Title

A Pocket Book of Concealment and Disguise
Part 3: The Private Detective
Author/s Andrew Webb
Publication Date & Place 1999 , Portsmouth, U.K.

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Size
A5 (210mmx 148.5mm)
Number of Pages
16 pages
Binding Stapled softback
Printing Method Black & white photocopy on newsprint with colour photocopy cover
Graphics Hand drawn illustrations with typewriter typeography
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Themes

The cliche of the Private Detective movie
Description

Black & white satirical handbook for the private detective, playing on cliches from many detective movies. The book includes techniques for not getting seen as well as puns and lines from classic detective fiction, ie. Raymond Chandler.

"The content of my work is based around idiocies from life COMMA
using simple line drawing and text to create an image FULL STOP
My work also contains a satirical humour FULL STOP"
Andrew Webb

Keywords illustration, detectives, private eye, crime films, crime fiction, humour
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