Things can't get much worse-but can they get funnier.THE ELEMENTS OF STRESS and the Pursuit of Happy-ish in this Current Sh*tstorm is a humorous handbook to help readers better deal with the challenges and headaches of our times, from overeating, to love problems, money woes, global warming, night sweats, winter itch, general anxiety, and so much more. Plus, forty stress-defusing cartoons from two of the best gag cartoonists in the world will help readers handle all the anxiety in today's new world disorder--the perfect gift for fans of the original Elements of Style or anyone who has had it up to here. Now expanded with over twenty more cartoons and index

The Elements of Stress and the Pursuit of Happy-ish in this Current Sh*tstorm

Comics & Graphic Novels

Eckstein, Mr. Bob

Shaw, Mr. Michael

Comic Strips

Humorist Books

It's time for moms to take back the corny dad joke. Dumb Jokes for Smart Folks delivers a grown-up spin on the quintessential children's joke book. Chock-full of silly wordplay and looney leaps in logic, this collection touches on a variety of topics and themes, from the great outdoors, to parenting, music, and recreational cannabis. Perfect for readers who wish to reconnect with their inner-child or anyone who enjoys a good guffaw- or groan-worthy joke. <ul><li>How do you poach an egg? You just take it when the chicken isn't looking</li></ul> <ul><li>What state is the most inquisitive? Why-oming</li></ul> <ul><li>What do you get when you combine guacamole and bread? Avocadough</li></ul>

Dumb Jokes For Smart Folks

Literature & Fiction

Delfino, Jessica

Dramas & Plays

2020 was hard. 2020 hindsight is easy!\nWe don't have to tell you what it was like. You were there. The pandemic, unemployment, civil unrest. Trump. More Trump. Maybe a little laughter could help. What have you got to lose?!\nFrom Emmy® Award winner Ron Hauge (The Simpsons, Seinfeld, The Ren & Stimpy Show, In Living Color) comes 'The # * % < ! + & Year In Review', a retrospective collection of single-panel, full-color cartoons selected from his popular Instagram account. The year 2020 will not soon be forgotten, but perhaps we can gain a little perspective with these biting, often outrageous illustrations lampooning Trump, the pandemic, social unrest, the whole mess.\nPraise for “The #*%<!+& Year In Review”\n“Years from now, this book will be taught in history class. It’s that important. It’s also funny as #>&%!” - Larry Doyle, Thurber Prize winning author\n“If you want to understand what's gone on — what's gone wrong — during the Trump Years, there is no better guide than Ron Hauge. Always cheerful, weirdly sweet, this book is a sardonic, bug-eyed, candy-colored map of Hell, American Style.” - Michael Gerber, Publisher; The American Bystander\n“Ron Hauge combines a sophisticated comic mind with a broad burlesque style to create a series of unerring, mind-bendingly original political cartoons. And, in this writer’s humble opinion, his drawings rank with the best American graphic art.” - Stan Mack\n“Ron Hauge's ‘The #*%<!+& Year in Review’ gives 2020 exactly what it deserves — a hilarious barrage of dark, acerbic humor (rendered in bright, comically cheerful colors!). The sensibility is irreverent, and funny as hell. If laughter really is the best medicine then Hauge is my new enterologist.” - Barry Blitt\n“Hauge's high-pitch electric-colored drawings land on their subjects like beautiful wrecking balls; heart-attacks of laughter, wit, spot-on observation and political activism in the hands of wicked-funny artist.” - Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic; New York Magazine\n“Ron Hauge’s new book is a laugh-out-loud hilarious work of epic comic genius, a scathing dissection and a healing balm for the plague of the Trump presidency, culminating in its bumbling exacerbation of Covid. Hauge’s unsparing pen pierces every festering nook and cranny of Trump’s malicious incompetence, revealing them in dazzling, merciless epiphanies.” - Mark Alan Stamaty\n“Ron Hauge counters every outrage of this administration with drawings of wicked humor and righteous anger. He seems able to excavate ideas from any and every cultural reference and polish them into cartoons of devious absurdism, each one a destabilizing combination of wit and fury. Ron is a cartoonist of astonishing resourcefulness.” - John Cuneo\n“Thank you Ron for keeping me laughing throughout this Trump nightmare. Your daily fountain of cartoons has chronicled the whole sad story in surprising and delightful fashion. Seeing these villains skewered so skillfully has given me many moments of joy. Bravo!” - Mark Bryan

The # * % < ! + & Year in Review

Hauge, Ron

Pinocchio Runs for Office, The Peeved Piper, Not So Snow White and so many more in this twisted collection of adult fairy tales!This hilarious collection of poems by Melissa Balmain puts a grown-up, contemporary spin on the stories and characters we all learned as children, from Little Red Riding Hood, to the Three Bears, the Pied Piper, and Cinderella; each delightfully depicted in full-color by Ron Barrett, (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) one of the best and award winning illustrators in the business. Early Praise for The Witch Demands a Retraction: "If you're looking for the perfect bedtime poetry to send your little ones peacefully to dreamland, keep moving. In The Witch Demands a Retraction, Melissa Balmain's poetic retakes of classic fairytales, 'happy endings' means something else, and Mama Bear finds a clue in her bed that Goldilocks was not after the porridge. Witty, cringey, and hilarious. For every parent who wants a break from sincerity, and for every bad aunt or uncle looking for the perfect gift - this is your book." - Tom Bodett, author and NPR personality "This is an extremely irresponsible book - imprudent, unconscionable, certain to emotionally scar impressionable children for life. I highly recommend it." - Gene Weingarten, syndicated humor columnist, The Washington Post "Like Leopold and Loeb, Balmain and Barrett are a pair that will go down in history-not that I'm implying anything. It's just that when the right pair gets together at the right time, great things happen. And if a cousin or two had to die for this book? Totally worth it." - Michael Gerber, Publisher, The American Bystander "Does anyone say, 'OH NO SHE DI-INT!' anymore? Because that will be your response to basically every poem in this treat of a book. Balmain turns every fairy tale on its head and shows us its panties, none the worse for wear. Just don't be drinking anything while you read, because these verses are a recipe for spit takes. Balmain has a warped mind and astonishing wit matched thoroughly by her warm heart. Come for the fart joke, stay for the sly and bawdy feminism."- Faith Salie, comedian, author, journalist, seen & heard on CBS, NPR & PBS

The Witch Demands a Retraction: Fairy Tale Reboots for Adults

Balmain, Melissa

Hell has come to claim the last mortal universe. A bleeding tower has burst through the 24-Hour Fitness parking lot. Demons circle the city of San Diego. One name is called to challenge Lucifer's Champion: Greg Maxwell. Who is Greg Maxwell? Imagine the person you would want to fight for humanity's survival. Now think of the opposite person. Now think of that person's dad. Cocaine. Talking animals. Weekend trips to Cape Cod. Secret JFK sex videos. This is the erotic, Judeo-Christian, modern-day Odyssey no one asked for. This is Greg Maxwell's Inferno.

Greg Maxwell's Inferno: The Erotic, Judeo-Christian, Modern-Day Odyssey No One Asked For

Humor & Entertainment

James, Keith

Humor

Congratulations! You made it! You're an Old Person! But entering into your golden years isn't all hard candy and unreserved flatulence. It takes skill and finesse, training and education, to become a proper Old Person. Fortunately, there's a guide-not in the form of some newfangled Facebook movie, but an honest-to-God, hold-it-in-your-wrinkly-withered-hands BOOK-that'll help you navigate the perilous and confusing new world of cootdom. Full of nifty diagrams and succinctly written so you don't forget what you're reading partway through, How to Be an Old Person, by Brian Boone (Vulture, Great Men of Science) will tell you all you need to know about this new season of life!

How to Be an Old Person: Everything to Know for the Newly Old, Retiring, Elderly, or Considering

Boone, Brian

Cash Grab

Spain, Andy

Humor & Satire

The Official Dream Dinner Party Handbook: If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who do you pick? How do you choose? And how can it all go terribly wrong?

Almeter, Gary

Puzzles & Games

The Carlyles: A Novel

Bleicher, Michael

Newton, Andy

Polly Wants A Lawyer: Cartoons of Murder, Mayhem & Criminal Mischief

If you enjoy humor a bit dark, a tad outrageous with a whiff of the sinister and macabre, then this collection of cartoons, Polly Wants A Lawyer is for you. Long time New Yorker cartoonist Nick Downes has a talent for finding hilarity down the mean streets of law & disorder. Crazed criminals, corrupt cops, tainted juries, chaotic courtrooms, schemers, hustlers and cranks, Downes handles all with a deft comic touch. With Polly Wants A Lawyer, Nick Downes presents a rogues gallery of bitingly funny takes on our sordid world of crime & punishment. Advanced Praise "In the venerable tradition of Charles Addams and Gahan Wilson, Nick Downes-with this collection of fabulously bizarre, twisted, and sometimes macabre gags-proves himself to be a cartoonist with a deliciously freaky sense of fun."-Emma Allen, Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker "I didn't know I could laugh out loud while gasping in shock, but this book made me do it over and over...Deceptively sweet-looking cartoons that pack a real gut punch. "-Mike Reiss, Award winning comedy writer and executive producer of 'The Simpsons' "Nick Downes has never been to jail. He's a good boy."-Sam Gross, Cartoonist for The New Yorker, National Lampoon, Playboy, and many others "Nick Downes is one of our greatest living cartoonists. That's right, he's still living."-Bob Eckstein, New York Times bestselling author, cartoonist

Polly Wants a Lawyer: Cartoons of Murder, Mayhem & Criminal Mischief

Downes, Nick

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