Customer Reviews

The Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories

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PBF is unlike any other comic out there and I'm really happy it has finally been collected into a book! The art swings between beautifully-polished and incredibly simplistic. The ocassional homage to another style (the Edward Gorey-inspired "The Throbblefoot Aquarium" is one of my favorites) is also refreshing and impressive. The art really compliments the odd but brilliant jokes imbedded in each comic. Some are obvious. Others take a while to sink in - I'm not proud of the fact that it took me over a week to "get" one PBF comic. Five stars for wit, writing, and art. PBF is currently delivering what Gary Larson's "The Far Side" brought to the late 80's, just not for as wide an audience.

As noted by others - NOT for children, unless your kids are just that much cooler than their peers.

Let me say first off that Nicholas Gurewitch is an amazing writer and artist, and his work is spectacular. Some previously black & white strips were colored for this book, and they look great.

My only problem with this book is that there really aren't a lot of extras. There are a couple pages of "lost comics" and that's it. I was hoping for some commentary, some extra comics exclusive to the book. At the end of the book I was a little underwhelmed.

But don't be put off from buying this book. It's still an excellent piece of work.

I love intelligent humor- it probably doesn't hurt that my husband is a comedian and this style of humor is right up his alley. It also doesn't hurt that this book is full of 3-4 panel strips that will have you laughing out loud. An added plus is that the art-style constantly changes throughout the book. Some strips are very line-heavy, with great attention to detail, while others could have been drawn by a 6 year old.

And, it's very funny. And only for adults. No kids. Seriously. =)

I follow PBF pretty closely on the web, but apparently not closely enough to realize there was a book of comics coming out. A coworker a few years ago turned me on to PBF and I've grown to love the off-the-wall, demented, widely varied comics. It's probably mostly the demenetedness.

As one poster pointed out, this is just a collection of strips, with a few unreleased strips at the end of the book. It isn't a story (like it at first might appear) with one of the featured PBF characters. That said, if you know what you're getting, this is worth it. Put it on your coffee table, and watch your friends faces as they partake of the demented deliciousness.

It's so nice to be able to hold these beautifully drawn cartoons in your hands; to have these lavishly illustrated beauties finally printed on quality paper. I stumbled on PBF from the XKCD Web site, and haven't been the same since. Though I have read most of these cartoons online, they still had me laughing out loud. And as dark and twisted as these cartoons are, some of the artwork is really wonderful. I love that the author uses so many cartooning styles -- they set moods, create contexts, and make the strips even funnier. While some of them can be racy or downright sick at times, they often poigniantly touch on vulnerabilities universal to the human experience.

Simply put - one of the most well drawn, witty, and hilarious short comic strips available online (and for those lucky enough, in print too). This comic really carries on the legacy of the Far Side and honestly does it one better. Buy it and you won't be disappointed!

96 pages? More than enough to convert anyone to this fellowship. This book was that good, and immediately made me a fan of its unique brand of art and humor for life. Sexually daring and intelligently flavored, "The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Others" is easily one of the funniest books I have ever come across, and not because it's lewd or shocking, but because it deals with cartoon characters behaving like crazed adults in no more than four panels per strip. 96 pages doesn't seem like a lot, but every one of the cartoons is idiosyncratic and contains something completely new. It's unlike anything I've ever read before, and the re-readability factor of this book is high. The cover art makes it look like a children's book, but once the very first page is turned and the "For Mature Readers" sign deceptively pops up, we're in completely different territory. Animals, fairy tale characters, household objects, food and an assortment of aliens and monsters all exhibit ridiculously funny behavior and some of the jokes are so well-timed that I found myself pedaling the book to anyone who seemed even remotely depressed. Reading this short collection really brightened up my day, and I can recommend it to anyone looking for a similar fix.

The front cover looks like a kid's book. Thousands of anthropomorphic candies standing in front of a candy castle. Even after staring at the cover for 30 seconds, most people don't seem to notice that the subject of the candies' attention is an m&m being burned at the stake.

The next 97 pages are filled with Gurewitch's dark, humorous comics taken straight from his web site.

I know I could browse through the site to see these comics, but I love his work and want others to see this great collection when visiting my house. A great coffee table book.

As addictive and wonderful as Perry Bible Fellowship is on the internet, reading it in this book is even better. The artwork looks beautiful in print, and although there aren't a lot of new comics, I could read this book over and over again without getting tired of it. Awesome work!

I really enjoyed spending hours my time scrolling through all the comics on the PBF website, laughing out loud, but now its so much easier to go through the strips and laugh and show them to friends and see their delight. I would recommend ordering a whole bunch and placing them throughout the house, so that you're never too far away from a good intelligent laugh.