What are your definitive funnies?

[Jeff]

Norwood by Charles Portis is one of my favorite humor novels. The Dog of the South, by the same author, ranks up there, too. I also love A Confederacy of Dunces.

[Betsy]

Cartoonist George Booth makes me laugh. Like Jeff, A Confederacy of Dunces. My own book, heavily influenced by Dunces, The Last Will & Testament of Zelda McFigg. And of books I read this year, Skippy Dies.

[CartoonistAndre]

I love George Booth's work also Betsy! His scratchy style of inking (I'm told he used a Bic ballpoint, of all things, for his finished work) along with Sam Gross's 'crude' style were influential in honing my desired effect during my formative years.

[Dan]

Jumping in late on this one...

Sedaris, Vonnegut, and Vowell are always fantasically hilarious, but I'd also like to say Sam Lipsyte is one of the funniest modern day writers who I keep rereading, as well as Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita'.

[Dan]

Also, George Saunders!

[Jeff]

I love Lipsyte too! Home Land is fantastic.

[Dan]

Jeff wrote: "I love Lipsyte too! Home Land is fantastic."

That's one of my favorite books!