From A to Zippy: Getting There is All the Fun

by Bill Griffith

A book featuring Zippy the Pinhead, who is well known in the USA and appears on many licensed products.

Genres: Comics, Humor

255 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1991

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Reviews

[Stewart Tame · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly, this book is almost too much of a good thing. I love Bill Griffith’s work. He’s a keen observer of day to day life, and he puts a lot more into the artwork than most daily comic strip artists would bother with. And the way that Zippy jumps from topic to topic works perfectly in a daily format. But somehow, reading huge swaths of the strip becomes wearying, or at least it did for me.

The most memorable parts of the book for me were the occasional longer stories, both extended continuities within the strip, and the stories that originally ran in magazines like Rip Off and so on. The daily strip seems to be more effective in smaller doses.

Still, Bill Griffith is Bill Griffith. Recommended!

[Nick LeBlanc · Rating 3 out of 5]

I took this out from the library in a manic state of obsession declaring to myself, “This is the day I will finally GET Zippy.” Did I succeed? Sure. But I think ultimately I APPRECIATE Zippy more than LIKE it. I also might be just a little young for it as most of these selections were from before my consciousness had fully developed and some of the references are a bit beyond my scope. But, when it hits it hits. I’m glad Zippy exists. I will always read it. We need more popular representations of bizarro left field art like this in the zeitgeist.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are two types of people in the world: those that 'get' Zippy, and those that dislike Hostess products.

[Steve Rainwater · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun collection of Zippy comics covering a wide time range.

You'll see all the various incarnations of Griffy as well as daily newspaper strips, full page comics, multi-strip stories, even some Zippy calendar art. Most of the comics seem to cover the late 80s through early 90s time period.

[Al McCarty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can’t help it. I love Zippy! And Griffy, too, of course. Great material here.