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  • It was the hour for Mr. Punch's father to call Mr. Punch from the church-tower.

    The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure William Bowen 1907

  • Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean did a graphic novel together, Mr. Punch, which is kind of what I imagine Emile's puppets looking like.

    Vue Weekly Josef Braun / hopscotch@vueweekly.com 2010

  • Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean did a graphic novel together, Mr. Punch, which is kind of what I imagine Emile's puppets looking like.

    Vue Weekly Josef Braun / hopscotch@vueweekly.com 2010

  • When "Mr. Punch" first took him in hand he could make little or nothing of him, but the eye-glass saved the Fleet Street artists from failure.

    A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" Thomas Anderton 1869

  • 'Mr. Punch' of that day, conceived it to be within the limits of his prerogative to call attention to it, and that too in 'the presence' itself [See 'the knave' _commands_ 'the queen.'

    The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835

  • Mr. Lederman said that Regal executives were told by the district attorney's office that instead of picking up Mr. Punch, Mr. Arnsten took a train to Philadelphia, a flight to Chicago and then a flight to Hong Kong, where he was arrested.

    Escrow Lawyer to Be Extradited Laura Kusisto 2011

  • Regal executives coordinated with police to arrest Mr. Arnsten the next day when he and Mr. Punch were supposed to go to the airport together to fly to Hong Kong.

    Escrow Lawyer to Be Extradited Laura Kusisto 2011

  • Mr. Punch is still my favourite of Neil's graphic pieces, but this dances to a similar kind of music, sliding between what may have happened and what must have happened and what might have happened, but couldn't.

    january reading Megan Kurashige 2010

  • Fans of seeing guts drawn out of stomachs like Mr. Punch with a string of sausages will also not be disappointed.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2010

  • Fans of seeing guts drawn out of stomachs like Mr. Punch with a string of sausages will also not be disappointed.

    Frights, Bites and Lights [Review: The Wolfman] Sci-Fi Gene 2010

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