With legions of fans being drawn to its inimitable style, Bizarro has become one of the country's fastest-growing syndicated cartoon panels since its launching in 1985. In this new collection, his fourth to date, Dan Piraro once again demonstrates an uncanny talent for making wildly startling situations even more extravagant. Notorious for his provocative and elaborately executed drawing style, Piraro is like a curious, mischievous child, lifting rocks and peeking around corners to reveal the secrets of the universe as he perceives them. It's a crazy, improbable world, and Glasnost Bizarro gives loyal readers (as well as unsuspecting ingenues) the chance to belly-laugh at the author's peculiarly skewed sensibilities.
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YA-- Among these four cartoon collections can be found a varied assortment of humor. A trendy, offbeat look at contemporary life is found in The Quigmans , where one woman at a bar comments to another, ``Watch out for Heimlich. That guy can manuever.'' Glasnost Bizarro has truly bizarre humor, not all of which is related to the Soviet Union. For those who like puns, Calves Can Be So Cruel is stockpiled with them. Continuing the craziness are the anthropomorphized thoughts and actions of a dog and his master as revealed in The Secret Life of Dogs ; it's ironic, whimiscal, and great fun to read. Teens like to laugh, and any or all of these offerings are sure to coax a guffaw or two from them.
Copyright 1991 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Dan Piraro is one of a group of contemporary cartoonists whose single-panel cartoons have revolutionized newspaper humor. A 90s sort of guy who believes in occasionally getting in touch with his feminine side, he lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and two daughters.
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The title »Glasnost Bizarro« has absolutely nothing to do with the contents of this yet another collection of Dan Piraro's one-picture-jokes - it's just another sign of his strange humor... and it refers to a joke on the cover (front AND back) of the book...Which IS one of his better collections, although not reaching the level of his earliest work! Still, Piraro's Bizarro is in the class of Gary Larson, so if you don't know him, you definitely have to give it a shot.
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well-drawn, funny,
By Al Kihano (Iskandria) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Glasnost Bizarro (Paperback)
Dan Piraro's comics are something of an enigma to me. They are exceptionally well-drawn -- almost too well-drawn for a daily strip -- and very, very funny. Not as humorous as Gary Larson at his best, but well worth checking out. All the works in this book are one-panel, and a few of them are among Piraro's best.
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