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.
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.
(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.)
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.”
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.
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.
