Fred's gospel
One of the most successful series of humorous greetings cards and cartoon books which have been sold in every High Street in recent years have been those featuring Rupert Fawcett's character 'Fred'.
Dr John Benton
Apart from the wonderful craftsmanship of the drawing, a major reason for their success is that the 'Fred' cartoons recognise the jokes that are already present in human life. In that sense the humour is uncontrived. They make us laugh because we half recognise ourselves, our friends, our society in hyperbole. Fred is married to Penelope and together they parody us and our world.
