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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | Starred Review. Even the most benevolent impulse is sure to lead to a planet in ruins in this debut collection of Gurewitch's popular Web comic, The Perry Bible Fellowship. The dark, surreal humor is often compared to The Far Side but has an even more brutal and fatalistic sense of humor. Lavishly colored, the art switches among detailed depictions of comedy staples like sloths and dinosaurs to an empty-faced cast of doomed stick figure dreamers. Gurewitch's true strength is in expertly using the four-panel comic strip structure to suggest entire storylines and their bleak payoffs. In one, a man and woman stand in a field full of dead bodies, and the woman reacts angrily when she discovers the secret revealed in the final panel: the touching message Will you marry me? written on a hillside with the bodies. Similar themes of pop culture tropes played out to the point of disaster abound: aliens decide to kill the Earth instead of a planet of cute puppies, heaven is found to be not so cool when God forbids billiards, and so on. But as usual, attempting to analyze the humor defeats the purpose—Gurewitch's strips are destined to be refrigerator door classics in the very near future.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Nicholas Gurewitch | | Hardcover: | 96 pages | | Publisher: | Dark Horse Comics | | Publication Date: | November 13, 2007 | | ISBN: | 1593078447 | | Package Length: | 8.1 inches | | Package Width: | 8.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 53 reviews |
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The Humorless Need Not Apply Sep 02, 2008
Honestly, I was already familiar with every strip in this book; however, these strips never fail to make me laugh, cry, die, laugh again. The book also has the ability to trap souls. I've personally collected many of my friends' souls. Collect them all!
Amazingly funny Aug 31, 2008
The Perry Bible Fellowship is a hilarious comic available for free on the internet, so why would you pay for a book that you can read on the internet for free?
The answer is because of the book. Perry Bible Fellowship is a kind of comic with art and humor rarely found in other comics. The book itself is high quality, with a very nicely drawn cover and comics not on the site that are definitely worth the price of the book. You can also spread the joy of PBF by putting it on your coffee table and not having to sound like a nerd by telling everyone about "this awesome webcomic that you have to read!"
If the "Far Side" was multi-panel and in an alt-weekly Aug 28, 2008
The title is how I described PBF to someone who hadn't heard of it before.
It's a wonderfully perverse and hilarious comic and this collection is presented very well. The comics have been produced in really nice color and the cover art is awesome. This book is a great way to have an offline copy of the comics you've enjoyed on the web site.
Excellent Aug 18, 2008
I was already familiar with his work and bought this book so I could enjoy the beautiful illustrations. I was surprised that my wife and her father both loved the twisted humor. This would be a great gift for someone who has the same sick sense of humor you do but has not seen the work. It is fun to watch them start to realize what they have just picked up.
Perry Bible Fellowship Aug 18, 2008
I went to Syracuse and looked forward to the PBF comic in the daily paper. I'm so glad i can finally own a hard copy of these raunchy, ridiculous and witty comics.
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