Carry on Sergeant!

Bruce Bairnsfather's Carry on Sergeant!, published in 1927 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, is a single-issue comic that distills the creator's iconic World War I humor into a series of wry, character-driven vignettes. Best known for his "Old Bill" cartoons, Bairnsfather both wrote and illustrated this standalone collection, which captures the weary camaraderie and darkly comic resilience of soldiers in the trenches. Though brief, the issue stands as a notable artifact of post-war British comic art, preserving Bairnsfather's signature blend of pathos and gallows humor for a readership still processing the conflict's aftermath.