The Book of Bunny Suicides [Paperback]

Andy Riley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bunny Suicides | Publication Date: December 30, 2003

Rabbits. We'll never quite know why, but sometimes they decide they've just had enough of this world- and that's when they start getting inventive. The Book of Bunny Suicides follows over one hundred bunnies as they find ever more outlandish ways to do themselves in. From an encounter with the business end of Darth Vader's lightsaber, to supergluing themselves to a diving submarine, to hanging around underneath a loose stalactite, these bunnies are serious about suicide.

Illustrated in a stark and simple style, The Book of Bunny Suicides is a collection of hilarious and outrageous cartoons that will appeal to anyone in touch with their evil side.

Editorial Reviews

Review

At last, a British Gary Larson. But without the other animals. (David Baddiel, comedian) It's the funniest, bunniest book I've ever read. (Elton John)

About the Author

Andy Riley is a scriptwriter for TV and film. He cowrote the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award-winning Robbie the Reindeer, which aired on CBS last year, as well as the new Disney animated film Gnomeo and Juliet-scheduled for release in 2005, with a score by Tim Rice and Elton John. He has a weekly comic strip in The Observer magazine called "Roasted."

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Plume (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452285186
• ISBN-13: 978-0452285187
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 7.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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68 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book made me be obnoxious at the bookstore., January 3, 2004

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Mary Gibbins "poobadilly" (Denton, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of Bunny Suicides (Paperback)

I absolutely cannot STAND it when people in the bookstore make NOISES about the books they're looking at. No snorting, whispering, nothing. Most of all -- NO LAUGHING! I happened to notice this book on a table at the bookstore tonight. Picked it up. LOVED the description under the title -- "Fluffy little bunnies that just don't want to live anymore." I should've stopped there. Because when I started flipping through and checking out the pics ... I couldn't help it. I laughed. Out loud. A lot. Then I went and got my husband to glance through it with me. Together we laughed. Out loud. A lot. Before we left the store, I saw two other people pick up the same book and do the same thing and it didn't even make me mad ... Have I become one of THEM?!?!

The book is cool. A must-have. It may be warped and weird, but reading this book will make you happy. Beats a trip to the shrink anyday!

44 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous mind, January 6, 2004

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Ethan Straffin (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of Bunny Suicides (Paperback)

The best thing about _The Book of Bunny Suicides_ is that there's actually not that much gore involved. Oh, sure, there are plenty of decapitated, disemboweled, liquefied, and otherwise visibly deceased bunnies in evidence. And don't get me wrong: that's funny too.

Yet Riley is clearly among that rare but blessed breed of humorists who recognize that the anticipation can be even funnier than the payoff. And so, right after he shows us three bunnies impaled upon a light saber, he shows us two more bunnies calmly sunning themselves on the beach as Noah's Ark prepares to depart.

On the downside, Disney may never hire Riley again once it gets a load of _The Book of Bunny Suicides_. On the upside, he's already proven that this would be Disney's loss rather than his.

Funniest, bunni^H^H^H^H^HNO I WILL NOT MAKE THAT DUMB JOKE cartoon collection of 2003, paws down.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny bunnycide, December 30, 2003

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Eileen Rieback (Coral Springs, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of Bunny Suicides (Paperback)

Andy Riley, a British cartoonist and creator of a weekly comic strip in the Observer, tackles the off-the-wall subject of bunnies who simply can't go on living any more. These cartoons explore the outrageous and creative ways a bunny might dispatch itself to that great hutch in the sky. These include such methods as sunning on the beach while Noah loads the Ark, becoming ballast for a hot air balloon, and catapulting through venetian blinds. This book is morbidly funny and tragically silly. If you like humor that's a cross between The Addams Family and The Far Side, this book is for you.