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Steven Appleby's Normal Life
This book is intended as a companion to the BBC Radio 4 series Steven Appleby's Normal Life.
Dragman
'A superhero like none you've seen before. Thrilling' IAN RANKIN *A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR* A delightfully witty and exciting graphic novel by one of Britain's favourite artists Dragman tells the story of August Crimp, a man who has superpowers when he puts on women's clothes. August loves wearing a dress but is deeply ashamed of his compulsion and terrified of rejection should it ever come out. So he tells no one. Not even his wife. But then one day a little girl falls from the rooftop cafe at the Art Museum and August has no choice but to fly and save her - an event witnessed by hundreds of people. And August Crimp's life is never the same again. Dragman is Steven Appleby's first long-f...
The Coffee Table Book of Doom
"Dear fellow mortal, Imagine that you re sitting on your sofa leafing through this book, when you feel an odd vibration. Ripples start to shiver across the surface of your teacup. Puzzled, you strain your ears. Then you hear a distant rumbling sound. The noise grows louder. And nearer. The sound is unfamiliar at first, but then you realise what it is. Hoofbeats. Don t go to the window and peer through the curtains. Don t tempt the horsemen of the Apocalypse by showing your face. Doom is no longer far off in the distant future. It could arrive as early as Tuesday morning. There s nothing you can do except read on Yours anxiously, he authors. Remember the good old days, when doom was straightforward? When all we had to worry about where those Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Bible- Pestilence, War, Famine and Death? Well now we have reason to believe that there are more than four horsemen. Many more. In fact, at the last count the authors of The Coffee Table Book of Doom put the estimate at 27 horsemen. And that s not all. According to the ancient prophesies of the Mayan Calendar, our next date with doom is due on December 31st, 2012 The Coffee Table Book of Doom i
The Captain Star Omnibus
From the creator of the cult-classic Captain Star TV cartoon series: the first collection of comic strips tracing the strange but illustrious career of Captain Jim Star - the greatest hero any world has ever known - from its surreal beginnings to its improbable middle. Witness his triumphs, learn from his words of wisdom, and meet his crew on the Boiling Hell, Navigator Black, Officer Scarlette, and Atomic Engine Stoker "Limbs" Jones. Steven Appleby is also the creator of the comic strip and film series "Small Birds Singing", and the BBC radio series "Normal Life". One of Britain's best loved cartoonists, his work has appeared in newspapers and magazines internationally, and he has written and illustrated numerous books.
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Cat lovers - prepare to be charmed! Cat haters - prepare to have all your suspicions confirmed!
Steven Appleby's Encyclopedia of Personal Problems
An encyclopedia of embarrassments by Britain's answer to Matt Groening. Everyone has a personal problem or two-or seven. So don't be shy, take this book and make use of the clever alphabetical filing system to track down your very own unpleasant personal problem! You'll feel relief wash over you as your 'difficulty' pales to insignificance when compared to: possession by the devil, foot-in-mouth disease, husbands, fear of toasters, and much, much more. . . Copiously illustrated and punishingly funny, Steven Appleby's Encyclopedia of Personal Problems is a must have, even for those rare creatures without a personal problem (see "Denial," page 94).
The Good Inn
From legendary Pixies front man, Black Francis, in collaboration with writer Josh Frank and renowned illustrator Steven Appleby, comes The Good Inn, a bold and visually arresting novel about art, conflict, and the origins of a certain type of cinema In 1907, the French battleship Iéna was destroyed when a nitrocellulose-based weapon propellant it was carrying became unstable with age and self-ignited, killing 120 people. A year later, La Bonne Auberge became the earliest-known pornographic film, depicting an intimate encounter between a French soldier and an innkeeper's daughter. Like all films at the time, and for decades afterward, it was made with a highly combustible nitrocellulose-base...
Literally - Laugh Your Head Off
How often do people—on the radio, on television, or in the supermarket—say things likenbsp;He was literally bursting with prideorI was literally blown awayorShe’s literally driving me up the wall?nbsp;These expressions are heard daily, (almost) literally a million times!nbsp;How would the worldnbsp;appear if these people really meant what they said? The examples in these pages—all real—define that world, drawing inspirationnbsp;from politicians, journalists, teachers, sports commentators and others from every walk of life. Ifnbsp;readers do not see a copy of this book,nbsp;they will be literally crushed with disappointment. Just a few of the many that will havenbsp;them literally rolling in the aisles are: a pop group literally exploding onto the music scene,nbsp;politicians literally wiping the floor with each other, a couple literally devouring a book, a company literally working on a shoestring . . . and literallynbsp;loads more!
Normal Sex
A collection of observations, opinions and drawings - drawings of people having it off with fridges, growing groin horns, discovering the problems of homing sperm, and dressing as wasps.
