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Belly Up! is a mad, butcherous, sweet, caustic carnival of surreal beauty and salt-in-the-eye satire. Darren Allen and William Barker's joyfully nuts comic blends ludicrous comic strips with outrageous übernews. Stuffed full of brakes-off Jupitermoon sex guides, bellymind-penetrating death games, cute woodcuts of desperate truths, frolicking-through-the-apocalypse stories, elegant and hairy subvertisements, exquisite cartoon masterpieces (illustrated by Ai, Crumb, John O’Brien and Otto von Beach) and the strange and truthful language of bees.
FEATURING:
The Man Who Died The Luminous and Muscular Tale of a Man Who Actually Dies
Me and the Mimpi Autobiographical Tale of Neolithic Tribe Under Sofa
A Fridge Under a Bridge Down and Out Fridge-Dweller’s Life Transformed by Colossal Waltzing Celeb
Adam & Eve What Really, Really Happened
Appropriate Man & The Human Bull Superheroes in Heartrending Chat
Belly Up! Sex Guide Detonate Yourselves With 12 Brand New Positions
Übernews! Federer Eats Djokovic! Pac-man Dies of Overwork! Jesus Returns and Takes Part Time Work in Charing Cross Left-Luggage Office, Dogs, Pigs, Popes, the Lot…
…and sick zodiac reports, marrow-juddering letters, horrifically bleak classified ads and the true nature of teevee!
Belly Up! is swiftly hilarious and terrifyingly audacious, filling your brain with twizzles of insane alien wonderment and softening the heart of the world into an edible pancake. Learn about orgasmic village funerals, new ways to quieten a walrus on a night bus and multiple mes on planets x, y and z. Sweetly naughty and deliciously vile like a leprous kitten, Belly Up! makes handsome potatoes of us all.
One reader said:
Belly Up! opened a vortex in my innermost. I was on the bus looking at the hideous grey lumps in the dark caverns of my soul when I picked up Belly Up! and immediately wet myself with achingly sweet laughter… and then I wet the person next to me and next to them. Soon the whole bus was drowning in the river of my euphoric urine. Worth every penny!
BELLY UP FEATURES:
70 mindbending pages of high-art, low-stink and world-shaking satire
Can be read with any eye regardless of size or colour
Saliva-proof cover (contains adult content)
A genuine return to the brakes-off tradition of British comedy
Readable at heights up to 40,000 metres
All contents were tested on willing animals
87% written in a joyful transcendent state
Also available in terra cotta and plum
Warning: Not suitable for full head amputees or devoted employees
FEATURING:
The Man Who Died The Luminous and Muscular Tale of a Man Who Actually Dies
Me and the Mimpi Autobiographical Tale of Neolithic Tribe Under Sofa
A Fridge Under a Bridge Down and Out Fridge-Dweller’s Life Transformed by Colossal Waltzing Celeb
Adam & Eve What Really, Really Happened
Appropriate Man & The Human Bull Superheroes in Heartrending Chat
Belly Up! Sex Guide Detonate Yourselves With 12 Brand New Positions
Übernews! Federer Eats Djokovic! Pac-man Dies of Overwork! Jesus Returns and Takes Part Time Work in Charing Cross Left-Luggage Office, Dogs, Pigs, Popes, the Lot…
…and sick zodiac reports, marrow-juddering letters, horrifically bleak classified ads and the true nature of teevee!
Belly Up! is swiftly hilarious and terrifyingly audacious, filling your brain with twizzles of insane alien wonderment and softening the heart of the world into an edible pancake. Learn about orgasmic village funerals, new ways to quieten a walrus on a night bus and multiple mes on planets x, y and z. Sweetly naughty and deliciously vile like a leprous kitten, Belly Up! makes handsome potatoes of us all.
One reader said:
Belly Up! opened a vortex in my innermost. I was on the bus looking at the hideous grey lumps in the dark caverns of my soul when I picked up Belly Up! and immediately wet myself with achingly sweet laughter… and then I wet the person next to me and next to them. Soon the whole bus was drowning in the river of my euphoric urine. Worth every penny!
BELLY UP FEATURES:
70 mindbending pages of high-art, low-stink and world-shaking satire
Can be read with any eye regardless of size or colour
Saliva-proof cover (contains adult content)
A genuine return to the brakes-off tradition of British comedy
Readable at heights up to 40,000 metres
All contents were tested on willing animals
87% written in a joyful transcendent state
Also available in terra cotta and plum
Warning: Not suitable for full head amputees or devoted employees
70 pages, Paperback
Published October 17, 2016
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August 10, 2017
BellyUp! Is a witty, funny, and eloquently designed magazine. Presented as a satirical newspaper it includes headlines, comic strips, quizzes, interviews, star signs, stories etc. The comedic writing from Darren Allen and William Barker is entertaining, imaginative, and amusing.
Indeed, sections like 'Shorts in the Dark' are the epitome of magazine, providing warmth as well as comic relief. 'DearBellyUp' and 'Classified Ads' are some of the funniest sections for this reader.
While the writing, sketches, and jokes make this magazine funny, it is the illustrations that make it unique. It features a vivid piece by Dan Morison and several works from Otto Von Beach, whose talented sketches are first seen on the front cover. The famous 'New York' illustrator John O'Brien also provides several pieces for the magazine, which are a definite highlight.
Speaking of the 'New Yorker', one of the high points for this reader is the illustration provided by Robert Crumb. 'Silly Pigeons' is amusing, ingenious, and completely brilliant.
The contributions from these celebrated artists provide variety, but it is actually the magazine's most prominent illustrators Ai and Darren Allen, that provide originality and character. Their sketches are seen throughout the magazine and are both humorous and artistic. In fact, some sections are almost like works of art in their own right, such as 'More Economic Growth'. However, perhaps the most beautiful piece of all the illustrations is the 'Rocking Bandstand' by Ai. The attention to detail is evocative of the magazine as a whole.
It is definitely a magazine you can read over and over again for its humour, entertainment, and artistic beauty!
Indeed, sections like 'Shorts in the Dark' are the epitome of magazine, providing warmth as well as comic relief. 'DearBellyUp' and 'Classified Ads' are some of the funniest sections for this reader.
While the writing, sketches, and jokes make this magazine funny, it is the illustrations that make it unique. It features a vivid piece by Dan Morison and several works from Otto Von Beach, whose talented sketches are first seen on the front cover. The famous 'New York' illustrator John O'Brien also provides several pieces for the magazine, which are a definite highlight.
Speaking of the 'New Yorker', one of the high points for this reader is the illustration provided by Robert Crumb. 'Silly Pigeons' is amusing, ingenious, and completely brilliant.
The contributions from these celebrated artists provide variety, but it is actually the magazine's most prominent illustrators Ai and Darren Allen, that provide originality and character. Their sketches are seen throughout the magazine and are both humorous and artistic. In fact, some sections are almost like works of art in their own right, such as 'More Economic Growth'. However, perhaps the most beautiful piece of all the illustrations is the 'Rocking Bandstand' by Ai. The attention to detail is evocative of the magazine as a whole.
It is definitely a magazine you can read over and over again for its humour, entertainment, and artistic beauty!
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