The Scourge of Vinyl Car Seats

Author: John McPherson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740786156
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 381

Book Description
No one walks away from a Close to Home cartoon unscathed. John McPherson's lumpy characters and bizarre situations are tailor-made for gut-splitting laughs. And then there are the cartoons that leave readers shaking their heads, sputtering, "Oh my gosh" as a guilty smile passes across their faces. The Scourge of Vinyl Car Seats delivers what fans expect from McPherson: jokes about everything from parenting to dating to car repairs. McPherson takes his readers on a journey that's very Close to Home.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Cartoons for Moms

Author: Jack Canfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1453276920
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 494

Book Description
Because "a picture is worth a thousand words," Chicken Soup for the Soul offers this very special book that takes a humorous look at motherhood from the perspective of internationally syndicated and award-winning cartoonist John McPherson. So much of the joys and frustrations of motherhood cannot be adequately expressed in words, and that's where this book fills the bill. A departure from all other books in theChicken Soup for the Soul series, this collection is 100% cartoons and guaranteed to make every mom laugh out loud. This mirth-filled gem depicts everything from pregnancy to empty nest and all points in between, in a tribute to motherhood that is filled with as much laughter as love. Every mother will enjoy the 200 John McPherson original cartoons that fill these pages, and wherever she may be on the journey of motherhood, this book will strike a chord, elicit a smile and bring forth a laugh.

Great Sex After 50!

Author: John McPherson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740786105
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 81

Book Description
A collection of single panel comics poking fun at the aging process, from a syndicated American cartoonist. “Where there is stress, or receding hairlines and liver spots, there is humor.” —John McPherson Be it the ritual hazing of new residents at Spring Meadow Retirement Center that requires retirees to drink twenty-five shots of prune juice, or the oxymoronic humor involved in the publication of the “1st Annual Swimsuit Edition of Aging Today,” this collection of John McPherson’s cartoons finds humor in life’s most everyday act—namely, aging. Octogenarians, centenarians—even those younger and in between—all agree, John McPherson is a comic master when it comes to creating humor out of getting older. Culling more than 100 aging-specific black-and-white and full-color panels from McPherson's Close to Home cartoon panel and featuring a zany cast of malpracticing medics, denture-less dentists, and cynical civil servants, this humorous compendium is the ultimate ode to being over the hill.

Women Are from Venus, Men Are Idiots

Author: John McPherson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449406203
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Inside Women Are from Venus, Men Are Idiots, Close to Home cartoonist John McPherson illustrates what happens when planets--and planetary beings--just don't seem to align. From memorable Thanksgiving TV-carving dinners to disjointed marriage counseling sessions, McPherson culls more than 75 relationship-specific, full-color panels inside this interplanetary ode to coupledom. McPherson's mastery in Close to Home is elevating the mundane to the magnificent. The caustic interactions between balding, bespeckled middle-aged men and auburn-haired, beehive-tressed women become achingly funny when sketched by his pen. Appearing in more than 700 newspapers internationally, McPherson's Close to Home is one of the most popular card lines from Recycled Paper Greetings.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Cartoons for Teachers

Author: Jack Canfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1453280618
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 529

Book Description
More than 200 cartoons from syndicated cartoonist John McPherson show our appreciation for, and sometimes our impatience with, one of the most important bedrocks of our nation’s future: our teachers. From elementary school to college, and from piano teachers to sports coaches, this book makes a hilarious and heartwarming gift for our favorite mentors.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Cartoons for Golfers

Author: Jack Canfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1453276416
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description
Whether you're new to the game of golf or a seasoned veteran, whether you prefer the first hole or the nineteenth, whether you're shooting for birdie or just to stay out of the woods, you'll recognize yourself and your golfing (mis)adventures in the hilarious collection of cartoons. With John McPherson's classic wit, these cartoons convey the humor, the thrill and the sport of the game. The perfect pick-me-up after a day spent slicing or the way to celebrate a bogey, this is the laugh-out-loud book for golfers (and the people who miss seeing them on the weekends).

Chicken Soup for the Soul Cartoons for Dads

Author: Jack Canfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1453279512
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
After the resounding success of Chicken Soup for the Soul Cartoons for Moms, the authors decided to take a humorous look at fatherhood, again from the perspective of internationally syndicated and award-winning cartoonist, John McPherson. So much of the joys-and frustrations-of fatherhood cannot be adequately expressed in words, and that's where this book fills the bill. A departure from the rest of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, this collection is 100 percent cartoons and guaranteed to make every dad grin, chuckle and laugh out loud. This mirth-filled gem will depict the years from expecting the first to the empty nest in a tribute to fatherhood that is filled with as much laughter as love. All fathers are sure to enjoy the 200-plus cartoons-each a John McPherson original-and will doubtless turn to this book again and again for a welcome smile or laugh.

The Close to Home 30th Anniversary Treasury

Author: John McPherson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449489400
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 207

Book Description
Close to Home Classics presents the best cartoons from the strip's repertoire, representing the major themes that have played out in its history: school, medical, office, kids, marriage, and sports. John McPherson has selected the best of the best in each category and he provides commentary on the strips. The book includes a section with a brief tutorial on how he creates the cartoon. This compendium of McPherson's funniest comics includes over 800 comics hand-selected by the author and his editors.

The Close to Home Survival Guide

Author: John McPherson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740700118
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Where there is stress, humor is not far behind," holds Close to Home creator John McPherson. And thanks to his stressed-out cast of characters, readers everywhere find something laughable, hilarious, and oftentimes downright knee-slapping in McPherson's single-panel snapshots of a loony world. Take the soberness of a former circus performer's funeral, the idea that a health club would have an Offensive Odor Alarm, or absurd hospital insurance policies. McPherson has the eye-and the twisted mind-to capture such scenes in ways that both shock and amuse his readers. McPherson does it with The Close to Home Survival Guide, an aggregation of his lumpy figures, with their long faces, protruding noses, and bulging eyeballs, parading down that fine line between grotesque and certifiably goofy. Everything from family life and dating to car repair and medical emergencies provide fodder for the wackiness in this essential collection and guide.

A Million Little Pieces of Close to Home

Author: John McPherson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740786083
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Is your face suffering from a lack of exercise? Readers rely on John McPherson's Close to Home cartoon to contort their facial muscles into an unstoppable grin each day. Not even Botox can stop you from smiling at this latest collection of Close to Home. How do you measure a cartoon's popularity? The true measure of a comic panel's popularity is how often it is posted on a refrigerator, cubicle, break room bulletin board, or office door. By that standard, Close to Home wins the comic panel popularity contest hands down. Close to Home captures the humor in all facets of life. From home to hospitals, from classrooms to courtrooms, from boardrooms to backyards--there's a Close to Home panel that hits us where we live and work and play. A Million Little Pieces of Close to Home features hilarious panels first published in newspapers in the year 2000, the year of the Y2K scare that never materialized. Of course, that's just the kind of thing you'd expect from a Close to Home world.