Binky's Guide to Love [Hardcover]

Matt Groening (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 2006

Let binky and the gang be your not-quite-sure-footed Sherpa guides as you navigate the treacherous bliss abyss and otherwise craggy emotional terrain called love in Matt Groening’s timeless trenchant treatise, featuring 120 cartoons from his irrepressible, alarmingly popular life in hell comic strip.

Inside you,ll find more than 30 Love Secrets Revealed!

take aim at The Dart Game of Love
(or Pin the Tail on Your Inner Donkey)!
learn to spot Questionable Opening Lines!
steer clear of Nine Common Ruts!
commit to memory First Date Conversational No-Nos!
stump yourself with Six Tormenting Love Questions!

Or, if all else fails, hopeless cases can even learn to capitalize on the infinite "Joys of Lovelessness" -- such as "You don’t have to hold your stomach in." And much, much more!!!

This overbite-sized, over-hilarious sequel to the outrageously enduring Love Is Hell proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that love is still hell!

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About the Author

Matt Groening, the creator and executive producer of the Emmy^® Award-winning series The Simpsons, as well as creator of the cartoon strip "Life in Hell" and the animated FOX television series Futurama, is the man responsible for bringing animation back to primetime and creating an immortal nuclear family. In addition, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group in 1993 and currently serves as publisher of The Simpsons Library of Wisdom, Simpsons Episode Guides, Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson Comics, Radioactive Man Comics, Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove, the annual Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Futurama Comics and more than 36 comic compilations, as well as many instant classics including Bart Simpsons Guide to Life, The Simpsons Handbook and The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Harper Design (February 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061124931
• ISBN-13: 978-0061124938
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #782,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Arts & Photography > Graphic Design > Cartooning

More About the Author

Matt Groening, creator and executive producer of Fox's Emmy Award®-winning series The Simpsons, made television history by bringing animation back to primetime and creating an immortal nuclear family. The Simpsons is the longest running primetime animated series in television history and is currently the longest-running comedy on television, having aired more than 400 episodes. In July 2007, the highly anticipated feature film The Simpsons Movie opened in theaters with worldwide grosses of more than $525 million to date.

Originally brought to life in 1987 for The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons was Groening's amazing entry into the television animation world. Previously, he was best-known for his "Life in Hell" cartoon strip, an irreverent portrayal of love, work, school, life and relationships that currently appears in more than 250 newspapers worldwide and in a multitude of books.

Groening's other Emmy-Award®-winning creation, Futurama, launched on Fox in March 1999 and ran for five seasons. Last year Fox released the direct-to-DVD full-length original feature Futurama: Bender's Big Score. Three additional films will be released and the entire series with new episodes will air on Comedy Central this year.

In 1993, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group, where he serves as publisher of The Simpsons Library of Wisdom, Simpsons Episode Guides, Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson Comics, Radioactive Man Comics, Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove, the annual Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Futurama Comics, more than 36 comic compilations, as well as instant classics including Bart Simpsons Guide to Life, The Simpsons Handbook, and The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album among others!

In addition to the many awards bestowed on his creations (including Emmys, Annies, and the prestigious Peabody Award), Groening was personally honored with the Rueben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, the highest honor presented by the National Cartoonist Society. To date there are more than 14 million copies of books from HarperCollins in print throughout North America, the UK, and Australia based on The Simpsons, Futurama, and Life in Hell.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A pint-sized edition of a great book, September 19, 2007

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This review is from: Binky's Guide to Love (Hardcover)

Binky's Guide to Love is another great Life in Hell collection. This edition, though, is printed in a smaller format than the other books. It's about 6 inches square, as opposed to the usual 11 inch square books. It's still a little larger than the size it's run in papers, but it can still induce eye strain.

But the content is all there, and just as funny as ever. So, four-star material, dinged a point for size.

5.0 out of 5 stars Uplifting!, March 18, 1999

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This review is from: Binky's Guide to Love (Hardcover)

Who would have known such a strange looking rabbit charachter could be such a scholar when it comes to love! I was thouroughly impressed with Groening's portrayal of young single folk on the dating scene, and Akbar and Jeff can tell a lot about a lengthy relationship without involving gender roles. I might add that I also enjoy some of the appearances of Groening's sons, Will and Abe, for the realism they add to the humor.

4.0 out of 5 stars Binky's Less Bitter, and he'll show you how., November 12, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Binky's Guide to Love (Hardcover)

This indeed is a sort-of-sequel to "Love is Hell," and unlike "Love is Hell," this is substantially less bitter. Groening drew this after he met his "radiant" wife, and it definately shows. Less bitterness kind of spoils it a little, but there's still quite a few good laughs. Akbar and Jeff make a rather lengthy appearance here as well.