenced source of horse-humor the world over. In 1957, Thelwell's first collection of pony cartoons, Angels on Horseback, was published, followed by A Leg at Each Corner in '61, and Riding Academy in '63. In this Anniversary Special Collection, readers get all three classics, featuring page after page of Thelwell's hilarious cartoons along with his often blisteringly accurate advice for survival in and around the equine herd. Whether audiences open Pony Cavalcade out of nostalgia or curiosity, the delightful details of Thelwell's illustrations and timeless wit of his caricatures and asides are a surefire way to change a day for the better, and certain to send a new generation of fat-hairy-pony-lovers out to the barn to test the truths within.
Book Details
- Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
- Publish Date: Apr 17th, 2017
- Pages: 350
- Language: English
- Edition: Anniversary - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.40in - 0.90in - 0.97lb
- EAN: 9781570768286
- Categories: • Animal Sports - Equestrian• Topic - Animals• Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons
About the Author
In 1952, Norman Thelwell penned his first cartoon for the satirical British magazine Punch, renowned internationally for its wit, irreverence, and for publishing the world's best comic writers and poets. This led to a relationship that lasted for 25 years and over 1,000 cartoons, including 60 front covers. Thelwell was a master of sharp social comment and sheer zany humor, and his 34 books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into numerous languages (thelwell.org.uk).
Praise for this book
"This classic will have you roaring with laughter
Without question horse lovers of every age will thoroughly enjoy this book. It'll brighten you up on even the gloomiest day! A big fat YAY on this read." Catskill Horse
"Norman Thelwell's illustrations and timeless wit are bound to get another generation of young riders 'hooked' on the 'Thelwell pony.' It should be required reading for all children (and their parents) attending summer riding camps." --Mid-South Horse Review
"Whether you're a longtime fanatic or just recently discovered them, Norman Thelwell's artistry of determined riders atop hairy, chubby, ponies are a classic. Now Pony Cavalcade brings pages upon pages of those adorable drawings to one place for easy viewing. This collection is as loveable as when the cartoons first took the world by storm and, of course, includes Thelwell's humorous insights to riding and horsemanship. Bottom Line: Riders young and old will love this fun collection of Thelwell's famous ponies." --Equine Journal
"The late Norman Thelwell was a British artist whose first cartoon appeared in the satirical magazine Punch in 1952. A generation of stiff-upper-lip equestrian types grew up cackling over Thelwell's uncanny depictions of horse-mad children, fat hairy ponies with a stubborn streak, exasperated riding instructors, and weary parents.
The humor and the countryside depicted in Thelwell's three classic books of equestrian cartoons—Angels on Horseback, A Leg at Each Corner, and Thelwell's Riding Academy—are British, but horse lovers everywhere related to the depictions of Thelwell's characters and their willful equines. Now all three are back in print in collected form: Thelwell's Pony Cavalcade celebrates the 60th anniversary of Angels on Horseback. The hunt caps and the baggy jodhpurs may be dated, but horses and riders haven't changed and Thelwell is as funny as ever. Buy this book and treat yourself or a horse lover in your life to some guaranteed belly laughs." --USDF Connection
"The books make a perfect gift for a nostalgic horse lover or a child who can relate all to well to the escapades of the young riders in the stories." --Practical Horseman