Non Sequitur S Beastly Things

Author : Wiley Miller
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780740798672

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Non Sequitur's Beastly Things by Wiley Miller Pdf

If a cartoonist successfully captures life's humorous and ironic moments in three short panels, readers applaud. When Wiley does the same in his single-scene format, they roll on the carpet laughing. Non Sequitur not only breaks the three-panel mold, it succeeds without regular characters, standard settings, or repeat situations to fall back on. Each piece, in other words, hangs out there as Wiley's snapshot of the worlds of work, leisure, and life's many crossroads. Non Sequitur's Beastly Things, as guided by Rolf the dog, keeps readers howling, growling, and scratching for more. You will delight, for instance, in crocodiles luring fishermen with dollar bills, Randy the science lab kid who announces that his homework ate his dog, and the desert dweller who celebrates the change of season by raking needles beneath his cacti.

Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2803 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216063285

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Comics through Time [4 volumes] by M. Keith Booker Pdf

Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the comics medium. Comics and graphic novels have recently become big business, serving as the inspiration for blockbuster Hollywood movies such as the Iron Man series of films and the hit television drama The Walking Dead. But comics have been popular throughout the 20th century despite the significant effects of the restrictions of the Comics Code in place from the 1950s through 1970s, which prohibited the depiction of zombies and use of the word "horror," among many other rules. Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas provides students and general readers a one-stop resource for researching topics, genres, works, and artists of comic books, comic strips, and graphic novels. The comprehensive and broad coverage of this set is organized chronologically by volume. Volume 1 covers 1960 and earlier; Volume 2 covers 1960–1980; Volume 3 covers 1980–1995; and Volume 4 covers 1995 to the present. The chronological divisions give readers a sense of the evolution of comics within the larger contexts of American culture and history. The alphabetically arranged entries in each volume address topics such as comics publishing, characters, imprints, genres, themes, titles, artists, writers, and more. While special attention is paid to American comics, the entries also include coverage of British, Japanese, and European comics that have influenced illustrated storytelling of the United States or are of special interest to American readers.

Author : Wiley Miller,Wiley
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0740750992

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Lucy and Danae by Wiley Miller,Wiley Pdf

It is a rare cartoonist who can introduce new characters into a successful strip without upsetting readers. But since Wiley introduced Lucy, the lovable Pygmy-Clydesdale-with-an-attitude as the companion to Danae, Non Sequitur's cynical anti-heroine, fans have been clamoring for more of the pair. Now readers can enjoy the adventures of Lucy and Danae in the Non Sequitur collection dedicated to their exploits, Lucy and Danae: Something Silly This Way Comes. Lucy's lovable equine goofiness tempers Danae's overdeveloped cynicism as Danae struggles with school, her father, and her sunny little sister, Kate. World-weary beyond her years, Danae sports a skull-in-heart T-shirt and perpetual scowl, while Lucy embodies unbridled optimism with her horsey grin. From their first meeting at summer camp, to Danae's "sneaky yet noble" plot to train Lucy as a guide horse for the blind (they do exist!), to an unplanned expedition to Santa's Workshop (in Maine, not the North Pole), Danae and Lucy turn the cliche of a sentimental girl and her horse upside down and inside out. With Lucy and Danae, Wiley Miller has found a winning combination that readers can't resist.

Author : Wiley,Wiley Miller,Washington Post Writers Group
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995-04
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780836217858

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The Non Sequitur Survival Guide for the Nineties by Wiley,Wiley Miller,Washington Post Writers Group Pdf

Since its debut in 1992, Non Sequitur--a comic that jabs at the feats and foibles of modern-day life--has become one of the fastest-rising comic strips in the U.S. Named Non Sequitur because no one strip has anything to do with another, each cartoon features no central character or theme. Anyone who loves to laugh will want to curl up with this outrageously hilarious collection of tongue-in-cheek philosophical musings.

Author : Wiley Miller
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780740798665

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Non Sequitur's Sunday Color Treasury by Wiley Miller Pdf

Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller truly broke the cartoon mold when he first published his strip in 1992. This hugely popular cartoon is chock-full of witty observations on life's idiosyncrasies. The name of the comic strip comes from the Latin translation of "it does not follow." Each strip or panel stands on its own individual merits. Strips do not follow in a sequence and are not related. Non Sequitur's characters are not central to the plot; the humor is. Before it was even a year old, Non Sequitur was named the Best Newspaper Comic Strip of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. With an ever-expanding cult following, this quirky cartoon is set in no specific time period or place. It is a whimsical yet flippant look at everyday life.

Author : David Foster Wallace
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-23
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780316090520

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace Pdf

These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.

Author : David W. Miller,Wiley
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
ISBN : IND:30000007963345

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Dead Lawyers by David W. Miller,Wiley Pdf

Dead Lawyers and Other Please Thoughts is the first collection the best from Non Sequitur, the sharp, sly new syndicated comic strip that has addicted fans from coast to coast. Cartoonist Wiley's irreverent, satirical wit, combined with his superbly crafted illustrations, confirm once and for all the sneaking suspicion that the universe is one big joke at humanity's expense. Non Sequitur explores the absurd and the unexpected with outrageously funny sendups of everything from the plight of the homeless to the might of defense attorneys; Dead Lawyers continues that tradition by refusing to conform to the monotonous, row-upon-row layout of most comic strip collections. As Wiley himself says, "Humor knows no bounds, and neither do my cartoons."

Author : Wiley Miller
Publisher : Blue Sky Press (AZ)
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : PSU:000067289790

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Attack of the Volcano Monkeys by Wiley Miller Pdf

Basil Pepperell thinks hes ordinary, but when he and his friend Louise ride her pet pteranodon, Beatrice, to forbidden Monkey Island, they discover an advanced society of monkeys bred to have human intelligence. Full color.

Author : Jenny Lawson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101573082

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Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Pdf

The #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy. “Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah Magazine When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it. In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments—the ones we want to pretend never happened—are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives. Readers Guide Inside

Author : Phillip Mallett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1989-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781349200627

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Kipling Considered by Phillip Mallett Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : OSU:32435082757600

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Puck by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wiley Miller,Wiley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 0747588988

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil by Wiley Miller,Wiley Pdf

A sheer delight, this is a wild and irresistible story from award-winning cartoonist Wiley Miller.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Homeopathy
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097069702

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The American Homoeopathist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Homeopathy
ISBN : UOM:39015006002441

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American Homoeopathist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Socialism
ISBN : UOM:39015034639255

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New Moral World by Anonim Pdf