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Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hilarious, socially irresponsible, and just plain silly, Chris McCoys Safely Endangered comics have been laughed at and shared by millions. This debut collection also includes dozens of previously unseen comics, skewering everything from space travel and robotics to insects and video games. For those with a bold sense of humor, the only danger is that of laughing too hard.
3) Unimpressed
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Collecting nearly two hundred of Miranda Tacchia's hilarious and lacerating cartoons about the interior lives of 'unimpressed' women. These brilliant character sketches, crafted on Post-It notes with marker and which initially took life on Tacchia's @mrmtacchia Instagram account, reveal truths about friendship, romance, obsessions, frustrations, self-image, and sex through Tacchia's wicked sense of humor and masterful understanding of faces, body...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Tomi Ungerers Underground Sketchbook is as powerful a dose of visual ingenuity, moral outrage, and bemused disgust at the human comedy that the reader is ever likely to experiences. Unavailable for decades, Fantagraphics Books is proud to publish a newly designed version of this 1964 masterpiece of graphic commentary.
5) The party
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Tomi Ungerer eviscerates the 1 percent in this series of cartoon vignettes (a proto-graphic novel) that are unfortunately as relevant now as the time they were drawn and shall remain so forever and ever. Created in the 1960s, The Party takes place in the Hamptons. It's attended by captains of industry, tycoons, magnates, moguls, and various undistinguishable fat cats, luxuriating in their tuxedos, evening gowns, and prattling small talk. The depiction...
6) You are home
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Author of Little Moments of Love, Snug, and In Love & Pajamas, Catana Chetwynd imparts her relationship wisdom once again with her latest collection of comics. This time, she explores the momentous steps of a relationship––whether it be moving in together, the reality of facing time apart, or even officially committing to one another––all while shining a light on the joy those moments can offer. Catana’s unmistakable illustration and writing...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
And the award for worst dad ever still goes to& Bestselling cartoonist Guy Delisles The Handbook to Lazy Parenting is a final tribute to the frequently absurd situations that parents find themselves in when raising young children. With expertly comic timing, Delisle deploys his sardonic and self-deprecating humor to craft a series of uproarious punchlines that remind everyone who is ultimately the butt of the jokehim!
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated collection of love and relationship advice from New Yorker writer Patricia Marx, with illustrations from New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Everyone's heard the old advice for a healthy relationship: Never go to bed angry. Play hard to get. Sexual favors in exchange for cleaning up the cat vomit is a good and fair trade. Okay, not that last one. It's one of the tips in You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples...
9) Upside dawn
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A dinner date devolves into a Dadaist farce. Death decides his victim's fate over a high-stakes game of chess. Kafka is ensnared in a confounding bureaucracy of his own imagination. Spock beams down to 1920s Paris to live a double life as an avant-garde painter. Hitchcockian thrillers, literary adaptations, and homages to classic EC comics abound. Dinosaurs! David Bowie! Vampires! Elvis! Welcome to the cosmic gumbo of Upside Dawn. Norwegian cartoonist...
10) Neurocomic
Author
Publisher
Nobrow
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Nonfiction graphic novel explaining the physiology of the brain and describing theoretical and experimental developments that led to our present understanding."
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