He's yellow - but he sure ain't mellow! Everyone's favourite antisocial prankster, Bart Simpson, returns in another collection of hilarious, brain-bending adventures! There's something funny going on in the cornfields, and Bart is to blame; Bart and Milhouse get creative in "The Simpson Project"; inventions ahoy in "Bart's Invisible"; and our hero goes on a quest for the ultimate glossary of comic book sound effects sure to end with a KABOOM.

This pioneering study presents an overview of the Mexican comic book industry, together with in-depth studies of the best selling Mexican comic books of the 1960s and 1970s. Most of the popular superhero, adventure, humor, romance, political, detective, and Western comic books are described and analyzed in detail, and then discussed in terms of how they reflect both Mexican and United States cultures. The study concludes with a critical discussion of the media imperialism hypothesis' applicability to the Mexican comic book.

The comic book is Mexico's most popular print medium, read by all ages and socio-economic groups. Many may be surprised to learn that, in Mexico, Mexican comic books far outsell U.S. comic books in Spanish translation. The Mexican comic book is not a clone of its U.S. model, but rather a hybrid product that mixes U.S. forms and conventions with Mexican content. This work is a major contribution to the understanding of contemporary Mexican culture.

Due to the huge success of her graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic in 2006 and its subsequent Tony Award-winning musical adaptation in 2009, Alison Bechdel (b. 1960) has recently become a household name. However, Bechdel, who has won numerous awards including a MacArthur Fellowship, has been writing and drawing comics since the early 1980s. Her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For (DTWOF) stood out as one of the first to depict lesbians in popular culture and is widely hailed as an essential LGBTQ resource. It is also from this comic strip that the wildly popular Bechdel Test-a test to gauge positive female representation in film-obtained its name. While DTWOF secured Bechdel's role in the comics world and queer community long before her mainstream success, Bechdel now experiences notoriety that few comics artists ever achieve and that women cartoonists have never attained. Spanning from 1990 to 2017, Alison Bechdel: Conversations collects ten interviews that illustrate how Bechdel uses her own life, relationships, and contemporary events to expose the world to what she has referred to as the ""fringes of acceptability""-the comics genre as well as queer culture and identity. These interviews reveal her intentionality in the use of characters, plots, structure, and cartooning to draw her readers toward disrupting the status quo. Starting with her earliest interviews on public access television and in little-known comics and queer presses, Rachel R. Martin traces Bechdel's career from her days with DTWOF to her popularity with Fun Home and Are You My Mother? This volume includes her ""one-off"" DTWOF strips from November 2016 and March 2017 (not anthologized anywhere else) and in-depth discussions of her laborious creative process as well as upcoming projects.

This wonderful collection of true-life tales reflects the joys, sorrows and wit of the generous and hearty residents of the no-so-sleepy historic village of Cumberland Furnace situated in the hills and hollows of rural Tennessee. They "register Democrat, vote Republican" and practice common sense ignoring the government to the best of their abilities.

The world's most beloved beagle shares his philosophy on life in this beautifully produced gift book for all generations. In his inimitable style, Snoopy spends his days extolling the virtues of dancing, hanging out with his best bird friend Woodstock, pursuing a full supper dish and giving his owner - our favourite lovable loser, Charlie Brown - the run-around. For the millions of faithful Charles Schulz fans, and those who fondly remember the joyful dog with the wild imagination, this is the first in a new series to cherish that will see the beguiling Peanuts gang share their sentiments on everything from food to friendship.

As D:Ream famously sang in their 1994 chart-topper, "Things Can Only Get Bigger" ... and here, to prove how right they were is the 2019 Viz annual The Pieman's Wig. Hot on the heels of last year's biggest ever Viz annual, this year's is even biggester, with 220 pages of * Cartoons: Fat Slags, Roger Mellie, 8 Ace, Mrs Brady, Big Vern and many more * Articles: Sex Robots, the Joy of Flatpack Furniture, Stephen Hawkins' A Brief History of Time Travel and Who's Who in the 1970s School Playground. * Adventure stories: Pest Force Alaska, Tiny Cox the Pocket Physicist, Drill Sergeant Jumbo and The Binman that Fear Forgot. Plus more hilarious letters, Top Tips and spoof ads than you can shake a stick 10% bigger than last year's at. Now in its 33rd year, the Viz annual is as much a part of the festive season as the Queen's Speech*, overcooked sprouts, and ironic Christmas jumpers. And The Pieman's Wig is funnier than all of those things. Except for ironic Christmas jumpers, which really are very funny indeed. *Her majesty still alive at the time of going to press.

Nina Summer has put together a charming collection of ink drawings in her new volume The 24H Book. Reflecting on the idea of time, her whimsical 24 unique panels capture vignettes of life with humour and tenderness. From a tireless jogger to a pair of sleepy cats, her unique style elicits a smile, a chuckle or a dreamy thought. This book will undoubtedly please art lovers everywhere.

As The Complete Peanuts reaches its halfway point, Snoopy's family suddenly expands, adding a brother (Spike), a sister (Belle), and even a nephew. Also in this volume, the Linus/Snoopy/Truffles love triangle, Peppermint Patty's Powder Puff Derby and obedience-school fiascos, Charlie Brown's meeting with his idol Joe Shlabotnik, Marcie's unwanted suitor, and the final fate of the talking schoolhouse building. Plus an introduction by SNL writer, 'Triumph the Insult Comic Dog' creator, and lifelong Peanuts fan Robert Smigel.

At home, work, and out in our ever-changing world, we're all just doing our best. In this modern parody, Frog and Toad are here to commiserate and lend some laughter. Full of wry humor and deep compassion for our modern vulnerabilities, the stories in Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best perfectly capture the heartwarming authenticity of Lobel's famous amphibian friends while revealing razor-sharp truths about the world we live in today. Through Frog and Toad, we see the anxieties that are woven throughout our everyday existence, from our well-meaning but often-failed attempts at practicing self-care to our struggle to balance the gifts and burdens of technology. Toad ponders a variety of questionable schemes to pay off his credit cards, while Frog spends too much time scrolling through the newsfeed on his phone. But despite their daily frustrations and existential concerns, they know that having a friend to share life's burdens makes even the darkest days brighter. "I love children's literature, so of course I love Frog and Toad and I laughed out loud reading this spoof about the pair's new adventures." -GRETCHEN RUBIN, five time New York Times bestselling author

What is "the cloud"? Is it here or there? Should it be allowed? Should I even care? Have you ever imagined the internet as a giant Rube Goldberg machine? Or the fast-evolving cloud computing space as a literal jungle filled with prehistoric beasts? Does a data breach look like a neo-noir nightmare full of turned-up coat collars and rain-soaked alleys? Wouldn't all these vital concepts be easier to understand if they looked as interesting as they are? And wouldn't they be more memorable if we could explain them in rhyme? Whether you're a kid or an adult, the answer is: YES! The medicine in this spoonful of sugar is a sneaky-informative tour through the past, present and future of cloud computing, from mainframes to serverless and from the Internet of Things to artificial intelligence. Forrest is a professional explainer whose highly-rated conference talks and viral cartoon graphics have been teaching engineers to cloud for years. He knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. But he has plenty of words, too. Your hotel key, your boarding pass, The card you swipe to pay for gas, The smart TV atop the bar, The entertainment in your car, Your doorbell, toothbrush, thermostat, The vacuum that attacked your cat, They all connect the cloud and you. Maybe they shouldn't, but they do. As a graduation gift (call it "Oh the Places You'll Go" for engineering students), a cubicle conversation starter, or just a delightfully nerdy bedtime story for your kids, "The Read-Aloud Cloud" will be the definitive introduction to the technologies that everyone uses and nobody understands. You can even read it silently if you want. But good luck with that.

Why did Mrs. Smokey the Bear divorce Smokey the Bear?
Because every time she got hot, he would beat her with a shovel.
Josh, age 4, on seeing a couple kissing: "He's trying to steal her
chewing gum."
Sign: "For Sale - Parachute. Only used once. Small stain"
On a virgin's tombstone: "Returned To Sender Unopened"
What do you want on your tombstone? My 9-year-old grandson Trevor said, "Pepperoni, cheese and mushrooms."
Georgia Tech School Rule: "How do you get a University of Georgia cheerleader into your dorm room?"
"Just grease her hips and push."
It's been so long since I made love, I can't remember who gets tied up.
-Joan Rivers
The towels were so thick there, I could hardly close my suitcase.
-Yogi Berra
She: "You'd better go. My husband just drove up."
He: "Where's the back door?"
She: "We don't have one."
He: "Where would you like one?"
These are some of the thousands of jokes, one-liners and quotes on just about any subject, crammed into the book.
If you yearn for additional sparkle and zest in your presentations, you have come to the right place. This book is primarily a "Humor Resource" with a massive reservoir of clever and useable "Fodder."
Haven't we all prepared for a presentation hoping for a Home Run? Sure we have. When we speak, we expect the ball to go right over the fence.
But often. we have come up dry. And surely you remember your own failed experience(s). Just when you wanted to go into your "Home Run Trot," you realized, "you didn't quite get all of the ball."
The problem? You had no time to look for hilarious useable material.Wouldn't it have been invaluable to have a vast quality collection right at your fingertips? Well now you do.
Get 'Em Laughing. and Bring the house down!

Using an easy-to-read and entertaining method, cartoons give a basic overview of Texas history from dinosaurs to the military leaders in the Second World War. Section one includes early Indians and Spaniards, filibusters, and empresarios.
[People and Places] presents interesting characters, entertainers, sports, forts and military posts, colleges, interesting places around the state to visit, and county information. The history of Dallas, aviation, Texas in the 20th century, politics, the Great Depression, and War II round out the action.
Each section includes handy maps to show the location of each place mentioned in the section.
Patrick M. Reynolds researches, writes, and illustrates [Texas Lore, ] a popular series appearing in the Sunday edition of The Dallas Morning News. Except for the maps, each page in the book originated as a weekly feature in the Texas and Southwest section of The Dallas Morning News between 1995 and 2000.\r\n

This wordless collection of strips by renowned artist/designer Rian Hughes reveals the lighter side of our obsession with social rankings. When everyone has a number, everyone knows their place. Lower numbers are better, higher numbers are less important, and that's just the way it is. But what if that number could change? You might try to buck the system and assert your individuality... or you might end up with a big fat zero. Big questions are explored and unexpected answers found in the first solo comics collection from award-winning designer & illustrator Rian Hughes. His whimsical, witty, and insightful strips will make you both smile and consider. Where do you stand in the pecking order? Is your number up?