Kawaii Not: Cute Gone Bad [Spiral-bound]

Meghan Murphy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 26, 2008

Cute Gone Bad

What does Kawaii Not mean, you ask? Well, kawaii is the Japanese term for "cute," as in, "Look at the fuzzy kitten, he's so kawaii," and not is an English term meaning "not." It's that simple. These subversive comics combine Japanese-inspired cute with Meghan Murphy's truly quirky sense of humor, creating a strange and beautiful hybrid that is as crazy and crude as it is adorable.

Inside, find:

• 100 original comics with perforated pages
• Stickers! Nothing is more kawaii than stickers!
• A "How Kawaii Are You?" quiz, a Kawaii Horoscope, and a Kawaii Manifesto

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Meghan Murphy is a freelance illustrator and webcomic artist who first started Kawaii Not on a bizarre lark, but instead found a true calling in exploring the dark side of cute. She continues to delve deeper and draw weirder with each passing day.
www.kawaiinot.com

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 224 pages
• Publisher: How (March 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600610765
• ISBN-13: 978-1600610769
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,036,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Meghan Murphy is a freelance illustrator, and comic creator, specializing in bright and poppy vector images featuring subjects just a little sidestep from center.

She also produces the bi-weekly comic Kawaii Not, which has been collected into two books, as well as being featured on licensed merchandise.

Kawaii Not: the Comic for Cute Gone Bad
www.kawaiinot.com

Murphypop: the Illustration of Meghan Murphy
www.murphypop.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just my type of humor, July 12, 2008

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Y. Pacheco "Simple Jersey Girl" (US Navy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kawaii Not: Cute Gone Bad (Spiral-bound)

After spending some time in Japan, I find that Meghan Murphy pokes delightful fun at the culture of kawaii.

Besides the bountiful collection wonderful four pane commic there's a few treats like the manifesto, kawii-o-scope and a short story.
As an added bonus, I find that the way the book is constructed lends itself nicely to turning each commic into a postcard. My friends love recieving them.
I'd recommend this as a gift to anyone over 13, seeing as some references and wording are a more adult.

If you want to get an idea of what the humor is like, Ms. Murphy has constructed a website: [...]. Most of what you see there is also in the book. I hope you enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Cubicle Addition, April 22, 2008

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Cleo V. Maranski "computer geek" (Nanuet, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kawaii Not: Cute Gone Bad (Spiral-bound)

I have the book sitting on my desk and people come in all the time to flip through it. Everyone leaves laughing! It's not too raunchy (well minus a few that might be considered not exactly 'work safe') and the majority of them of hysterical. My personal favorite is the chainsaw "whir!" but a lot of the engineers are partial to the can of botulism.

I love the way it props up even though the cover gives me a bit of trouble sometimes. It's a great book to share.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute book!, July 11, 2010

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Karii - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kawaii Not: Cute Gone Bad (Spiral-bound)

This book has a lot of cute content and the pages are perforated which means... you can easily rip it out and post it all over the place! The only downside is that you can read/get through it very quickly. I suggest going to their website and reading the comics there instead.