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Marching Bands Are Just Homeless Orchestras
Tim Siedell - 2010
The bookstore or library is half full of that kind of crap. What you're holding here is a collection of quips and observations with a refreshingly gloomy, sometimes twisted, always funny take on life. Or lack thereof.With illustrations by renowned artist Brian Andreas, this book is a glimpse inside the humorously askew mind of a writer whose witticisms have been featured on NPR, printed onto t-shirts, performed on stage in Germany, and posted online at the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times. He's been named one of the top funniest people on Twitter by the likes of Maxim, MSNBC and Mashable.
Dork Diaries Audio Gift Set: Books 1-4
Rachel Renée Russell - 2014
Let your inner dork shine bright with these four bestselling Dork Diary audiobooks, now together in one dork-tastic audio gift set.Join Nikki Maxwell as she navigates the halls of middle school, mean girls, BFF drama, and first crushes in this collectible audio gift set that includes books one through four in the wildly popular New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Dork Diaries series! This audio gift set includes:Dork Diaries 1: Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous LifeDork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party GirlDork Diaries 3: Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop StarDork Diaries 4: Tales From a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
Chicken Thoughts: Comics About Birds
Sarah Wymer - 2020
This delightful collection also includes a handful of never-before-seen comic strips! Readers of all ages have enjoyed Chicken Thoughts comics since they first flew onto the Internet in 2018.See the world through a parrot's eyes as Chicken the cockatiel & friends do bird things and think bird thoughts!
Invader Zim vol. 5
Eric Trueheart - 2018
He kinda deserves it.) Diagnostics reveal that the malfunction is due to a virus, forcing ZIM to do the one thing he never thought he'd have to―GO INSIDE GIR'S BRAIN. Where nothing works and everything is exactly at GIR's level of nonsense. And when ZIM discovers that the virus was created and implanted by a being known only as VIROOZ from the planet Cyberflox... well hey, let's not give away too much, alright? Just read this special 4-part story with bonus guest issue from Dave Crosland!
Too Much Coffee Man's Parade of Tirade
Shannon Wheeler - 1999
Now, he takes the role of the eminent icon of caffeine culture in his new book; Too Much Coffee Man's Parade of Tirade. Fill your cup with dark satire and drink deep from these thoughtful, award-winning comics. Witness TMCM's secret origin! Marvel as our hero battles corporate oppression! Experience the anxiety of the author as he claws his way to the top! Gawk at Joel as he throws up on his girlfriend's door step! And revel in Too Much Coffee Man's wisdom; If you can't be happy naturally, be unnaturally happy.This book collects eight Too Much Coffee Man comic books and many newspaper strips, as well as new material. It's a complete book. All the characters are motivated. All the cliffhangers are resolved. All the plot threads are tied up. And all the jokes have punchlines.
The Peanuts Guide to Christmas
Charles M. Schulz - 2017
Featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and the whole PEANUTS gang, The Peanuts Guide to Christmas celebrates the holiday season the PEANUTS way! This lovable cast of characters is always up to something leading up to Christmas. And now, with this gifty collection of beloved illustrations from the classic comics, fans of all ages can get in the spirit by cherishing all of their favorite PEANUTS Christmas memories. This PEANUTS holiday keepsake is for the millions of faithful Charles Schulz fans and those who fondly remember our best-loved beagle and his friends.
Pokemon Adventures, Volume 1: Mysterious Mew
Hidenori Kusaka - 1999
This story introduces the trainer, Pokemon expert Professor Oak, Professor Oak's nephew, and others, who try to capture all the Pokemon to complete the collection -- and win a series of duels against other Pokemon trainers.
Albert Einstein
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To top it he had speech difficulties and was vague and inattentive. Albert hated the kind of rote learning he was obliged to do in school, memorizing dates and texts. But as he grew older, it became clear that Albert was no ordinary person. 1905 is often termed his 'miracle year', the year he published not one but four entirely new papers, on four completely different topics.
Lout Rampage!
Daniel Clowes - 1992
This 1991 paperback includes stories from Eightball #1-6, along with strips Clowes created for alternative comics anthologies Blab!, Young Lust, and Weirdo. It includes several of the cartoonist’s one-page collaborations with The Duplex Planet creator David Greenberger and two of his most well-known comic-strip rants: “I Hate You Deeply” and “I Love You Tenderly.”
You're Dad: A Little Book for Fathers (And the People Who Love Them)
Liz Climo - 2021
Featuring different types of dads and the paths they can travel, Climo’s whimsical animal illustrations take us through the adventures of fatherhood, commemorating the laughter and the tears as well as the stumbles and the triumphs.Perfect for dads, the dad-like, any and all parents, and the people who love them, this sweet collection of fatherly love will move and delight.
The Orville Season 1.5: New Beginnings
David A. Goodman - 2020
Goodman!Picking up where season one of Seth MacFarlane's space adventure TV series leaves off, this volume contains four episodic chapters:In part 1 of New Beginnings Ed and Gordon follow a faint distress signal belonging to a long-lost Union vessel only to end up shot down on an irradiated, war-torn desert planet in the hands of an unknown species.In part 2 of New Beginnings As Ed and Gordon uncover the truth of a century-old war, they fear that their eventual rescue may endanger the rest of the Orville crew. Not only does the crew's lives hang in the balance but all life on the entire planet.In part 1 of The Word of Avis The Orville intercepts a small Union ship en route to the interstellar territory of the easily aggravated Krill. They thought the passengers were just a simple group of xenoanthropologists, but they turn out to be something much more interesting.In part 2 of The Word of Avis Dragged off course and into Krill territory, the Orville crew find themselves in a battle for their lives, with threats from both outside and within.Collects The Orville #1-#4.
Kung Fu Boy
Takeshi Maekawa - 1991
He would have a fist of iron, legs of stone, and thought and vision of crystal clarity. With his natural intelligence and extraordinary skills in the ancient Chinese art of unarmed combat, could the fearless Chinmi be the long-awaited Magic Fist?Dell's "Ironfist" books are authentic Japanese Manga (comics), printed to read back-to-front, with English replacing the original Japanese text for American Manga fans. Already a hit in the U.K., "Ironfist" promises to introduce the exciting world of Manga to young people across the country.Click here for more information about the Japanese Manga.
And Then God Created the Middle East and Said ‘Let There Be Breaking News’
Karl reMarks - 2018
Well, regions of the world were competing to host the apocalypse and the Middle East won.’Online sensation Karl reMarks disagreed with the idea that reality had become too strange to satirise. Then he read that bin Laden was radicalised by Shakespeare. Since then, Karl has been bringing the best of the Middle East news and views to his followers around the world.Now Karl’s wildly wry observations and sketches are available in one handy collection. With sections on ‘Geography for Dummies’, ‘Democracy for Realists’ and ‘Extremism: A Study’, alongside the best of Karl reMarks’s infamous ‘Bar Jokes’, this hilarious book proudly presents views you’re guaranteed not to hear on the news …We’re actually very proud of God in the Middle East. He’s the local guy who went on to acquire international fame.Wahahahahabism: A fundamentalist Middle Eastern comedy movement.Twelve people just started to follow me. Jesus.