An insightful comic strip filled with edgy dialogue and thoroughly modern situations, Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash by Darrin Bell is made for today's world. It fearlessly covers bigotry, poverty, homelessness, biracialism, personal responsibility, and more while never losing sight of the humor behind these weighty issues. The strip targets the socially conscious by tackling tough issues with irony, satire, and humor.Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash celebrates diversity by poking a little fun at it.

Darrin Bell's "Candorville" is an insightful comic strip for today's world. Brutally honest but still evenhanded, "Candorville" takes on some of society's toughest issues, giving readers something to think about--as well as smirks, chuckles, and guffaws.
"Another Stereotype Bites the Dust" is a collection of creator Darrin Bell's "Candorville" cartoon strip. In this thought-provoking strip Bell uses a diverse group of friends to paint a real yet humorous portrait of inner-city America. An educated underachiever, Lemont Brown is an aspiring writer. Socially conscious, he wants to work at...

"Rudy Park: The People Must Be Wired" is the hilarious first collection of the technocentric comic strip "Rudy Park." The strip lampoons the fast pace of our technology-driven world, our obsession with materialism, and the foibles of our cultural and political icons. Set at an Internet cafe, the strip follows the lives of a regular cast of characters, including Rudy, the cafe's manager, who believes in all things Internet, the healing powers of consumption, and the conviction that inner peace lies in having the latest technological gadget. At the cybercafe, Rudy must deal with his new station...

Why cry when you can laugh (and cry)? Read hundreds of full-color cartoons chronicling the absurdities, the tragedies, and the significance of the horrible, terrible, no-good 2016 presidential election. From the moment Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and the "Republican Clown Car" launched the election season, to the moment the electoral college declared Donald Trump the winner. This book features award-winning editorial cartoons by Darrin Bell, along with election-related comic strips selected from his two newspaper strips, "Candorville" and "Rudy Park."

The 8th collection of the syndicated comic strip "Candorville" by Darrin Bell. Lemont's a single dad raising a mysteriously smart two year old. He's also a journalist single-handedly running one of the top news sites in the country. Will he figure out how to cover breaking news in Uganda and Russia, interview every buffoon in the 2016 presidential race, and win the never-ending struggle to get his toddler to go to sleep at night, while still trying to find the perfect woman? Will he figure out how to explain to his son why he's supposed to respect the police, when the police don't seem to...

The 6th collection of the syndicated comic strip "Candorville" by Darrin Bell. Can Lemont make time to interview President Obama's evolving position on gay marriage and Syria's vicious dictator, even while he's suing an evil vampire for custody of their son in a court run by the vampire's own mother? Will he be derailed by nepotism, by the incompetence of his six-year-old attorney, or by the testimony of his former roommate from the insane asylum? Back home, Lemont's "One That Got Away" Facebooks him after 14 years, but her mountain of secrets threatens to spoil their second chance at love....

The fifth collection of the syndicated newspaper comic strip Candorville, by Darrin Bell. Lemont's new success as the Chronicle's Senior White House Correspondent may be short-lived; as a startling revelation about his evil fiancee propels him and Dr. Noodle on a hilariously perilous journey to the heart of Mexico, where they face bloodthirsty demons, vampires, werewolves, and drug cartels. At home, in honor of the 1st black President, C-Dog summons the ghost of Richard Pryor for advice on how to stop saying the N word. He finds himself on the run, impersonating Lemont on his book tour to...

The 3rd collection of Darrin Bell's comic strip "Candorville," which runs in major newspapers across the U.S. Follow the hilarious exploits of an African-American blogger, a gangsta rapper and a Latina advertising exec trying to get their piece of an American pie that might've been left out of the fridge a little too long. After one too many humorous rejections from the New Yorker, Lemont starts his own blog. But will a breaking scandal force him into the spotlight before he's ready? Will his unbelievable interviews with Hurricane Katrina survivors land him a Pulitzer, or a padded room? And...

The 7th collection of the syndicated comic strip "Candorville" by Darrin Bell. Lemont's written a memoir, but when Susan gets to the part where Lemont explains how he and the demon La Llorona accidentally caused the end of the world, Susan questions his sanity. Also, can couple's counseling fix Lemont's dysfunctional relationship with his television? After discovering she was Phil Anders' "other woman," will Susan give the jerk a second chance. or will she find true love thanks to the sure-fire Date-a-Dude.com profile Lemont writes for her? When Susan runs afoul of the cops in Arizona, can...