The Second World War is the heart of "A Life in Cartoons." Benson devotes 174 pages, over three quarters of the book, to the great existential battle. The uplifting spirit of British cartoonists in the black days of 1940-41 is at once evident. That was a time of national resolve; there was none of the carping media midgets we hear from so often today. The terror of imminent extinction flickered. It was a time, as Churchill put it, “when it was equally good to live or die.” The post Tim Be...
