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Before Marilyn and Madonna, Betty booped and wriggled her way into
hearts worldwide with her unique mix of wide-eyed innocence and
powerful cartoon sensuality. Although she made her film debut as a
curvaceous canine cabaret singer in the Max Fleischer short "Dizzy
Dishes "on August 9, 1930, Betty Boop remains animation's first
leading lady and a glamorous international icon.
This beautiful volume collects Betty's adventures as they appeared
in the funny pages of daily newspapers in the 1930's, capturing all
the cheeky fun embodied by the character.
In Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2022 the nation's finest
satirists turn their eyes and their pens to the biggest, funniest
and most poignant news stories of the year so far. Bringing much
needed humour to a tumultuous year in politics, this companion
features the work of Peter Brookes, Steve Bell, Morten Morland,
Nicola Jennings, Christian Adams, Dave Brown, Brian Adcock and many
more, alongside captions from Britain's leading cartoon expert. The
result is a razor-sharp, witty and essential companion to another
year like no other.
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'A wonderful book . . . A beautiful thing to look at . . . Our
brilliant cartoonists show there is still something to satirise . .
. A great stocking filler.' Giles Coren 'A blockbuster collection
of the year's funniest political cartoons . . . [compiled by]
Britain's leading authority on political cartoons . . . It made us
chuckle.' Eamonn Holmes
While Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the
Peanuts gang have enjoyed the kind of success most cartoon
characters can only dream about--becoming pop culture icons of the
highest order and entering the global consciousness practically as
family members--Robert Short's "The Gospel According to Peanuts"
also has found a place in the hearts of many readers, with sales
now totaling more than ten million copies. This anniversary edition
features a new cover, a new interior design, and a new foreword by
Martin E. Marty. Whether coming to the book for the first time or
taking a second look, a delightful experience awaits in this
modern-day guide to the Christian faith, fully illustrated with
Peanuts.
Everyone can relate to having a family member with an unusual hobby
or habit. The Fox clan is no different. The youngest Fox is Jason,
whose best friend is an iguana named Quincy. His sister, Paige, is
a shopaholic. The oldest Fox sibling is Peter, whose stomach is a
bottomless pit. But perhaps the most unusual of all is level-headed
mom and official family mediator, Andy, who is working through her
obsession with the movie Titanic. A slave to her emotions, she is
brought to tears at a mere hint of the soundtrack and attends
multiple movie screenings each day. This leaves well-meaning
husband, Roger, struggling to live up to her new romantic
expectations. All of this is par for the course in the hilarious
but hectic Fox household. What makes the Fox clan so entertaining?
They're just like us-only funnier-with no sappy sentimentality.
Readers can't help but recognize a little bit of themselves in this
family strip with its good-hearted, if not eccentric, characters.
The Foxes deal with everything from sibling rivalry to marital
disagreements over golfing habits to sharing time on the computer,
always making us laugh in the process. FoxTrot has amassed a
colossal audience of fans of all ages who eagerly turn to this
hilarious strip, whether in newspapers or on the Web. New fans and
loyal readers alike will enjoy I'm Flying, Jack . . . I Mean,
Roger, a FoxTrot collection. Together, the Fox family provides a
witty window on the realities of home life today.
Prepare to laugh your ass off. The hilarity of TheOatmeal.com is
now presented in book form with 35 never-before-seen pieces and 25
classic favorites from the Web site, including 6 Types of Crappy
Hugs and 17 Things Worth Knowing about Your Cat.
In Matthew Inman's "New York Times" best selling "5 Very Good
Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides),"
samurai sword-wielding kittens and hamsters that love .50-caliber
machine guns commingle with a cracked out Tyrannosaur that is
extremely hard to potty train. Bacon is better than true love and
you may awake in the middle of the night to find your nephew
nibbling on your toes.
Inman creates these quirky scenes for theoatmeal.com, which
launched in July 2009 and already has more than 82 million page
views. In fact, every 15 to 30 seconds, someone Googles one of
theoatmeal.com's creations. Now, 60 of Inman's comic illustrations
and life-bending guides are presented in full-color inside "5 Very
Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful
Guides)." Consider such handy advice as: 4 Reasons to Carry a
Shovel at All Times, 6 Types of Crappy Hugs, 8 Ways to Tell if Your
Loved One Plans to Eat You, 17 Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat,
and 20 Things Worth Knowing About Beer.
A Triple Helping of Classic GARFIELD Humor--Three Books in One
Means Three Times the Fun!
The art of fun is on full display in Garfield's latest Fat Cat
colossus!
The furry Picasso uses Odie as a canvas, expresses himself in
interpretive dance, and shows his clever creativity in the kitchen.
The ingenious and always gluttonous cat even elevates burping to an
art form!
So, Garfield lovers, enjoy the exhibit!
"The GARFIELD FAT CAT 3-PACK series collects the GARFIELD
comic-strip collections in a new, full-color format. Garfield may
have gone through a few changes, but one thing has stayed the same:
his enormous appetite for food and fun. So enjoy some supersized
laughs with the insatiable cat, because too much fun is never
enough!"
Milt Gross (1895-1953), a Bronx-born cartoonist and animator,
first found fame in the late 1920s, writing comic strips and
newspaper columns in the unmistakable accent of Jewish immigrants.
By the end of the 1920s, Gross had become one of the most famous
humorists in the United States, his work drawing praise from
writers like H. L. Mencken and Constance Roarke, even while some of
his Jewish colleagues found Gross' extreme renderings of Jewish
accents to be more crass than comical.
Working during the decline of vaudeville and the rise of the
newspaper cartoon strip, Gross captured American humor in
transition. Gross adapted the sounds of ethnic humor from the stage
to the page and developed both a sound and a sensibility that grew
out of an intimate knowledge of immigrant life. His parodies of
beloved poetry sounded like reading primers set loose on the Lower
East Side, while his accounts of Jewish tenement residents echoed
with the mistakes and malapropisms born of the immigrant
experience.
Introduced by an historical essay, Is Diss a System? presents
some of the most outstanding and hilarious examples of Jewish
dialect humor drawn from the five books Gross published between
1926 and 1928--"Nize Baby," "De Night in de Front from Chreesmas,"
"Hiawatta, Dunt Esk," and "Famous Fimmales"--providing a fresh
opportunity to look, read, and laugh at this nearly forgotten
forefather of American Jewish humor.
A Darkly Humorous Collection of Cartoons Rejected by The New Yorker
Second volume of the Wildcat anarchist comics series.
The year 1988 was a bonanza for cartoonists. The long presidential
campaign led the news, culminating in the struggle between George
Bush and Michael Dukakis for the White House. But that was not the
only news. The Midwest drought, the Persian Gulf war, the unrest in
Israel, Mikhail Gorbachev's continuing campaign for reform, the
Geneva summit meeting and the INF treaty, the Seoul Olympics, and
the continuing problem of AIDS all provided material for more than
330 cartoons from the pens of cartoonists in the United States and
Canada. Long considered the most definitive collection of editorial
cartoons, Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1989 Edition is a
must for the political minded, the history buff, the humorist, and
the artist. ABOUT THE EDITOR Editor Charles Brooks is past
president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and
for thirty-eight years was a cartoonist for the Birmingham News. He
has been the recipient of thirteen Freedom Foundation Awards, a
national VFW Award, two Vigilante Patriot Awards, and a Sigma Delta
Chi Award for editorial cartooning. Brooks' cartoons appear in more
than eighty books, including textbooks on political science,
economics, and history, as well as encyclopedias and yearbooks. His
original cartoons are on display in many libraries' archives.
Etiquette can be a minefield, so let Brian the sloth guide you very
slowly through the mores of modern living. Whatever the social
situation, his sage advice will take you effortlessly if slowly
through life. Sloths, of course, play by their own set of
rules but this hilarious guide will be sure to help you whether you
are on a first date, starting work, going for a job interview or
managing your social accounts. It includes advice from how to take
a much-needed nap during the day without causing offence, to how to
greet colleagues (with a smile) and to politely say 'no' to all
those invitations so you leave yourself plenty of napping time.
In his latest collection, cowboy poet extraordinaire Mike Puhallo
continues scouting cowboy territory, rounding up new rhymes to
entertain and engage his readers.
Fifteen works by the American artist and author provide a journey
into a macabre world.
THREE BOOKS IN ONE A TRIPLE HELPING OF GARFIELD HUMOR
MEANS THREE TIMES THE FUN!
He used to be perfect, but now he's even better! Garfield, the fat
cat with the super sized ego, is back in the spotlight, dissing his
dimwitted owner Jon - even pilfering his pants. Some cats chase
mice; Garfield prefers to take legal action. When down on the farm,
the city kitty puts up with-and puts down-Jon and his barnyard
brother. No wonder Garfield's often in a bad mood.
But no matter what, he's always in the mood for food!
The GARFIELD FAT CAT 3-PACK series collects the GARFIELD
comic-strip compilation books in a new, full-color format. Garfield
may have gone through a few changes, but one thing has stayed the
same: his enormous appetite for food and fun. So enjoy some super
sized laughs with the insatiable cat, because too much fun is never
enough!
GARFIELD BEEFS UP
GARFIELD GETS COOKIN'
GARFIELD EATS CROW
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Mark Russell & Shannon Wheeler's faithful-yet-irreverent
approach to the Bible made their book GOD IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOU a
modern cult classic. Now, by popular demand, they turn their
attention to the best parts left out of the canonical Bible,
including the Midrash, the Apocrypha, Gnostic Gospels, and more!
And if you thought the BIBLE had some weird stuff in it...
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