# Where have all the twisted humorists/cartoonists gone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965 "2005-08-21T10:24:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/21 "2005-08-22T06:23:43Z")
yep, Askia… _that_ Don Novello. I’ve owned 2 copies of The Blade, one was stolen in high school and the other, found after a 7 year search of used bookstores all over the country, was destroyed 3 weeks after I bought it by my new kittens (that was 14 years ago). I’ve never been able to locate a copy since, and used bookstores online list them starting at $100.00. It would be worth the price to me, too, if I could see it to check it’s condition before I forked over the cash. Absolutely one of the funniest books I will ever see. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/22 "2005-08-22T12:33:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder Bo](#): > > Kliban was the shit! I have all of his books, AFAIK, including a rare hardcover edition of **cat**. > I also have books by many of the artists named here, and I can tell y’all to get that NatLamp book that **Argent Towers** mentioned. It rocks. 😛 > > Also, it’s not really a cartoon book, but if you should ever find an old copy of **The Blade** by Don Novello (yes, _that_ Don Novello!) buy it no matter how much it costs you. Trust me on this one. 😃 The Kliban hard cover I have is \* Calender Cats\*, is that the same one? Do you mean its worth _MONEY?!_ :eek: Maybe I shouldn’t let the cat sleep on it anymore… Tell me what the cover of _The Blade_ looks like. It sounds familar… I’ll also look for the Lampoon book, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/23 "2005-08-22T14:03:45Z")
Michael Kupperman’s **[Snake & Bacon Cartoon Cabaret](http://tinyurl.com/9exf4)**. Some examples are [here](http://tinyurl.com/94tze). ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/24 "2005-08-22T14:12:02Z")
> [@F. U. Shakespeare](#): > > - A farmer and his son are leaning on the fence looking over to the next farm. The moon is out. The boy asks, “Pa, how long has it been since Lassie went over to the Wongs?” I don’t get this one. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/25 "2005-08-22T14:16:36Z")
[Ozy and Millie](http://www.ozyandmillie.org/) has a style and tone similar to Calvin & Hobbes. I’ve been hooked on it ever since someone here linked to it. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/26 "2005-08-22T14:21:34Z")
Two recent entries into the “Far Side knockoffs” category (and I like them): [Brevity](http://www.comics.com/comics/brevity/index.html) [F Minus](http://www.comics.com/comics/fminus/index.html) (I should add though that today’s (8/22/2005) strips are probably not the best examples. Browse the archived month of strips, I guarantee you’ll be enjoying most of them.) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/27 "2005-08-22T14:36:08Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Gahan Wilson, strange mind, that. He also wrote for _The New Yorker_ and _Playboy._ Dunno about _Playboy_, but Wilson still appears regularly in _The New Yorker_. in fact, he drew last week’s offering for the cartoon competition. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/28 "2005-08-22T14:37:15Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > I don’t get this one. In some Asian countries, they are know to eat dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/29 "2005-08-22T14:37:27Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > I don’t get this one. It’s the “Asians eat dogs” stereotype. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/30 "2005-08-22T14:39:02Z")
Don’t get smug, **Mr. Blue Sky** ; I would’ve beaten you if it weren’t for the 60-second rule. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/31 "2005-08-22T14:41:06Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Don’t get smug, **Mr. Blue Sky** ; I would’ve beaten you if it weren’t for the 60-second rule. Smug? Me? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/32 "2005-08-22T15:55:07Z")
One of my favorites is [The Pain – When Will It End?](http://www.thepaincomics.com/) It’s mostly political, but sometimes just twisted. One of the earliest ones I liked was a guy sitting in a chair with his head blown off. Across from him was another guy in a chair with a smoking gun and the caption saying, “I don’t know about you, but I feel better.” You can root through the archives there. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/33 "2005-08-22T16:16:54Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > The Kliban hard cover I have is \* Calender Cats\*, is that the same one? Do you mean its worth _MONEY?!_ :eek: Maybe I shouldn’t let the cat sleep on it anymore… > > Tell me what the cover of _The Blade_ looks like. It sounds familar… > I’ll also look for the Lampoon book, thanks. Not **Calender Cats** , but **cat** which was Kliban’s first book. **The Blade** is the Shellville High School yearbook, a fictional “anytown” school. Class photos, faculty, sports, band, prom pictures… except that all the pictures are of sheep. It’s absolutely the funniest book I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965/34 "2005-08-22T17:15:28Z")
Maybe not as twisted as a Gary Larson or Gahan Wilson, but I’ve been enjoying the comic strip **Pearls Before Swine** by Stephen Patsis. Everytime the crocodile next door says “Hello, zeeba neighba” I know there’s a big laugh coming at the end. I also love Rat’s letters and general viewpoint on life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-twisted-humorists-cartoonists-gone/317965.md?page=1)