Get Me a Table Without Flies, Harry

by Bill Griffith

What would it be like to travel through Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. with the creator of Zippy the Pinhead, Bill Griffith? Wonder no more!

Genres: Comics

150 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1990

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Reviews

[Raina · Rating 3 out of 5]

The earliest graphic novel travelogue I've seen so far. Griffith simply reprints his sketchbook pages from trips in Europe and amerika in the 1980s. Some are just quick sketches of people, some have quotes from the odd characters, there are some landscapes... There's no throughline or storytelling attempt, but I was lucky enough to get a copy of this for cheap off of Danger Room's sale rack.

[Matt Graupman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m always in awe of artists who consistently draw in their sketchbooks. I’ve tried many times and I haven’t been able to get the habit to stick (yet?). The ones that can, their books are always brimming with ideas and experiments and observations, and travelogues are some of the best examples. Though I’ve never been a big fan of his Zippy The Pinhead stuff, underground comix legend Bill Griffith is an undeniably talented cartoonist; “Get Me A Table Without Flies, Harry.” is Griffith at his loosest and most relaxed, which is appropriate when you consider that the sketchbook pages reproduced in this book are from his vacations in California, Mexico, and across Europe. Droll and (mostly) non-judgmental, this sketchbook collection is a nice little record of his travels, both geographically and creatively.

[Steve Rainwater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Travel sketches from the creator of Zippy the Pinhead.

Bill Griffith carried a small sketch pad with him during his years of travel and captured random, weird things along the way. Some of it will be familiar to anyone who has traveled; missed flights, strange hotel beds, unusual restaurant experiences. But other observations are unique to the time period of the trips; eighties hair styles, odd clothing styles, snippets of news on hotel televisions or overheard in nearby conversations. I found it entertaining and occasionally quite funny. Recommended.

[Al McCarty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Longtime Bill Griffith fan, here. Yes, I even eat up his travel doodles. April 1990 first edition. Not as required as "Are We Having Fun Yet?" or "Zippy Stories", but I still enjoyed it.

[Peter Landau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun, loose, observational sketches like Seinfeld in cartoons.

[Victor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing revelatory, but more fun than a lot of published sketchbooks.