Cartoons Books

This book proves the adage, "A picture is worth more than 1,000 words." Master cartoonist Brad Olsen-Ecker's clever take on the Statue of Libery kept me laughing for days. Just thinking about some of the cartoons makes it hard to contain myself. This little, hliarious book should be on the shelves at every book and souvenir shop in the Big Apple. It also makes a great, inexpensive gift. Finally, I long for the reopening of the monument...

All I can say is I'm glad there is SOME funny guy out there. I have always read serious books until my friend Brie gave me this book for my 27th birthday. I was laughing on the floor before I got to the second page! Bradley, you are brilliant! Congrats on a fantastic book.

Some of these cartoons are priceless and extremely funny. They remind me of the ones in The New Yorker with a twist, and I think the author is a little twisted. Every time I look at this book I just keep laughing. If you love lady liberty get this book. It grows on you.

Wit, humor, and style combine in this collection of cartoons depicting the much-loved statue in situations she never expected. The perfect souvenir for anyone who's ever been to (or even thought about traveling to) New York.

The illustrations of the Statue of Liberty are so simple but the situations are so uniquely funny. I started reading it on the train and started laughing out loud. It's very funny.

I like this book, which I received as a gift. The humor is to the point. These cartoons are going to be displayed all over my classroom for all to enjoy. I can't wait for volume two.

Teaching can become a grind. When that happens it can grind you down. Don't let it happen to you. Seek out the pearls of fun, humorous insights and pleasure that occur each day, if you look for them. This book is full of really clever cartoons - the kind you see in better magazines - about the teaching experience. I use these cartoons for my bulletin board, to remind me that teaching can be fun, for my intra school memos, to make sure they're read, and for my Powerpoint presentations to get the audience interested in what I have to say.

The author is not only a fine cartoonist but an astute observer of teachers and teaching. As a teacher myself, I never knew that the profession could be seen as an endless source of humor. Now I approach each day with a new perspective on the profession. I have placed a few of the cartoons on my bulletin board and they attract staff members. The kids like them too. I really enjoyed this book.

I am a teacher and I think that this book should be required reading every day before a teacher enters the school building. Effective teaching is all about the right attitude and this delightful compilation of cartoons about the profession, will help you look at daily teaching situations in a new way. These 'New Yorker' type cartoons are really funny and display a knowledge of the teaching profession. Each cartoon is a gem. I have placed two of them on my class bulletin board. Reading this book has helped me stop taking myself so seriously and start relaxing and enjoying what I love to do best...teach!

This collection of professional cartoons aims at the funnybone and hits its target. A humorous spin is put on familar teaching situations. As a teacher,I realize that I was actually part of many of the situations presented in these cartoons. Ah, if only I had laughed then! These cartoons deserve a spot on the bulletin board in all teachers' workrooms. The cartoons also make useful ice-breakers and presentations for educational meetings.You thought teaching was hard work? Not to laugh at these cartoons is hard work!

I teach computers in high school and can relate to the cartoons in this book. In fact, I use a few of them on my inter school memos. They're attention grabbers. The cartoons are funny and each has a nugget of truth in it which any teacher can recognize.
I love this book.

There's some funny stuff in this book! I teach computers in a public school and the situations portrayed in this adorable volume seem familiar, with a humorous twist. These cartoons are professionally sketched and make wonderful intro pieces for our school's in-service courses where our staff can upgrade their computer skills.

Great work! These are funny on-target cartoons. If you use a computer you've already visited these situations but now you can laugh about it. Even if you don't know a hard drive from a memory stick, get this book and laugh a little before you boot up. Teachers beware! You're going to have a smile on your face every time you go near that computer in school.

I teach computer classes in high school and in college. The cartoons in this funny book deserve a place on the class bulletin board. A few have been posted there for all to enjoy. The author has a clever way of portraying familiar tech situations in cartoon shorthand. The artwork is very professional and enjoyable. I plan to use one of the cartoons as an ice-breaker for an upcoming workshop.

I teach computer courses and the situations described in this wonderful cartoon book look familiar, with a very funny twist.
These are professionally sketched cartoons and I have placed a few of them on a bulletin board in the class. We all get a kick out of them. Don't forget to back up your hard drive and to buy this book.

This is far and away the best book available on Lightwave rigging. Gorden is the only author to thoroughly address the relationship between weight maps, bones and the polygonal structure of the model and how they must be combined to create a working 3D character. I consider this book absolutely essential for anyone looking to do any kind of character animation in Lightwave.

I'm a Lightwave user for about 3 years now, I did a lot of 3D stuff but never any boned character animation. Just had trouble getting trough the process of rigging ( like every other beginning 3D artist ).

I bought the Volume 1 and 2 en really took the time of reading it word by word. Underlining the most important things so i'll be able to use these books as a quick reference guide. Sometimes I just forget things and then I like to quickly return to my books for help ;-)

I know that a lot of you prefer some training DVD's above reading because it takes some time to get trough these books... But believe me, they are worth it. They get you trough the basics and then take you up to the next level. The CD that comes with this book also helps a great deal. You can go and analyse the settings of the examples.

I recommend this book to anyone who's thinking about character animation, even if you haven't got any knowledge of rigging. You have got to get this book...

This book has proved invaluable resource for dealing with Ligthwave's rigging. Filled with great tips and examples, this book shows you clearly how to build efficient rigs.

This is an excellent book for detailed instruction on using Lightwave for character rigging and texturing.

Until I read this book Rigging was always a challenge and something I avoided. This book clearly explains not only the buttons to click but the basic concepts needed for anyone that wants to rig. Then when you have mastered the basics he walks you thru complex, power, but easy to setup rigging setups.

As an Instructor I recommend this book not only to my students but also to high end studios. Jonny has written the "Rigging Bible" in my honest opinion.

I hope we see more from this talented artist!

I have two daughters, ages 12 & 7. Their brother has enjoyed the classic Marvel comic book reprints for years. But have you ever looked for comics for young girls that are worth their reading? Slim pickings! Happily, it's Little Lulu to the rescue!

Both of my girls have had a ball reading and rereading these paperback volumes collecting the classic strip of a bygone era. Even my little one, whose reading skills are just emerging, has her nose in these books constantly (sometimes reading them out loud to me).

They're clever, clean, and genuinely entertaining. My only wish is that they were reproduced in color, instead of b&w. (That would probably triple the price of each installment, though). There is one special color issue, so be sure to snag that one.

I have all the Little Lulu books. I grew up reading Little Lulu comic books and now my children are reading them. Besides being great fun, they tell stories usually involving morals and have great storylines. Why don't they make comics like this anymore?

I recently finished plowing through the collected paperback editions of the classic 1950s "Little Lulu" comics, and wanted to put in my vote... yes! yes! yes! True, it's a little disappointing that the strips are reprinted in black-&-white and not in the original color versions, but the real genius of these works is in the draftsmanship of artists John Stanley and Irving Tripp, and once you get onto their wavelength, even these half-size B&W reprints are a pure delight. They can say so much with such economy -- a single panel of Lulu's unbridled mischief can have you laughing your head off, and here, in this multi-volume collection, you've got a real treasure trove of some of the best graphic-art humor produced in the 20th Century. Great stuff, highly recommended, and major kudos to Dark Horse for making this artwork both available and affordable.

The numbering and publishing order of Dark Horse's "Little Lulu" series is rather confusing. Although "My Dinner with Lulu" was their third release, it is labeled Volume #1 in the series. This is because it reprints the first comic "books" featuring the character; Dell Four Color #74, #97, #110, #115, #120 (published over a two year period, 1945-1946). All 52 pages of content from these five books is included, unfortunately the covers and advertisements are not. And the reprints are black and white, which makes the volumes very affordable if poor substitutes for the original four-color pages.

John Stanley did all the pencils and some of the inking for these five books, in partnership with Irving Tripp. Cartoonist Marge Buell created the characters in 1935 for the Saturday Evening Post and the early comic books had to secure her approval before publication. Judging from the obvious style differences, it is likely that several of Buell's multi-panel one-page SEP stories were included in the comic books and reprinted in this volume.

The 1945-46 drawings are more faithful to Buell's style than later Lulu issues. Note that the characters' mouths are only shown when they are speaking and they have only a single eyebrow line going across their foreheads. Despite this both Buell and Stanley are able to convey an amazing number expressions and emotions.

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

While this is 'volume 3' of Dark Horse Comics' reprint series of Little Lulu, it actual reprints the first 5 of the 10 "Four Color" Little Lulu comics (#74, 97, 110, 115, 120) which were published before Little Lulu got her own title. Hopefully volume 4 of the series will reprint the last 5 of the Four Color issues.

Everyone's battling couple are at it again. These strips from the 1970's are from creator Bill Hoest, not his wife who currently writes the strip. Not appearing in enough newspapers, this is perfect for anyone who needs their Lockhorn fix.

Leroy drips venom and Loretta is perfect as his long suffering wife. Leroy always criticizes his wife's cooking and once he told her he wanted to use it for exhibit A. In this mood, my favorite strip in the book is where they are eating out and Leroy says to the waitress, right in front of Loretta, "What do you mean home cooking? Why this is delicious!!"

Have a hard day at work? This is the perfect antidote to make you forget your day. Buy it right away.

Finally, after years of searching, my favorite comic couple are back in a book. If you're a fan of "The Lockhorns" or just need a laugh this is for you. Couldn't put it down and now I want more! When's the next one coming out?

I love the Lockhorns. Larry and Loretta fight their way through married life like two champions who just will not go down with a punch. Bill Hoest has a really good look at life in all its inexactness and irony. And we can laugh. There is a lot of Larry and Loretta in every relationship and it helps to see the real pros going at one another and still managing to stay together. If Larry and Loretta can stick it out, so can we.

There is real fun here, and that is the main reason to visit with Larry and Loretta. Fun. You will laugh with each turn of the page, and be truely sorry for the end of the book.

I highly recommend the Lockhorns by Bill Hoest.

Everyone's battling couple are at it again. These strips from the 1970's are from creator Bill Hoest, not his wife who currently writes the strip. Not appearing in enough newspapers, this is perfect for anyone who needs their Lockhorn fix.

Leroy drips venom and Loretta is perfect as his long suffering wife. Leroy always criticizes his wife's cooking and once he told her he wanted to use it for exhibit A. In this mood, my favorite strip in the book is where they are eating out and Leroy says to the waitress, right in front of Loretta, "What do you mean home cooking? Why this is delicious!!"

Have a hard day at work? This is the perfect antidote to make you forget your day. Buy it right away.

Bill Hoest is one of the best funny men around. And Leroy and Loretta (the Lockhorns) are his champions. These two blast one another in every possible way, and their marriage counselors as well, while delivering tons of laughs.

If you want to have a really good time, lift the cares of the world off your shoulders for awhile, and enjoy a tremendous laugh or two along the way, turn to the Lockhorns. It is a book I have read more than once, and I laugh outloud every time.

I highly recommend this book and any book by Bill Hoest about the Lockhorns.

A must own for any Lucky Luke fan... 40 minutes of sheer reading pleasure... and as always the aboslutely best graphics!

This is another installment in the hugely popular Lucky Luke series. These English-language editions by 9th Cinebook got my 12-year-old hooked into the Lucky Luke series. The books tend to present a historical situation or event (the discovery of oil, the range wars between ranchers and farmers, etc.) in a humorous, yet educational, light. A fun aspect of the Lucky Luke books is Luke's fictional interactions with real-life personalities from the Old West: Billy the Kid, The Dalton Gang, Jesse James, Calamity Jane and others.Yakari and Great Eagle (Yakari S.)Yakari and the Beavers (Yakari)

lucky luke has got to be one of the best comics in the world. asterix and tintin are good but ive read them tons of times since I was a kid. Lucky Luke is just fantastic. Every one of the comics is really nice, quite funny, somewhat historical. The horse is too cute, the way he talks and his antics.

Its a pity there are less than 10 of these in print in english. The publisher is slowly releasing 3-4 each year now and I hope to collect all of them.

If you liked Asterix, dont hesitate, buy all of the Lucky Luke's they are just fabulous. Dont have to bother about which title, they are all good.

Another good book for a Goscinny fan.

Goscinny, yet again, tells a nice humorous story about the "poor lonesome cowboy" who is really a long way from home in this adventure as he is held prisoner by the deadly Dalton brothers. But our hero has his own schemes to outsmart the Daltons and get rid of a bunch of other no-good-doers at the same time. Joly Jumper is very funny as always. A nice wonderful story.

So much of what is in here has been so readily available over the years since the 1950's ended that the novelty is a little bit lost. I actually wish Mad had made these earlier 50's issues accessable to late 20th and early 21st century readers but a little less than they actually do. Still the great comic book satires are imaginative and alot of fun to read (even for the fifth or sixth time or more).

As soon as i received Vol 1 of Mad Archives and went through it , I immediately ordered Vol 2, the reason being the first edition of Vol 1 was out of print and I had to wait 12 ( that's TWELVE ) whole months to receive the second edition. Both volumes are a comic lovers delight, especially from a historical perspective. The artwork and coloring is so fresh and eye catching; good job of restoration, not to mention the layout and binding... all for only USD50. Will definitely become a collectors item very soon, if it hasn't already. What you waiting for? GO FOR IT !

Well, at long last...Volume Two !!!
The Mad Archives: Volume 2. This One contains Issues 7 thro 12 of Mad Magazine. Almost everything here was written by the Creator of this American Instution of Lampoons: Harvey Kurtzman. The Artists featured are Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Basil Wolverton, John Severin and The Great: Wally Wood.

For me, Mad really hits it's stride here with Great Spoofs on Comic Books: "Bat Boy & Rubin", "Starchie", Newspaper Strips: "Little Orphan Melvin", "Flesh Garden", Movies: "From Eternity Back To Here", "Sane", and TV Shows: "Dragged Net", and even a Stab into the Heart of Edgar Allan Poe, with: "The Raven".

Born into the EC Comics Company run By Bill Gaines, Mad was the only Comic Book Title to Survive the great Comic Book Witch-Hunt of 1953, when Senate hearings labeled Gaines', Horror Comics as corrupting America's Youth and he had to cancel all of them.

But, Bill Gaines had a Winner on his Hands with "Mad", and an Publishing Empire was Built around this Little Comic Book. The Influence of Mad Magazine is HUGE, and along with: "Playboy" it is considered One of The Fore-Runners of Sixties Pop Culture that would change the way America viewed her Values & Morals. Sex and Humor got us out of The Nuclear Cold-War Years and everything was about to be very Different.

Right here in these pages, it is Hard not to Laugh at loud at: "Woman Wonder" and "the Lone Stranger". These Stories hold up as American Folk-Tales more than Fifty Years on, the Art is too Good to be believed. from those Weird Creatures of Basil Wolverton: "The Mad Reader" to the Sexy Broads, drawn by the Fantastic, Wally Wood in "Flesh Garden", this is a Feast for the Eyes.

Again, this is The Comic Book that CHANGED America, and let us Laugh at ourselves....My Highest Recommendation.
Let's hope we don't have to wait another ten years, for Volume Three !!!

If you're reading this review, then you're probably already a MAD fan and are wondering if you should buy this book. If so, then rest assured that if you do, you won't be disappointed. Contained within these pages is a priceless slice of comic book history from the 1950s when a humor magazine that took the mickey out of other popular titles was a novelty and when legends like Bill Elder, Jack Davis and Harvey Kurtzman cut their teeth and in the process, forged the template for hundreds of followers in the decades since. The best part of this vol (and Vol 1) is that you can re-read the stories again and again and still find something funny you'd have missed in previous readings. The humor is straightforward funny - whacky, zany and maybe even slapstick at times. But I'm sure that almost every MAD fan will find them all entertaining. Well worth the investment.

Sure, I read New Yorker and with a Martini in my hand can picture myself in John Cheever's 50s. I've read Time. I learned to read, and ended up employed for a while as a television programmer, because of TV Guide. In terms of cultural significance, they are all piffles next this giant mountain of cultural commentary.

The issues in this volume are where its original creative team caught their wind and set sail for the very heart of satire and deconstruction. The earlier volume is great, but this one is a molotov cocktail handed to the young and open-minded of post-war America to assault complacency. The roots of nearly anything great the baby-boomers did (the Beatles read Beano, Zimmy read this) lie here.

If you read MAD Magazine at all whatsoever, you will love the bathroom companion series. These books collect the best pieces of MAD mag. including Spy vs. Spy, The Lighter Side Of, A MAD Look At, among many others. The sheer amount of reading content in these books is amazing for how small they are! Also, the absence of color also reminds veteran MAD readers of how the magazine originally was. These books will keep you chuckling for hours! Hilarious stuff that never gets old! Buy the whole series and you will never want to leave the toilet again!

It's a real funny book. It makes me go back to the old days when I bought my first issue of MAD magazine. Actually, no, because I pretty much have alot of Bathroom Companions and this is one of 'em. Very Entertaining or your money back! It's so funny, you feel like you don't have to "go" anymore!

ha ha. Mad is good

Greate idea for a book. Apart from burning it. You can read some of Mad's greatest articles in shortened form! It rocks! I can't think of anyone better to write an introduction than the man who brought life to Canibal!the musical, Orgazmo and BASEketball (Ignoring South Park) to life! Yes, trey parker! Buy it

This isn't one of those books that focuses on one style of writing like TV, Movies, Dogs, or MAD covers, but it gives you the whole SHABANG! This book, correction, work of art, is a combination of tha best articles from tha best MAD writers of all time! Not only did I read it while on the pot like I was supposed too, I read it over and over everywhere I possibly was! I couldn't help myself! Another must have from the Usual Gang of Idiots!

I love comics. So there was no doubt in my mind that I wouldn't enjoy this book. But the sheer amount of information and humor Mort Walker puts into this book set me aback. Mort Walker himself is so intertwined with famous cartoonists it's no wonder he writes such an excellent strip. This book is a must read if you are even remotely interested in comics or humor. That's why I rated it 5 out of 5 stars, and give it a hearty thumbs up and my hopes and good wishes for the cartoonist.

Mort Walker could've BROKEN record as the world's youngest cartoonist ever to make professional debut at age 11! But don't forget that he was a whiz at architecture, a busy high schooler who did EVERYTHING from editor to cheerleader, a war hero holding prisoners in Italy, and a legendary father who raised several talented cartoonists to boot! Not to mention the fact he once did SEVERAL comic strips at once and that he also aged beautifully into a white-haired saint. How can the rest of us ever measure up to this man, who could be easily the world's MOST FAMOUS cartoonist ever!

This is truly a rich book packed with Mort Walker's personal (but amusing) autobiography, old cartoons, rare illustrations (there's even a spread of a NAKED Miss Buxley!), and oodles of photos featuring himself and his ever-growing clan. There are also some fun trivial facts about the eyeless Beetle Bailey, who was once a college student and now serving forever as an Army private, which we all come to know and love. We are also treated to the historical evolution of Mort Walker's famous comic strip as well as his partnership with the late Dik Browne, who created "Hagar The Horrible" and "Hi and Lois". You'll truly love the nostalgic trip through those timeless cartoons that Mort Walker and Dik Browne produced as well as their funny memoirs together, too.

Once again, I say Mort Walker himself must've been hand-picked by God!

I love comics. So there was no doubt in my mind that I wouldn't enjoy this book. But the sheer amount of information and humor Mort Walker puts into this book set me aback. Mort Walker himself is so intertwined with famous cartoonists it's no wonder he writes such an excellent strip. This book is a must read if you are even remotely interested in comics or humor. That's why I rated it 5 out of 5 stars, and give it a hearty thumbs up and my hopes and good wishes for the cartoonist.

Of course this is stuffed with strips, history, and information about the Beetle Bailey strip, all of which is a treasure trove for fans, but some of the best material is the rarely-encountered drawings, cartoons, letters, etc., from Walker's pre-BB days as a child, soldier, and novice commercial cartoonist. Superb stuff and a delight to read and reread.

Mort Walker is truly a gifted man. This book chronicles his life, drawings he made as a child which ultimately led to a career as a cartoonist. We are treated to the other strips Mort Walker breathed comic life into; we are introduced to "Hi & Lois," a spin off of "Beetle Bailey." (Lois is Beetle's cousin).

Camp Swampy is one of the FUNNIEST comic stops in the funny paper! Sarge, Beetle Bailey, Gen. Half-Track and the gang are a SCREAM! I actually wiped tears of laughter from my eyes when I read this book. Beetle Bailey is truly one of the FUNNIEST strips to ever grace the newspaper!

We, the readers, are treated to the evolution of Beetle Bailey, indolent college student to Beetle Bailey, the work dodging private. We watch the metamorphasis of Sarge from a slightly husky man to the large, lovable irate officer he became. We laugh with Cookie, who looks like Sarge in a chef's hat. We scream over bunny-toothed Zero, Ms. Buxley, the aptly named secretary and General Half-Track, who's eyes never leave Ms. Buxley. The entire Camp Swampy crew will have you in stitches! This is truly a brilliant work that will leave you wanting more.