Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret (Paperback)

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With a tip of the hat to visual punster Glen Baxter, Kupperman lampoons the absurdities of genre fiction, from the Hardy Boys to time-travel fantasies, and of TV series, from Bewitched to Biography . The stars of his mad cavalcade are Snake 'n' Bacon, a, er . . . , snake and a strip of bacon who have been movie stars since the 1930s. They turn up more often than any of Kupperman's other characters in this seeming graphic novel that has plenty of plots but far more recurrence than coherence. For instance, Pablo Picasso shows up several times, always irascible, always threatening to break some imagined antagonist into cubes, always speaking in a Chico Marx "Eye-talian" accent. Other repeaters include Cousin Grampa, Long John Silver, Tottie Tinkles, Roger Daltry, Mark Twain, and the Underpants-on-His-Head Man (a costumed crime fighter). Kupperman's figures resemble Baxter's stiff manikins, and his backdrops morph from realism to abstraction with the speed of those in George Herriman's Krazy Kat . Kupperman bears the banner of absurdist comix humor quixotically forward into the next millennium. Ray Olson
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An artist with a completely unique sense of humor…the best-kept semi-secret in comics. -- --Comics Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; 1 edition (September 5, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380807904
• ISBN-13: 978-0380807901
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #160,809 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incomparable weirdness, August 28, 2001

By	Jens Alfke (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Oh, new taste! This is sublime cartoon Dada, an uncontrollable mixmaster of comic book and pulp fiction cliches, miscellaneous 20th century popular culture, and crazed anachronisms (Leonardo da Vinci inventing "Crunchalicious" snackin' crackers for a group of young hooligans straight out of the "Little Rascals".) Every page delivers the unexpected. I was mesmerized, and my wife was howling with laughter the whole time she read it. Now, most people aren't the type to be reduced to helpless giggles by a cartoon snake and a strip of bacon who say "Ssss!" and "Pat me dry with a paper towel to remove excess grease!", but if you're among the lucky few who are, press that big candy-colored patented One-Click button RIGHT NOW!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Contagion of Strangeness, September 14, 2000

By	J. A. Bellamy "bluejaye" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Michael Kupperman has created perhaps one of the strangest books ever
with Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret. For readers unfamiliar with
Kupperman's work, let me clarify. After reading some of these
cartoons, you will not be able to engage any other activity with any
seriousness at all. For example, you may read a strip about
Underpants-on-his-head-man, and then proceed directly to your morning
paper, however, after Underpants-on-his-head-man, you will have an
added insight into how ridiculous things really are and be unable to
take anything Vladimir Putin, and certainly George Bush Junior &
Al Gore, says seriously.

This book is good for a rainy day, its good
for a sunny day in the park. Its perfect for a birthday or an
un-birthday. It's the all purpose book of the season. If I were you,
I'd stock up now and be the first on your block to own it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest cartoonist alive!, September 10, 2000

By	"rimperton" (Los Angeles, California USA) - See all my reviews

This book is a work of cartooning genius! Not since the days of George Herriman and Rudolf Dirks has an artist produced such biting wit coupled with superb surreal inkwork. There is a story here entitled "Have You Ever Tasted Adventure In Your Own Bathtub" which has to be the funniest comic strip I have ever seen! I can't recommend this book strongly enough for anyone who is serious about great comics.