”Be good to yourself: Buy a copy of this Calvin and Hobbes cartoon book. If you don’t laugh out loud at every third strip, check your pulse. You may be dead.” —Phil Musick, Pittsburgh Press Calvin is a rambunctious six-year-old whose manic antics threaten world peace. Hobbes is his stuffed tiger who comes alive when adults aren”t around. The …
The Complete Peanuts 1997-1998 (Vol. 24) (The Complete Peanuts)
Charlie Brown gets involved in a sports memorabilia forgery ring and Snoopy gets his driver’s license in the penultimate volume of the best-selling comic strip reprint series. Even the most devoted Peanuts fan will be surprised by revisiting Schulz’s last decade of work. Schulz’s cartooning has never been more expressive, and his sense of humor never more unencumbered …
Zounds! Spaceman Spiff, Stupendous Man, the ferocious tiger Hobbes, and the rest of Calvin’s riotous imagination are all included in The Days Are Just Packed.Calvin, the self-proclaimed “Boy of Destiny,” continues to save the universe with his alter egos, Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, at least until Miss Wormwood or his mother bring him back to reality. Susie, …
– Berkley Breathed’s Bloom County was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips of all time. Bloom County ran from December 8th, 1980 to August 6th, 1989 and was published in an astounding 1200 newspapers on a daily basis. The huge popularity of Bloom County spawned a merchandizing bonanza, as well as two spin-off strips, …
Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas
In Shakespeare, Not Stirred, two professors mix equal parts booze and Bard to help you through your everyday dramas. It’s like having Shakespeare right there in your living room, downing a great drink and putting your crappy day in perspective. So get out your cocktail shaker and lend him your ears. Each original cocktail and hors d’oeuvre …
Still crazy after all these years! Behold Wanda and Darryl MacPherson as they navigate the chaos of modern parenting.From the dark days of sleep deprivation to the cacophony of a tri-kid family, Baby Blues reveals the true dark underbelly of parenting to the delight of newspaper readers everywhere. Like a comic epidural, or butt cream on a raging …
Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 3: 1984-1986 (Bloom County Library)
– 2010 is the 30th Anniversary of Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County, the New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer-Prize winning comic strip! – Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 3 collects every strip from July 1984 through February 1986. Many fondly remembered strips are in this volume, including the classic 1984 presidential elections featuring possibly the finest running mates …
Tales from the Deep: That Are Completely Fabricated: The Twentieth Sherman’s Lagoon Collection
Join Sherman, the lovable shark, and his aquatic cohorts in the comfy environs of Sherman’s Lagoon.Sherman’s Lagoon is an imaginary lagoon somewhere in the tropics, inhabited by a cast of sea creatures whose lives are curiously similar to our own. Sherman, the main character, is a great white shark who is completely unaware of how intimidating his species …
For Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were both highly personal and intensely political. In the Shadow of No Towers, his first new book of comics since the groundbreaking Maus, is a masterful and moving account of the events and aftermath of that tragic day. Spiegelman and his family …
Grumpy Cat is back with a mission: Teach the world to “NO” everything. She’s collected all her least favorite things and can’t wait to tell everyone what to think about them. Grumpy Cat: No-It-All is packed with feel-good topics just begging for a cranky makeover: kittens, rainbows, smiles, birthday parties, cuddles, and more. Anyone who takes delight in …