Books
Bayram Hajizadeh
The Development of Cartoon Genre in
Azerbaijan
Author: Bayram Hajizadeh
Baku 2008. 500 copies. 320 pages.
In this book, the first traces of cartooning in Azerbaijan miniatures in the
XVI century were studied. Also the forma-tion of cartoon genre in
Azer-baijan at the end of the XIX and at the beginning of the XX cc and its
later develop-ment were followed in the book. The publication period of
“Molla Nasreddin” ma-gazine from 1906 till 1931, and also information about
other satirical magazines pub-lished in Azerbaijan and in neighboring
countries under the influence of “Molla Nasreddin” magazine was given in
this book. There is a chance to get acquainted with works of the cartoonists
who worked appro-ximately in 30 satirical magazines and perio-dicals
published in this period in Azerbaijan. Most of these satirical drawings
and car-toons were firstly published in this book