BOOKS


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Adams, Scott, Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter, Portfolio; Reprint edition, 2018

 

Auburn, Zachary, How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives, Crown; Illustrated edition, 2016

 

Barth, John, The Sot-Weed Factor (Anchor Literary Library), Anchor; Anchor Books ed edition, 1987

 

Bechdel, Alison, The Secret To Superhuman Strength, Mariner Books, 2021

 

Blauner, Andrew, The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life: A Library of America Special Publication, Library of America; Special edition, 2019


Bloom, Adam, Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy, Independently published, 2023

 

Borowitz, Andy, Profiles in ignorance : how America's politicians got dumb and dumb, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2022

Carlin, George, Tony Hendra, Carlin, George, Last Words, Free Press; Reprint edition, 2010

 

Carter, Judy, The NEW Comedy Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy, Indie Books International, 2020

 

Chast, Roz, I Must Be Dreaming, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023

 

Chast, Roz, What I Hate: From A to Z, Bloomsbury USA, 2011

 

Cleese, John, So, Anyway..., Crown Archetype, 2014

 

Eisner, Will, Comics and Sequential Art: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (Will Eisner Instructional Books), W. W. Norton & Company; Illustrated edition, 2008

 

Eisner, Will, Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative (Will Eisner Instructional Books), W. W. Norton & Company; Illustrated edition, 2008

 

Freud, Sigmund, James Strachey, Peter Gay, Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (The Standard Edition) (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud), W. W. Norton & Company; The Standard Edition, 1990

 

Gardner, Andy, How to Be Funny: How You Can Make People Laugh Using Secret Humor Techniques, Proven Jokes, and Be Witty Even If You’re Not (Social Intelligence), Independently published, 2023

 

Gilden, Dan, The Book Of Terribly Awesome Dad Jokes, Independently published, 2020

 

Lear, Norman, Even This I Get to Experience, Penguin Press, 2014

 

Lukas, Mike, Finding Your Funny Muscle: How to Create Laughs Like a Pro, Merlin Makes Publishing, 2023

 

Mankoff, Bob, How About Never--Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons, Henry Holt and Co., 2014

 

Martin, Steve, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life, Scribner; Reprint edition, 2008

 

Marx, Patricia, Roz Chast, Tired Town, Roaring Brook Press, 2023

 

Mazur, Dan, Alexander Danner, Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present, Thames & Hudson; Illustrated edition, 2014

 

McChappy, Spiffy, Exceptionally Bad Dad Jokes: So frightfully awful.. yet wonderfully spiffing, Independently published, 2019

 

McCloud, Scott, Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels, William Morrow Paperbacks, 2006

 

McCloud, Scott, Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form, William Morrow Paperbacks; First Printing edition, 2000

 

McCloud, Scott, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition, 1994

 

Mencken, H.L., A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, Vintage; 1st Vintage Books ed edition, 1982

 

Munroe, Randall, How To, HACHETTE, 2020

 

Murmie, Hugh, The Ultimate Dad Joke Book: 501 Hilarious Puns, Funny One Liners and Clean Cheesy Dad Jokes for Kids (Gifts for Dad), Independently published, 2020

 

Niro, Jimmy, Dad Jokes: Over 600 of the Best (Worst) Jokes Around and Perfect Gift for All Ages! (World's Best Dad Jokes Collection), Sourcebooks, 2018

 

north, steve, How to Kill in Comedy: Find Your Comedic Character, 20 best joke formulas, Slay the Audience, BFE Press; Illustrated edition, 2020

 

O'Rourke, P. J., Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics, Atlantic Monthly Press; 1st Pbk. Ed edition, 1999

 

Parker, Dorothy, Marion Meade, The Portable Dorothy Parker (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), Penguin Classics; Deluxe edition, 2006

 

Poehler, Amy, Yes Please, Dey Street Books, 2014

 

Reiner, Carl, I Remember Me, AuthorHouse, 2013

 

Sabo, Steve, How To FAIL at Stand-Up Comedy: Avoiding the Pitfalls that Kill a Comic's Career, Independently published, 2021

 

Sacks, Mike, Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers, Penguin Books, 2014

 

Schulz, Charles M., Andy Cohen, Peanuts Guide to Life, Running Press Adult; Reissue edition, 2014

 

Shah, Rani, Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish: And Other Self-Care Rituals from Nature, Dey Street Books; Illustrated Edition, 2020

 

Short, Martin, I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend, Harper, 2014

 

Smith, Joel, Steinberg at the New Yorker, Harry N. Abrams, 2005

 

Steinberg, Saul, The Art of Living, Harper and Brothers, 1949

 

Tarvin, Andrew, The Skill of Humor Playbook: How to Unlock Your Humor Persona to Create Stronger Connections, Increase Productivity, and Relieve Stress, Humor That Works, 2023

 

Thompson, Hunter S., Ralph Steadman, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, Vintage; 2nd edition, 1998

 

Tomine, Adrian, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Drawn and Quarterly, 2020

 

Thurber, James, Garrison Keillor, James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including the Secret Life of Walter Mitty) (Library of America), Library of America, 1996

 

Thurber, James, The Thurber Carnival, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2013

 

Twain, Mark, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Dover Publications, 1994

 

Twain, Mark, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Dover Thrift Editions), Dover Publications; New edition, 1998

 

Twain, Mark, The Innocents Abroad, T.W. Press, 2013

 

White, E. B., Essays of E. B. White (Perennial Classics), Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Reprint edition, 2006

 

Zacks, Richard, Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour, Anchor; Reprint edition, 2017

 


 

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