By Alex Steuart Williams
Publisher: Law Brief Publishing
ISBN: 9780957553019
CCGB member Alex Williams has another new book out, collecting 20 years of his favourite cartoons from The Queen’s Counsel strip that appears in The Times.
You don’t need to have an understanding of the law to appreciate the gags in here – they’re largely self-deprecating with lashings of satire – but you just might learn a thing or two as you turn the pages.
Alex began the strip with Graham Defries when they were two young lawyers, and over the years it has matured nicely with intelligent wit that pokes fun at the profession. It centres, largely, around a small core of characters, but often strays down other avenues depending on the necessity of the gag.
The set ups often involve pomposity, self-righteousness and over-inflated egos, and the victims of this arrogant behaviour can be anyone from junior members of staff to family, let alone the clients. It exudes hopelessness and confirms that the only real winners when it comes to the law are the lawyers. Thankfully, we can at least laugh about it.
I’ve said it in my reviews before, but too many strips pander to mediocrity to broaden their appeal and offend no-one, which leaves them rather bland and a waste of the printed page (or pixel if you read them online). Alex’s strip is not one of those, so if you want some intelligence mixed in with your humour, treat yourself to a copy of The Queen’s Counsel Lawyer’s Omnibus.
And if you liked that: You may also enjoy Alex’s The Queen’s Counsel Official Lawyer’s Handbook.
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