Search Results | Gilpin County Public Library

Series

The Far Side

Pub. Date

[1986]

Formats

Description

Cartoons feature a variety of insects and animals embroiled in macabre situation comedy

2) The Far Side Gallery 3

Author

Series

The Far Side

Pub. Date

[1988]

Formats

Description

The curious cosmology of "The Far Side" has taken the otherwise normal world by storm. Now insatiable fans of "The Far Side" have a new collectible: The Far Side Gallery 3, featuring all the cartoons from the bestselling collections Night of the Crash-Test Dummies, The Far Side Observer, and Hound of The Far Side.

3) The Truth about Cats

Author

Davis, Jim

Pub. Date

c1991

Formats

Description

Who better to turn the extremely popular "Cat Book" on its furry ear than the snack-loving Garfield? The bestselling corpulent kitty does just that in The Truth About Cats, a tour-de-farce into the secret world of cats and what makes them purr. Packed with new cartoons, clever cat tales, and wonderful original artwork, Garfield's makes cat lovers everywhere "feline fine."

4) Always postpone meetings with time-wasting morons

Author

Adams, Scott

Series

Dilbert book

Pub. Date

1992

5) Attack of the deranged mutant killer monster snow goons: a Calvin and Hobbes collection

Author

Watterson, Bill

Pub. Date

[1992]

Formats

Description

With the help of his faithful stuffed tiger companion and his alter egos--Spaceman Spiff, Stupendous Man, and Tracer Bullet--Calvin continues to navigate the tricky waters of youth.

6) Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing

Author

Barrett, Judi

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Pictures of animals wearing clothes show why this would be a ridiculous custom for them to adopt.

7) Calvin and Hobbes

Author

Watterson, Bill

Pub. Date

[1987]

Formats

Description

A collection of comic strips following the adventures of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.

8) Hound of the Far side

Author

Description

A brand-new collection of hilarious Far Side cartoons, to join the more than 5 million Far Side books that have been sold.

9) The PreHistory of the Far side: a 10th anniversary exhibit

Author

Pub. Date

[1989]

Formats

Description

A chronicle of The Far Side's birth and evolution illustrated with cartoons and commentary.

10) It came from The far side

Author

Formats

Description

Cartoons offer a humorous look at sharks, dinosaurs, diners, cows, snails, giraffes, chameleons, flies, pirates, cable TV, snakes, porcupines, UFOs, kangaroos, and penguins

11) The indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

Author

Series

Formats

Description

A selection of cartoons from the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," in which Calvin goes to the beach, watches a sunset with his father, and seeks revenge on his baby-sitter.

12) Something under the bed is drooling: a Calvin and Hobbes collection

Author

Watterson, Bill

Pub. Date

1988.

Formats

Description

A collection of selected comic strips featuring Calvin and Hobbes.

13) What are you so grumpy about?

Author

Lichtenheld, Tom

Pub. Date

[2003]

Description

Book, Graphic Novel, Picture

A collection of cartoons that present various reasons for being grumpy, such as eating "grown-up" cereal, getting a boring birthday present, doing chores, and being touched by your brother or sister.

14) Why did the chicken cross the road?

Pub. Date

2006

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Formats

Description

A collection of pictures drawn by different artists. Various award-winning artists present their own version of the classic joke, from Marle Frazee's chicken who is searching for a luxury "coop," to Mo Willems's chicken who confesses his motives to a police officer. Other artists included are Judy Schachner, Tedd Arnold, David Shannon, Jon Agee, Vladimir Radunsky, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Sheban, Harry Bliss, Mary GrandPre, Lynn Munsinger, David Catrow...

15) Writings and drawings

Author

Thurber, James

Description

Selection of writings and drawings by American humorist James Thurber, presenting a diverse mix of literary parodies, eccentric portraits, stories of domestic warfare, reminiscences, and protests.

16) Valley of the Far side

Author

17) Up front

Author

Mauldin, Bill

18) Animals should definitely not act like people

Author

Barrett, Judi

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Depicts the inconveniences animals would be burdened with if they behaved like people.

19) Cows of our planet: a Far side collection

Author

Pub. Date

[1992]

Formats

Description