false 5459563 1 Hoping to further his increasing irrelevance to the esteemed world of graphic novels and thus cement his status as "former cartoonist," the saturnine Ivan Brunetti (author of the acclaimed Misery Loves Comedy and editor of Yale Press' two essential Anthologies of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories) has compiled HO!, which collects the vast majority of his morally questionable, aesthetically confused - and absolutely gut-busting - "gag" cartoons. Culled mostly from out-of-print work and other anthologies, the contents are discreetly presented in an uninviting, funereal package of unglamorous black and white: it also includes an intro by comedian Patton Oswalt. Hopefully, this will keep the impressionable, young, and faint-of-heart apathetic and at a distance, while those who appreciate a touch of the gallows in their humor can enjoy an uncomfortable chuckle or two before the merciless thumb of oblivion grinds us all into less than dust. 5527151 26 3 2009 HO! total:12|5:0|4:1|3:0|2:1|1:0| 12 50 19 4 4 0 false false Thu May 21 20:10:18 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 20:29:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 18:31:32 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 18:33:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 22:56:25 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 22:59:17 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 16:20:07 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 16:21:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 09:36:06 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:36:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 20:05:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 20:05:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 16:28:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 16:28:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 07 22:11:50 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 22:11:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 30 13:57:09 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 13:57:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 21:24:26 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 21:24:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 20:10:47 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 20:10:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 20:08:31 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 20:08:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Apr 13 06:24:45 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 06:24:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 03 09:24:18 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 09:24:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 21:28:21 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 21:28:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 19 14:37:55 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 14:37:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 18 15:31:32 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 15:31:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Feb 03 09:25:22 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 15:45:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 15:45:02 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 02 18:00:19 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:45:02 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5459563