Cartoon Books

A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a funny book, comic paper or comic magazine) is a magazine made up of narrative artwork, often accompanied by dialog (usually in word balloons, emblematic of the comic book artform) and often including brief descriptive prose. The first comic book appeared in the United States of America in 1934, reprinting the earlier newspaper comic strips, which established many of the story-telling devices used in comics today. The term "cartoon book" arose because the first cartoon books reprinted humor cartoon strips, but despite their name, cartoon books do not necessarily operate in humorous mode; most modern cartoob books tell stories in a variety of genres. The Japanese and European cartoon(comic) book markets demonstrate this clearly. In the United States the super-hero genre dominates the market, even though other genres also exist.

FAMOUS CARTOON BOOKS

The Big Book of Campaign 2008 Political Cartoons

By Daryl Cagle and Brian Fairrington, 2008 - This collection of cartoons, by America's top editorial cartoonists, is a history of the 2008 presidential campaign. Hundreds of cartoons drawn from the most popular cartoon site on the web (www.cagle.com) tell the story of the primaries, the debates, the candidates, and all the missteps along the way.

The Future's So Bright I Can't Bear to Look

By Tom Tomorrow, 2008 - In his latest subversive anthology of cartoons, Tom Tomorrow skewers the absurdities of American political culture — and the depravities of the Bush era — with the sardonic wit and keen insight his many loyal readers have come to expect. From Hurricane Katrina to the latest presidential campaign, these cartoons provide an unflinching look at where we've been — and just how bright we can expect the future to be.

Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh My God

By Jen Sorensen, 2008 - "Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh My God!" is the latest collection from award-winning cartoonist Jen Sorensen, and features her best recent work, along with her sharply insightful commentary. Deploying Sorensen’s trademark brand of absurdist humor, this collection chronicles our country’s not-so-gradual demise, lambastes political hypocrisies, and also takes on the latest cultural trends and techno-gadgets.

Hell in a Handbasket

By Tom Tomorrow, 2006 - For years, Tom Tomorrow's acerbic and hilarious political cartoon, This Modern World, has been among the most recognizable and widely read in alternative press. In his first full-color compilation, Tom looks unflinchingly at what America has become in the years since 9/11 - and where it is likely headed.

A Right to Be Hostile (The Boondocks Treasury)

By Aaron McGruder, 2003 - Here's the first big book of The Boondocks, more than four years of one of the most influential, controversial, and scathingly funny comics ever to run in a daily newspaper. Features 800 strips and a foreward by Michael Moore.

The Great Big Book of Tomorrow

A Treasury of Cartoons By Tom Tomorrow, 2003 - For over 15 years, Tom Tomorrow has been providing his uniquely acerbic, witty, and altogether clearheaded view of media, politics, and overall society in his syndicated cartoon. This massive collection of Tomorrow's greatest hits, unseen gems, and new material is the so far definitive collection of one of the most popular 'underground' cartoonists ever -- a delight to long-time fans and new readers alike.