Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides [Paperback]

Andy Riley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 18, 2007

The Book of Bunny Suicides and Return of the Bunny Suicides have introduced millions of people around the world to those cute bunnies always looking for new ways to end it all. Published for the first time in a unique paperback format, with a dozen new cartoons, this is the ultimate collection for fans of the fluffy little bunnies who just don't want to live any more.

Editorial Reviews

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'Hilarious' -- Sunday Mirror 'Deeply dark, deeply funny' -- Glamour 'Sadists of all ages will absolutely love it' -- Daily Telegraph 'Watership Down for the deeply sick. Very imaginative, very funny, very worrying if you're the author's mother' -- Richard Curtis 'It's the funniest, bunniest book I've ever read' -- Elton John 'If you are a bunny contemplating suicide, then this is the book for you' -- Paul Whitehouse 'Brilliantly researched - one of the most important books of the year' -- Hugh Grant 'Inspired, ingenious... fiendishly funny' -- Ardal O'Hanlon 'Hilarious' -- Sunday Mirror 'Deeply dark, deeply funny' -- Glamour 'Sadists of all ages will absolutely love it' -- Daily Telegraph 'highly inventive and very funny rabbit despair. It should cheer you up no end.' -- Independent on Sunday

About the Author

Andy Riley is the author of the bestselling BOOK OF BUNNY SUICIDES, RETURN OF THE BUNNY SUICIDES, GREAT LIES TO TELL SMALL KIDS and LOADS MORE LIES TO TELL SMALL KIDS. He has written for Black Books, Little Britain, Smack The Pony, Trigger Happy TV, Big Train and The Armando Iannucci Shows. He is the co-creator of BBC2's new science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive and Radio 4's The 99p Challenge. His weekly cartoon strip, Roasted, runs in the Observer Magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Pb (October 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340923709
• ISBN-13: 978-0340923702
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bunnies just want to die, July 27, 2008

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides (Paperback)

Bunnies are cute, fuzzy, cuddly, and not very bright. And in Andy Riley's works, they're also very suicidal.

In fact, you can guess just from the title of Riley's "The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides" what it's about -- lots and lots of cute cartoon bunnies offing themselves. Both books in this set are full of one thing -- near-wordless cartoons of bunnies disposing of their cute fuzzy selves in unique, creative, and sometimes overly complex ways.

It's a running gag, but you'll never guess how many of these bunnies choose to off themselves -- just a few of their complex methods involve corkscrews, DVD players, stalactites, cigarettes, seppuku, garden gnomes, lemmings, palm trees, Harry Potter books, pointy-nose jets, Christmas trees, colanders, and many other seemingly harmless (or at least not VERY harmful) ordinary items.

Some of the methods become more and more complex as time goes on, like an elaborate contraption involving a grandfather clock, a ladder, a candle, and a can of gasoline. One even has a bunny taking the direct way out, even with a bunch of dynamite on a precarious ledge over him.

There are even some pop culture references, which are handled with utter hilarity. The bunny prepares to beam down from "Star Trek," gets toasted by the Terminator, hangs atop the Tardis, and infiltrates the legendary duel between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Not to mention irritating the Eye of Sauron, and using Gollum for some bunny-stretching.

Yeah, it's basically a one-gag kind of humour,, but Riley manages to keep the chuckles rolling along through the entire book. Part of the humor is in the ridiculous stubbornness these bunnies have to off themselves (for no apparent reason -- it's not like they need a motive), and Riley's creativity in coming up with surreal methods for suicide.

There are a few duds, admittedly -- the deli counter one took me several reads to understand, since you have to pay very careful attention to even spot the bunny in this one. The overpass gag simply doesn't make much sense (okay, what happened there?), and some (like the cheese grater) are just squicky. They're funnier when they're clever.

Riley's artwork is simple and clean, and his bunnies are amusingly stoic as they chase down death. And he shows a variety of bunny deaths -- some are gory, some are physically impossible, and some simply involve bunny parts flying bloodlessly. Some, in fact, only hint obliquely at the bunnies' demises -- and these tend to be the most hilarious of all.

"The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides" compiles the two deliciously dark comic books, and they're just right for people with a sick sense of humour or a hatred of bunnies. Or both.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical, July 4, 2009

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This review is from: Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides (Paperback)

My son bought the individual books as a Christmas present for one of his bandmates who likes anything to do with bunnies but also has a good sense of humor. We leafed through them before wrapping them up. I liked it so much I bought this compendium version for us.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HILARIOUSNESS!, October 18, 2008

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S. Livingston "Art Goddess" (Champaign, Il) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides (Paperback)

I own all the bunny suicide books, they are hilarious. A running gag that you can't help but laugh at, for the sheer Rube Goldberg-esque manners in which the try and die. Great fun, and not meant in anyway seriously. Highly recommended.