Synopses & Reviews
Take a trip to the hometown of the Pinheads, with Zippy as tour guide.This new Zippy collection is an unexpected departure from previous editions - most of the strips in this volume chronicle the strange history, people and social mores of Zippy's hometown, "Dingburg," the only city in the U.S. inhabited entirely by pinheadswell, aside from Washington, D.C., and certain sections of Newark.
Take a tour of Dingburg's "Beatnik District," experience the festive holiday season of "Nordisk," meet Dingburg's resident Cubist, watch as citizens capture Donald Trump's wig in a raid on an Atlantic City casino, and find out (at last) exactly why Zippy and his fellow Dingburgers speak in non sequiturs (it's the water).
Reader response to this new Dingburg "story thread" has been loud and approving, with many asking for directions to the fabled enclave, somewhere "17 miles west of Baltimore." Detailed maps will be provided on the new book's endpapers.
Dingburg's own favorite comic strips are also on display. Marvel at the baffling success of "FletcherandTanya" and the Dingburg kids' favorite online comic, "Unibrow Versus The Universe."
Also in this isue: the revealing "Little Zippy" series, in which Zippy's magical and very weird childhood is laid bare.
And, finally, Zippy and J. Edgar Hoover (remember him?) cavort in tutus and play with loaded guns. Welcome to Dingburg!
Review
"Zippy reaches all-time-high levels of talkiness, consumer-culture immersion, and hilarity." Ray Olson
Review
" became a daily...but never once backed down from the unique brand of brain-twisting philosophy that continues to utterly baffle millions." Booklist
Synopsis
In our latest collection of the Zippy the Pinhead daily comic strip, Zippy is visits his home town, Dingburg: the only city in the US inhabited entirely by pinheads (well, aside from Washington, DC. And some sections of Newark). Reader response to this new Dingburg "story thread" has been loud and approving, with many asking for directions to the fabled enclave, somewhere "17 miles west of Baltimore". Detailed maps will be provided on the new book's endpapers.Also in this issue: the revealing "Little Zippy" series, in which Zippy's magical and very weird childhood is laid bare. And, finally, Zippy and J. Edgar Hoover (remember him?) cavort in tutus and play with loaded guns. Welcome to Dingburg! according to People magazine, "Philosophically, Zippy's like and evolutionarily perfect combination of Wittgenstein, Marshall McLuhan and Alfred E. Newman."
About the Author
Bill Griffith is the artist behind the legendary weekly comic Zippy. Griffith's prolific output has been included in such publications as the Village Voice, National Lampoon, and the New Yorker. Along with Art Spiegelman, Griffith co-founded the influential anthology Arcade and is credited for coining the popular phrase, "Are we Having Fun Yet?" He currently lives in Connecticut with his wife, the cartoonist Diane Noomin.