The Humor Shelf

People's Park Cartoon Chronicles
Carol Denney
Regent Press
2747 Regent St., Berkeley, CA 94705
www.regentpress.net
9781587906565, $18.00, PB, 32pp

https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Park-CartoonChronicles-Carol-Denney/dp/15879= 06562

Synopsis: With the publication of "People's Park Cartoon Chronicles", Carol=
Denny presented a color collection of cartoons created for and about Peopl= e's Park highlighting its history, gardens, cast of characters, and its str= angely comedic 50-plus year struggle against the University of California's=
efforts to convert it into sports courts, housing, anything but what it is=
; a community-built, user-developed garden that played a role in stopping t=
he Vietnam War.

The subjects covered with great humor and originality include People's Park=
's history, People's Park's inherent comedy, People's Park's struggle again=
st the recent effort to develop it into 17 stories of high-end housing, the=
political players dedicated to ending its 50-plus years of providing music=
, poetry, community gardens, a community stage and dance space for everyone=
, the puns, the punchlines, the parody, the bone-crunching court battles an=
d the avian audience that observes it all from above.

Critique: Local political satire at its very best, "People's Park Cartoon C= hronicles" by accomplished cartoonist Carol Denny is a fun and thought-prov= oking read from cover to cover. Available in a large format paperback editi=
on (11 x 0.08 x 8.5 inches), "People's Park Cartoon Chronicles" is unabashe= dly recommended for personal, community, college, and university library Co= ntemporary American Humor collections.

Editorial Note: Carol Denney (http://www.caroldenney.com) started the satir= ical Pepper Spray Times thirty years ago to help highlight local and nation=
al political issues and worked several years as a songwriter and cast membe=
r of TwitWit Radio for KPFA in Berkeley. She became a cartoonist after Dona=
ld Trump's election in 2016, chronicling the overwhelming humor in local an=
d national events working for the Bay Guardian, the Berkeley Daily Planet, = and the Berkeley Times. The People's Park Cartoon Chronicles is a collectio=
n first shown at the Canessa Gallery in San Francisco.

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