Need a good laugh? Then you’ll probably find what you’re looking for in the Best Humor Publication category. From successful strips, to Muppets, to ex-boyfriend throw-downs, the nominees for Best Humor pub cover all corners, surreal and sublime. So pull up a chair, loosen your collar, and get ready for a laugh (or at least a refined chuckle).
And the nominees are…
Drinky Crow’s Maakies Treasury, by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics)
From Fantagraphics Books’ Drinky Crow’s page:
Tony Millionaire’s Maakies is one of the best and most popular weekly comic strips in America, running in over a dozen of the largest U.S. weekly newspapers including the Village Voice, L.A. Weekly and Seattle’s The Stranger. The strip has also been adapted into the hit animated series The Drinky Crow Show on the Cartoon Network’s popular Adult Swim. Designed by publishing’s foremost graphic designer, Chip Kidd, Drinky Crow’s Maakies Treasury collects the second five years of the strip (previously reprinted in the volumes When We Were Very Maakies, The House at Maakies Corner and Der Struwwelmaakies) in a beautiful, deluxe, landscape hardcover format that complements the strip’s elegant and classical style.
Download an EXCLUSIVE 20-page excerpt here: Fantagraphics Books – Drinky Crow’s Maakies Treasury
Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me, And Other Astute Observations, by Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics)
From Fantagraphics Books’ Everybody is Stupid Except for Me page:
Fans of Peter Bagge’s generation-defining, satirical fiction may not realize this, but the cartoonist doubles as an opinionated cuss, and has been contributing provocative (but still hilarious) comic-strip opinion pieces to Reason magazine for the last several years… finally collected in this volume.
Although a libertarian by inclination (hence the Reason gig), Bagge (who lives in the fuzzy-headed, liberal capital of the Northwest, Seattle) is hardly dogmatic, and many of the pieces undermine traditional party lines in favor of a rather personal, rational and informed take on hot-button issues that will force partisan Democrats and Republicans alike to rethink them. And of course, Bagge’s well-researched comic strip “essays” crackle with the same energy and wit that propelled him into the collective Gen X consciousness with his comic book series Hate.
Fantagraphics does it again! Download an exclusive 12-page preview here: Excerpt of Everybody is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations
Little Lulu, vols. 19-21, by John Stanley and Irving Tripp (Dark Horse Books)
For a synopsis of each book, you’ll want to visit the Little LuLu series page on Dark Horse’s site. You can do that here. From the Dark Horse Little LuLu vol.21 page:
Children will giggle, adults will chuckle, and everyone will get the occasional guffaw from this compendium of never-before-collected stories. Laugh along with neighborhood kids Lulu, Tubby, Alvin, Annie, and the rest as they play practical jokes, solve mysteries, connive for dimes, and have all manner of hilarious adventures!
Want some free samples? You can view previews from each of these titles by using the list below (via Dark Horse Comics)
- Little LuLu Vol. 19: The Alamo and Other Stories – PREVIEW
- Little LuLu Vol. 20: The Bawlplayers and Other Stories – PREVIEW
- Little LuLu Vol. 21: Miss Feeny’s Folly and Other Stories – PREVIEW
The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet the Muppets, by Roger Langridge (BOOM Kids!)
From the BOOM Kids! Muppet Show Comic Book page:
This hilarious trade collects the first four issues of THE MUPPET SHOW, written and drawn by the incomparable Roger Langridge! Packed full of madcap skits and gags, The Muppet Show trade is certain to please old and new fans alike! If you have a favorite Muppet, chances are it’s featured in this show-stopping collection!
Want more details on what’s included in each issue collected in the above book? Why not stop over at the Muppet Wiki, where they recap each issue collected on their The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet the Muppets page! [Warning – some mild spoilers]
Scott Pilgrim vol. 5: Scott Pilgrm vs. the Universe, by Brian Lee O’Malley (Oni)
From ScottPilgrim.com’s preview page:
Scott Pilgrim just turned 24, and things couldn’t possibly be better! This means things are about to get infinitely worse. Suddenly, TWO of Ramona’s evil ex-boyfriends are in town, and they’re playing dirty. His band is in turmoil, and his own exes aren’t making things any easier. And what’s up with Ramona, anyway? She’s been acting kinda weird ever since they moved in together.
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