Tom Gauld

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A summer holidays cartoon for the @guardian

Panel 1 Image: a man sits on a sunlonger reading a book Caption: His body may be lounging contentedly by the pool of a Sicilian villa in the warmth of the afternoon sun... Panel 2 Caption 1: But, as on every holiday, the military history dad's mind is far away... Image: close up of the man who is reading Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor Caption: On some blasted steppe, amongst brave, doomed comrades on yet another gruelling campaign. Panel 3 Caption: Awestruck by the dreadful power of mechanised warfare, he is lost to all but the most urgent missives. Image:The sun has sunk a little in the sky. "Would you like another Aperol, darling?" his wife calls from the villa. He replies "Yes please!"