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Death by Laughter Hardcover – July 1, 2008
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Harry Bliss
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Christopher Guest
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Print length128 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherAbrams
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Publication dateJuly 1, 2008
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Grade level8 and up
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Reading age13 years and up
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Dimensions6.5 x 0.63 x 6.5 inches
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ISBN-100810970848
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ISBN-13978-0810970847
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About the Author
Harry Bliss is the New York Times bestselling artist of Diary of a Fly, Diary of a Spider, and Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin; A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech; and Which Would You Rather Be? by William Steig. He is also an award-winning cartoonist and a cover artist for The New Yorker. He lives in northern Vermont with his family.
Christopher Guest is known for having written, directed, and starred in several films, including This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, and Best in Show.
Christopher Guest is known for having written, directed, and starred in several films, including This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, and Best in Show.
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Product details
- Publisher : Abrams (July 1, 2008)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0810970848
- ISBN-13 : 978-0810970847
- Reading age : 13 years and up
- Grade level : 8 and up
- Item Weight : 10.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.5 x 0.63 x 6.5 inches
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Best Sellers Rank:
#1,236,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,397 in Comic Strips (Books)
- #10,886 in Fiction Satire
- #37,139 in Graphic Novels (Books)
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2019
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Love his comics, but he has better collections.
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2011
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My sons are always rolling their eyes when I show them cartoons from The New Yorker. When I show them cartoons from Harry Bliss they love them. There is a dark irony to many of them that fits our times. Thanks Harry for helping to bridge the generation gap.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2009
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Aside from the fact that I love all Harry Bliss cartoons, this is a great collection! I call it a collection of cartoons about death and psychotherapy and sometimes both. Great gift idea!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2014
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I bought this because the cover cartoon just cracked me up. So did the rest of the book.
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2010
This collection of Harry Bliss cartoons ranges from truly funny laugh out humor to nod your head in agreement insightful moments to irony to occasionally just outright weird and in a few cases even ones that actually are too dark for me or in some other way repellant to my sensibilities. The illustrations are first rate, but the humor was of a very uneven quality relative to my tastes, which is why I only rated it four stars. I would rate the individual cartoons from 5+ stars (a few rate among my all time favorites) to 1 star, so it was hard to rate the collection as a whole.
Among his work, Bliss has been a cover illustrator for the NEW YORKER magazine; in my opinion, the phrase "New Yorker type cartoons" completely captures the nature of the humor imparted by this collection. The title is a double entendre, since many of the cartoons feature a figure obviously meant to be the grim reaper; I thought these were among the most clever in the collection. (In this regard, notice the front cover illustration of the title.) Several also prominently figure animals, generally dogs. What they all share is a unique commentary on some aspect of the human condition.
I absolutely loved the recommendation blurb, an illustration penned on the back cover and many of the others were first rate. The book only includes 122 cartoons, all consisting of simply a single panel; it was very enjoyable and I marked my favorites so that I could enjoy them again on occasion. However, given what I viewed as the uneven quality or the twisted or melancholic or perhaps more accurately bittersweet nature of many of the cartoons, there are many cartoon books which I feel provide better value or are more suited to my taste. If you are a fan of the New Yorker or like bizarre, twisted and outlandish comedy, or don't mind sorting through the chaff to find the wheat, then you might enjoy this even more than I did. On the other hand, if SNOOPY, MARMADUKE and CALVIN AND HOBBES (maybe my favorite) are your idea of cartoon humor, this might only rise to a two or three star experience for you.
Tucker Andersen 8/23/2010
Among his work, Bliss has been a cover illustrator for the NEW YORKER magazine; in my opinion, the phrase "New Yorker type cartoons" completely captures the nature of the humor imparted by this collection. The title is a double entendre, since many of the cartoons feature a figure obviously meant to be the grim reaper; I thought these were among the most clever in the collection. (In this regard, notice the front cover illustration of the title.) Several also prominently figure animals, generally dogs. What they all share is a unique commentary on some aspect of the human condition.
I absolutely loved the recommendation blurb, an illustration penned on the back cover and many of the others were first rate. The book only includes 122 cartoons, all consisting of simply a single panel; it was very enjoyable and I marked my favorites so that I could enjoy them again on occasion. However, given what I viewed as the uneven quality or the twisted or melancholic or perhaps more accurately bittersweet nature of many of the cartoons, there are many cartoon books which I feel provide better value or are more suited to my taste. If you are a fan of the New Yorker or like bizarre, twisted and outlandish comedy, or don't mind sorting through the chaff to find the wheat, then you might enjoy this even more than I did. On the other hand, if SNOOPY, MARMADUKE and CALVIN AND HOBBES (maybe my favorite) are your idea of cartoon humor, this might only rise to a two or three star experience for you.
Tucker Andersen 8/23/2010
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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2014
Who knew death could be so funny!
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2008
Bliss has his finger (and pen) on the pulse of sardonic wit. I have seen the future of gag cartoons and it's Harry Bliss.
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