Synopses & Reviews
Anyone who is a longtime reader of The New Yorker, Esquire, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Punch, Audubon, Paris Match, National Lampoon, and Playboy (monthly cartoons for the past 30 years) will recognize Gahan Wilsons distinctively twisted cartoon style and humor. The logical successor to "The Addams Family"'s Charles Addams and an acknowledged inspiration to Gary Larson's "The Far Side," Wilson is America's cartoon master of the absurd, the offbeat, and the shiver. This is the most complete retrospective of his work to date and features the best and most hilarious examples of his creepy and sometimes jaundiced brand of humor. It includes numerous full-color works and his wry illustrated essays covering such topics as childhood fears and human tourists in space as well as his biographical information.