You Can't Say Boobs On Sunday: The Second Collection of the Syndicated Cartoon Stone Soup [Paperback]

Jan Eliot (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1999

One of the first questions that syndicated cartoonists are asked, besides "Where do you get your ideas?" is "Does anyone ever try to censor you?" The humor of Stone Soup rarely tilts toward something that would require censorship, but the day did come when Jan's syndicate editor called to tell her that one of her Sunday strips couldn't be published. Why? Because the gag line included the word "boobs"-which, according to the editor, you cannot say in the Sunday funnies. You can say boobs on Monday through Saturday, since readers of the daily funnies are apparently used to being "shocked."

Editorial Reviews

Review

I think it's a riot, my wife thinks it's a riot, even the guy who delivers my fuel oil thinks it's a riot. Trust me, you will too. -- John McPherson creator of Close to Home

Jan Eliot began as an overworked single mom, became a talented cartoonist, and is now a colleague - a welcome friend... -- Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse

Stone Soup is a bright, funny, and timely strip that captures reality in the '90s in a meaningful, contemporary way. I love the way the comic mixes a message with wonderful wit and humor... it has been a wonderful and instantly popular addition to our comics lineup. -- Peter Bhatia,The Oregonian

From the Publisher

Stone Soup can be read from coast to coast in the US, Canada, parts of Europe, Scandanavia, India, and Micronesia. Eliot has devoted male and female fans in all age groups, from 8 to 80. Anyone who's ever had a family, been in a family, or known a family seems to love Stone Soup. From middle-age romance to middle-school angst, feminism to cynicism, carefree to stressed-out, the Stone family has it all. Readers see themselves and their families in Stone Soup, and they love it.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Four Panel Press (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967410207
• ISBN-13: 978-0967410203
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #950,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

For Jan Eliot, cartooning started out as therapy and evolved into a career. She drew her first cartoons while juggling single parenthood and a full-time job. Working at night after the kids went to bed, she eventually launched the comic strip Stone Soup, which is loosely based on her family, friends and unsuspecting strangers at the mall. Stone Soup has been syndicated by Universal UClick for 16 years and appears daily in over 250 newspapers. There are currently nine book collections of her comic strip available, with two new books released in 2011--"We'll Be REally Careful" and "Brace Yourself".

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wallpaper for your fridge, April 16, 2000

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ltp1 "ltp1" (Manchester, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Can't Say Boobs On Sunday: The Second Collection of the Syndicated Cartoon Stone Soup (Paperback)

The publisher's blurb has it right: anyone who's ever been in afamily or known a family seems to like Stone Soup. You'll appreciatethis strip for mirroring the ways in which your family makes you nuts, the ways in which your family makes you smile, and the ways in which your family and other people's families really make you wonder.

The specifics of the characters' bios matter less than their wit. For instance: There's a toddler boy here named Max -- but his humor is for everyone, not just toddlers and parents. We all have our inner toddler, and we all know people who act like toddlers, and these strips are just plain funny, no matter where you're coming from. That holds for the other Stone Soup characters too.

This is a strip that winds up passed around among friends, pasted on the fridge, and re-read many times. If you need some empathy OR a good laugh, do yourself a favor and check out Stone Soup! END

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another one for the fans of Foxtrot..., February 1, 2000

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This review is from: You Can't Say Boobs On Sunday: The Second Collection of the Syndicated Cartoon Stone Soup (Paperback)

Jan Eliot's second Stone Soup collection is funny and wry, with very realistic characters and a sense of humor *and* plot. Stone Soup is a family-based comic strip that fans of Foxtrot should enjoy; some elements of the two strips are similar.

Val Stone is a widowed, working mother of teenaged Holly and preteen Alix - and they share their house with Val's sister, Joan, Joan's two-year-old son, Max, and Joan and Val's mother. Also, in this collection, they add Biscuit, who deserves not only a special mention but a special prize - Most Realistic Pet in Comic Strip Land. Val and Joan have too much to do, too little time, and too little money...a common story. But Eliot makes it fresh and fun.

My only complaints about this collection come from the Sunday strips. As in the first Stone Soup book, the Sundays aren't in color. Also, for some reason, some of the Sunday strips in the second book are repeats from the first book - strange, because nothing else seems to be.

All in all, though, a good collection, well worth any comic strip lover's time - as is Eliot's explanation of the title in her preface.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this comic, September 13, 2010

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Josie (north central AZ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: You Can't Say Boobs On Sunday: The Second Collection of the Syndicated Cartoon Stone Soup (Paperback)

I just started reading this comic on a regular basis last year. It's now one of my very favorite ones each day. Don't know why I waited.