Kategoria BISAC: Humor >> Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons

America's foremost political cartoonist on the Reagan years in words and pictures--fourteen chapters illustrated with 490 cartoons by the tree-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

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.

Some call it weird. Others, eclectic, creative, hilarious, laugh-out-loud funny, and good old-fashioned snort-milk-out-your-nose humor. Whatever adjective you apply to Close to Home, it has become one of the most popular comic panels in the funny pages today.

Close to Home has devout fans that range from elementary students to octogenarians. As one fan put it, "I feel like you have been looking in my window and are drawing my life " Though by no means a Peeping Tom, John McPherson does have the unique skill of being able to take those idiosyncrasies of daily life...

Is your face suffering from a lack of exercise? Readers rely on John McPherson's Close to Home cartoon to contort their facial muscles into an unstoppable grin each day. Not even Botox can stop you from smiling at this latest collection of Close to Home.

How do you measure a cartoon's popularity? The true measure of a comic panel's popularity is how often it is posted on a refrigerator, cubicle, break room bulletin board, or office door. By that standard, Close to Home wins the comic panel popularity contest hands down.

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From the creator of the cult-classic Captain Star TV cartoon series comes the first collection of comic strips tracing the strange but illustrious career of Captain Jim Star.

What? You don't know what a Burgess is? -- You can't outline the Monroe Doctrine? -- Recall the 14th Amendment? -- Explain the difference between a sputnik and a beatnik?

Then you need The Cartoon History of the United Statesto fill those gaps. From the first English colonies to the Gulf War and the S&L debacle, Larry Gonick spells it all out from his unique cartoon perspective.

Rabbits. We'll never quite know why, but sometimes they decide they've just had enough of this world. A Box of Bunny Suicides follows over two hundred bunnies as they find ever more outlandish ways to do themselves in. From an encounter with the business end of Darth Vader's light saber to hiding under an elephant's footstool, no stone goes unturned (or undropped, or uncatapulted) as these twisted little cuties sign off in style.

A Box of Bunny Suicides combines Andy Riley's two cult favorite books, The Book of Bunny Suicides and The Return of the Bunny Suicides,...

Outrageous, fascinating and bizarre facts from every corner of the comic book universeWhat comic book artist was the recipient of an on-stage thank you from Paul McCartney and an on-air apology from Johnny Carson? What superhero got his powers by being bitten by a mongoose? What popular NPR host was forever immortalized as a "bad boyfriend" in a notable comic book? In Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?, author Brian Cronin will answer those questions and more by revealing the most obscure, wacky and surprising facts about comics from the characters and creators, to the TV shows,...

-Keep this cartoon book with Dr. Spock and all the other baby-care tomes.... You'll like the whole book.- --Booklist

Deranged devices and comic contraptions from the highly inventive genius behind the hilarious Book of Bunny Suicides
Much like his hero, Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci, bestselling author Andy Riley is not just an artist (or a liar) he's an inventor. Imagine, if you will:
. The easily assembled Pole-Dancing-Club-in-a-Briefcase for stranded businessmen
. Christmas tree ornaments that provide surveillance to instantly tell Santa if you?ve been bad or good
. A high-speed police response unit aptly named the Cop Catapult
. The Arsehole Trap, which can...

When preschool teacher Leslie McCollom created the Preschool Gems Twitter feed, it was because precious jewels were slipping through her fingers every day. Jewels like, "My mom lived in the 90's," I'm feeling poisonous, baby kitty, and OK, but I'm still a dragon.

Although she swore she d remember these gems forever, in five minutes they would vanish, never to be heard by human ears again. So she became a covert anthropologist in the underground world of children, and started carefully cataloging them, and has been gracing the Twitterverse with her findings ever since such as:

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Okay...so...we're going to send 13 guys on a three year journey to heal the sick and feed the hungry. One guy has a messiah complex. Another wanting to overthrow the government. One just questions everything anybody says. It will be a bunch of blue collar workers and on IRS agent. In any other book it would sound like another Hangover sequel. We call it the gospels. So many wonderful stories that have survived all these centuries and yet they seem devoid of humor. We're talking about 13 guys on a road trip. You can't tell me a contest didn't "break" out at least one time. The Funniest Guy in...

This lighthearted collection offers clever ways to add humor, levity, and a little perspective to the challenges of classroom management.

Cartoons look at basic training, garrison life, maneuvers, and the hardships American soldiers endured in Europe during World War II.

"Plants Feel Pain - Just Not Yours" is Mike Baldwin's latest Cornered collection. It includes all the cartoons that ran in 2013 - picking up from where his last book, Definitely Fake, left off. The entire year in full color A black and white edition is also available. How do you react when you're cornered? Talk your way out, prepare for battle or insist you're just fine and dandy? Mike Baldwin's "Cornered" characters reflect the full spectrum of these reactions - all the while doing their very best to be taken seriously. From dark to light to blindingly brilliant, the results delight, amuse...