Best of
Comedy

1992

The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes


Bill Watterson - 1992
    A tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. In six short years this unlikely duo has captured the hearts, the minds, and, most of all, the funny bones of America. They are the most phenomenal success story in syndication - and publishing - history. In only six years, they appear in more than 2,100 newspapers worldwide, and Calvin and Hobbes wins as many readership polls as Calvin has excesses. All seven of Bill Watterson's collections have sold a million copies within a year of publication.This treasury collection contains a never-before-published full-color section, as well as the cartoons appearing in The Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress Goes "Boink." All Sunday cartoons are presented full-page and full-color.

Guards! Guards!: The Play


Stephen Briggs - 1992
    Defending the city is the underpaid and undervalued City Night Watch.

FoxTrot en masse


Bill Amend - 1992
    Readers young and old see themselves in this work, and readers young and old are fast becoming hooked.This treasury, FoxTrot En Masse, contains all the cartoons from Black Bart Says Draw and Eight Yards, Down and Out.

The BFG / Matilda / George's Marvellous Medicine


Roald Dahl - 1992
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Deep Thoughts: Inspiration for the Uninspired


Jack Handey - 1992
    With quirky, offbeat humor that often veers into the unexpected, Jack Handey's witty one liners make this book the perfect funny gift for fans of Mitch Hedberg or for anyone who appreciates a good dad joke.Includes daily "wisdom" such as: "If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.""It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."

The Jeeves Collection: "Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves", "Inimitable Jeeves", "Carry on, Jeeves"


P.G. Wodehouse - 1992
    Bertie has an unfailing talent for getting into sticky situations, but Jeeves never fails to come to his rescue, be it from the threat of matrimony, relatives or Aunts.

The Jeeves Omnibus Vol. 4: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit / Stiff Upper Lip / Jeeves and Jeeves in the Offing


P.G. Wodehouse - 1992
    D'Arcy (Stilton) Cheesewright, but, as Jeeves insists, the priorities still have to be observed. And so, thanks to Jeeves, they are throughout this bumper volume, whatever mayhem may be loosed upon the befuddled head and generous heart of Bertram Wilberforce Wooster. Gathered in this volume are three of Wodehouse's hilarious Jeeves and Wooster novels: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, Stiff Upper Lip and Jeeves and Jeeves in the Offing.

Uncle Fred: An Omnibus


P.G. Wodehouse - 1992
    Pig snatching and the eminent destruction of Blandings Castle makes for a rollicking story with Uncle Fred, at his shining best in the springtime, right at the center of it.Contains "Uncle Fred in the Springtime", "Uncle Dynamite" and "Cocktail Time".

Politically, Fashionably, and Aerodynamically Incorrect: The First Outland Collection


Berkeley Breathed - 1992
    150,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

Maison Ikkoku, Vol. 1


Rumiko Takahashi - 1992
    But living in a dilapidated building full of eccentric and noisy tenants is making it hard for him to achieve his goals. Now that a beautiful woman has moved in to become the new resident manager, Godai is driven to distraction!

The Best of Dave Barry


Dave Barry - 1992
    There's no such thing as too many laughs! Dave Barry's quirky take on American life will shed new light on popular culture.

City Hunter Volume 1


Tsukasa Hōjō - 1992
    Featuring a time when the dark alleys of the Shinjuku District in Tokyo are filled with uncontrollable crime. Citizens seek the help of the "City Hunter," a sure shot professional gunman who never misses his target with his Colt .357 magnum.

The Myth Ing Omnibus


Robert Lynn Asprin - 1992
    

Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine


Maria Reidelbach - 1992
    Alexander Isleys lively, sophisticated design incorporates 200 black-and-white drawings from Mad masters, as well as over 350 color shots, including reproductions of every one of the magazines covers since 1952. Completely Mad is a must for every all-American rec room!

Slay and Rescue


John Moore - 1992
    But in the Slay and Rescue business, you're always on call . . . .

Penn & Teller's How to Play with Your Food


Penn Jillette - 1992
    The book that makes CRUEL TRICKS look like an etiquette guide. 35 black-and-white photos.

Sam & Max Special Color Collection (Sam & Max: Freelance Police)


Steve Purcell - 1992
    Trade paperback collection.

An Alien at St Wilfred's


Adrian Plass - 1992
    Best-selling author Adrian Plass tells the humorous and poignant tale of a small alien who comes to live in a parish church.

Bottom: The Scripts


Rik Mayall - 1992
    

Action Figure!: The Adventures of Doonesbury's Uncle Duke


G.B. Trudeau - 1992
    A chronicle of the adventures and misadventures of the Doonesbury character, Uncle Duke, in trouble spots throughout the world, is accompanied by a five-inch action figure complete with cigarette holder, Uzi, martini glass, and bourbon bottle.

When's it Coming Out?


Maureen Lipman - 1992
    Maureen Lipman continues to examine the warp and weft of her own life's rich tapestry - including how she has survived winged ghosts, topless hosts, A levels, hypnosis, psychosis and vacuum salesmen.

Don't Laugh at Me


Norman Wisdom - 1992
    Charlie Chaplin told him - 'you will follow in my footsteps.' Marilyn Monroe picked him up and kissed him. He smashed a priceless vase at Windsor Castle in front of the Queen. He worked for Winston Churchill during the war in the ultra sensitive communications bunker below London. He'd K.O.'D a rival star who was trying to upstage him.

The Clergy Omnibus


P.G. Wodehouse - 1992
    Confronted by burglars or belted earls, they plough serenely on with the Advent sermon or the opening of the village fete - until that is, they are swept uncontrollably into fiendish plots which only a well-disposed devil or member of the Drones Club could have contrived.No bishop is more endearingly plump and pompous than a P.G. Wodehouse bishop, no vicar more a pillar of his community (provided his sermons aren't too long), and in this collection of short stories we watch as they are plunged into one hilarious scenario after another.

Loop's End (The Loop Trilogy Book 3)


Chuck Rosenthal - 1992
    Here is the final book in the hilarious and often moving saga of the slightly bent working-classs American family, the Loops.

The Dynamite Kid


Brian Blessed - 1992
    With characteristic exuberance and sensitivity he recalls his modest beginnings; his mischievous adventures as part of a gang of small boys; his unexpected encounters with such luminaries as Picasso and Paul Robeson; his traumatic nervous breakdown at age 16; and his resolute, unwavering ambition to become an actor.Like Blessed himself, The Dynamite Kid exudes a warmth of character and a richness of emotion that gives the reader a wonderfully vivid sense of the world in which Blessed grew up and a compelling insight into a man who is one of the most popular actors of our time.

Garfield Discovers America


Jim Davis - 1992
    Presented in an oversized, paper-over-board, full-color format, this book offers more shenanigans of the fastest-growing cartoon strip character in history.

Herman VIII: A Herman Treasury


Jim Unger - 1992
    Cartoons offer an ironic look at doctors, dentists, marriage, diners, bosses, tailors, waiters, barbers, car washes, crooks, and job interviews.

Groundhog Day (Screenplay)


Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis - 1992
    Groundhog DayScreenplay by Danny RubinDrafts:Second Revisions by Harold Ramis, January 02, 1992122 pagesThird Revisions by Harold Ramis, January 30, 1992130 pagesComedy, Fantasy, Romance A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again.

No Tears for the Clown


Les Dawson - 1992
    

Chalk Up Another One


Sidney Harris - 1992
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Giles: A Life in Cartoons - The Authorised Biography of Britain's Leading Cartoonist


Peter Tory - 1992
    I can't compete with the devastating humour he produces, which embraces all strata of life, and makes them hilarious. What endears me most to him is his gentleness, yet he packs a bigger punch with a feather than our customary satirists do with a sledge hammer.' Spike Milligan Giles made his debut for the Daily Express on 3 October 1943; from that day, for nearly half a century, Giles has delighted the world with his gloriously funny - and uncannily true - cartoon characters. The secret of his work is the greatest of all gifts of genius, the common touch. Now, for the first time, Carl Giles - who has always jealously guarded his privacy - has talked to Peter Tory about his life and long career as Britain's best-loved cartoonist. Giles' war-time

Fresh Prince of Bel Air


Rosemary Wallner - 1992
    Describes the television show "Fresh Prince of Bel Air, " its characters, and the actors who play them, with an emphasis on the popular star Will Smith.

The Dinosaur Egg Mystery


M. Christina Butler - 1992
    Diplodocus saw it... Triceratops saw it... and all the dinosaurs wanted it. Then they found out what was inside! Full-color illustrations, a clever story, and a chance to learn the names of dinosaurs: what could be better fun for toddlers and young readers!

The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature


Margaret Mahy - 1992
    A collection of nine stories in which characters encounter talking plants, a pine-tree man, a merry-go-round with flying horses, mystical midnight birds, and a cake-eating tree.