Search Results: HUMOUR & CARTOONS from Bookhome Sydney

London: Headline, 1997. 1st ed.. Paperback oblong quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear, minor plastic coating lifting top spine. 128 pp. A collection of the corporate comic strip Alex from the Daily Telegraph. The tables are turned on Alex as his new head of department is a woman. By Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor. Unnumbered pages.

Sydney: Summit Books, 1980. 22nd imp ed.. Paperback small, very good condition, small black & white drawings (vignettes), pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. 104 pp. A humorous classic about the Australian language by John O'Grady, the author of the iconic bestselling ’They're a Weird Mob'. Illustrated by WEP (W. E. Pidgeon). Combined sales of all his books exceed 2 million copies. (The scarce Summit Books edition.).

Bath: Parragon, 2001. Paperback quarto (with flaps), very good condition, colour & single-colour cartoons, coloured edges, minor edgewear. Unnum pp. Hints on drawing cartoons and comic strips. The step-by-step instructions by four professional cartoonists reveal the tricks of the trade to get you started. How to create a host of entertaining cartoon characters, building up your drawings in easy stages.

Canberra: Financial Review Library, 1990. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, top corner front cover little creased, base spine little bumped, minor edgewear. Unnum pp. A collection of the corporate comic strip from the Australian Financial Review.

Canberra: Financial Review Library, 1991. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, top corner faintly creased front cover, minor edgewear. 50 pp. A third collector's edition of Australia's favourite corporate comic strip from The Australian Financial Review.

Melbourne: Budget Books, 1986. Reprint ed.. Paperback narrow oblong quarto, very good plus condition, black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear. 80 pp. A new collection of Hagar cartoons by Dik Browne. Enjoy 80 pages of barbaric humour. Australian edition.

Melbourne: E. W. Cole, 1895. Paperback small, very good condition, card cover, few black & white drawings, pages toned, spine repaired (black cloth), few page edges repaired, some edgewear. 120 pp. Humorous adventure stories for young adults. The author also wrote "A Bad Boy's Diary" (see advert inside rear cover). Some people incorrectly assume the author is George Wilbur Peck, who wrote a series of "Bad Boy" humorous novels post-dating Victor's novel (see advert inside front cover for "Peck's Bad Boy and his Pa"). Rear page: a list of 10 schoolbooks published by E. W. Cole. (Scarce. No date, but 1890s, Trove. Originally published, New York, 1891.)

Toowoomba: Bruce Craig / Printed by The Education Centre, 2001. Reprint ed.. Paperback small oblong, very good condition, few black & white cartoons, few tiny scuffs front cover, covers little faded, front hinge split (pages firm), minor edgewear, sticker mark rear cover, autograph (author’s written name). 96 pp. This is the memoir of Bruce Craig who works as a cab driver in Queensland. He recounts many incidents, both in and out of his work. His natural good humour and dogged determination take him through the events both funny and sometimes tragic, and account for his philosophy on life.

Melbourne, Redhill South: Elgua Media, 1998. Paperback small folio, as new condition, numerous colour photos (of comics), copy 1. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 188 pp. From Ginger Meggs to Zero Assassin - just as Australian society has changed over the years, so have Australian comics. The essays and comics collected here chronicle these changes and show what a valuable cultural resource this underrated art form really is. The book features a comprehensive list of Australian comics, biographical details of the artists themselves and over 350 examples of their work. As much of this material has never been published together before, 'Bonzer' will prove to be an invaluable reference for students, librarians, researchers and collectors. Edited by Annette Shiell, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. Checklist compiled by Mick Stone. Includes chapter notes, select bibliography, further reading, plus index. (1 of 2 available… Read More

Melbourne, Redhill South: Elgua Media, 1998. Paperback small folio, as new condition, numerous colour photos (of comics), copy 2. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 188 pp. From Ginger Meggs to Zero Assassin - just as Australian society has changed over the years, so have Australian comics. The essays and comics collected here chronicle these changes and show what a valuable cultural resource this underrated art form really is. The book features a comprehensive list of Australian comics, biographical details of the artists themselves and over 350 examples of their work. As much of this material has never been published together before, 'Bonzer' will prove to be an invaluable reference for students, librarians, researchers and collectors. Edited by Annette Shiell, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. Checklist compiled by Mick Stone. Includes chapter notes, select bibliography, further reading, plus index. (1 of 2 available… Read More

Sydney, Cammeray: Richard Griffin, 1984. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings (some full-page), single-colour endpaper drawings, minor edgewear. 64 pp. Subtitle: "Brief Encounters with Uncles, Great Aunts, Wombats, Womcats, Tomcats, Randy Bantam Roosters, Ducks, Pigeons, Seagulls, Elephants, Horses, Dogs, Flora and Fauna, as Well as Rare Specimens of Humanity." A selection of 15 humorous Australian anecdotes by journalist and humorist Ron Saw, mostly from The Bulletin magazine archives, and illustrated by the Australian artist Donald Friend. (Limited edition, 2000 copies.)

Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate, 2000. 1st ed.. Paperback quarto, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), very good condition, black & white & colour cartoon sheets, single colour photo, folder little creased & bumped, minimal edgewear. 16 (includes folder) pp. Doonesbury is a syndicated comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau, first published in 1970 (an early success for Universal Press Syndicate). A Pulitzer prize winner. This coloured card folder portfolio contains: two colour pages of comic strips folded in half (strip one side, blank reverse side), and four pages of black & white cartoons folded in half, eight single pages of comic related blurb, mostly about Doonesbury. These comics were at times controversial because of their political content.

Washington, DC: Washington Post Writers Group, 2001. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, coloured card folder (black background, loose sheets inserted), very good condition, colour & black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (light creases spine, corner tips little scuffed). 16 (includes folder) pp. The popular comic strip that features a 3-foot tall, talking monkey named Bo. Bo muddles through jobs, relationships and anything else life throws at him. The cartoonist won the Fine Toon Fellowship in 2002 presented by The Washington Post Writers Group for his comic strip: BoNanas. The folder contains 9 black & white comic strips (stapled at top corner), and 5 colour comic strips on single pages with the strip one side and blank the other.

Chicago: United Feature Syndicate, 2000. Revised ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), colour cartoons, black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine, spine ends & corners of folder creased), light rust marks top corner two pages, tiny staple holes 7 pages, top edge one page creased. 14 (includes folder) pp. The popular comic strip that is loved internationally. Jim Unger first started Herman in 1974, and he retired in 1992. He has now personally revised his cartoons to reappear again. All characters are rendered in his unique style as hulking, beetle-browed figures. The folder contains: 4 black & white single cartoon pages folded, 3 colour cartoon pages, and 5 Herman-related pages including a letter from Jim Unger.

Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate, 1993. 1st ed.. Paperback quarto, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), folder good condition (contents very good), black & white & colour cartoons, two black & white photos, minimal edgewear sheets, creases along spine folder (white background slightly marked, small spot front cover, corners creased, tiny edge tear fore-edge). 19 (includes folder) pp. Syndicated comic strip, initially published in 1993. The coloured card folder contains: four colour pages of cartoon strips (folded on end), six pages of black & white cartoons (double page, folded in half), a single page of Chris Browne's autobiography (repeated on inside of folder). The front cover has a label from Auspac Media. (This autobiographical comic strip had a short life. Chris Browne is better known for taking over the Hagar the Horrible comic strip after the death of his father Dik Browne. Hagar the Horrible is not specifically mentioned.).

Washington, DC: Washington Post Writers Group, 2000. 1st ed.. Paperback oblong small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), black & white & colour cartoons, staple top corner black & white cartoons slightly rusted, crease top spine folder, minimal edgewear. 17 (includes folder) pp. Daily syndicated comic strip, Red and Rover, that was first published in 2000. Autobiographical, about unconditional love between a boy and his dog Rover. Originally syndicated for the first ten years by the Washington Post Writers Group (until 2010), but now by Andrews McMeel Syndication. Strips are usually set around the end of the 1960s or the beginning of the 1970s. The coloured card folder contains two pages with Brian Basset’s biography, four colour pages of cartoon strips, and eight pages of black & white cartoons.

Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate, 2003. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (title & publisher tab on fore-edge), loose sheets inserted, colour & black & white cartoons, black & white & colour media material, colour photo portraits, minor edgewear folder (title & publisher tab slightly bumped, top corners folder creased). 16 (includes folder) pp. This comic strip was launched on November 24, 2003, and ended January 15, 2005. It is about two friends, Kevin and Scab (with mullet haircuts), who share a trailer and work at a place called Mildew’s Hardware Store. The folder contains: six black & white folded cartoon pages, four colour folded cartoon pages (one page is thin card, the other three are paper), and four explanatory pages, including their story and photos.

Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate, 2000. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose pages inserted), colour cartoons, black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine & corners), light rust marks top corner two sheets, tiny staple holes two pages. Unnum 29 (includes folder) pp. A popular comic strip that is loved internationally. Ziggy, the comic little guy with a big head and even bigger heart, marked his quarter-century anniversary June, 1996. Tom Wilson started the strip in 1971, his son Tom Wilson Jnr now draws the cartoon. The folder contains: 4 black & white single sheets folded in the middle, 2 colour, 8 black & white foreign language strips, and 7 Ziggy-related pages.

New York: King Features Syndicate, 2001. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour card folder (loose sheets inserted), colour cartoons, minor edgewear corner tips folder (light foxing near spine front cover). 8 (includes folder) pp. This popular comic strip celebrates the MacPherson family: the fun of being parents to young children. This comic strip has over 40 collections published in seven languages. Includes colour cartoon sheets.

Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate, 2000. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder with title & publisher tab on fore-edge (loose sheets inserted), colour cartoons, black & white cartoons, black & white media material, black & white photo of cartoonist inside folder, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine, spine ends & corners of folder creased), top folded coloured pages little creased. 19 (includes folder) pp. The popular comic strip was syndicated in 1992. The cartoonist sees the oddities, the idiosyncrasies, and inconsistencies that make us human. His very unique style and ability to make fun of life's situations often hits close to home. The folder contains: 4 black & white folded pages, 2 colour folded pages, and 11 related pages, including his autobiography.