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Spy vs. Spy: Casebook of Craziness
Two agents: One in white, one in black. Their mission: To deviously destroy the other. Their methods: Diabolical deceit, torturous trickery, and conniving cunningness. Their latest book: Spy vs Spy: Casebook of Craziness, a collection of 25 bizarre and brutal battles featuring the world's most ferociously feuding foes in a gruesome grudge match that has no end!
- GenresHumor
282 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2014
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February 28, 2017
I grew up when MAD Magazine was still funny. (As the years passed, they seemed simply to be ill-spirited; perhaps I should have another look, especially as "Weird" Al Yankovic has edited a recent volume.) One of the best parts of the magazine (apart from the undisputed champion Don Martin, who never failed to make me howl) was the Spy vs. Spy cartoons by Antonio Prohias (the spelling of the last name Anglisized to help Americans understand the pronunciation).
This collection of outrageously Rube Goldberg-like machinations between a white-garbed spy and a black-garbed spy is enough to make the increasingly outrageous stunts of James Bond movies blush in shame. The genius of Sr. Proxies is his ability to come up with consistently wacky means of delivering the cartoon-physics coup-de-gras in ways we couldn't even begin to see coming. The double-triple-quadruple-cross, multi-whammy, reversing reversals are a delight for any age. No dialog and little use of words makes these cartoons transcend all borders, and with a relatively even hand in having each spy win approximately the same number of rounds, there's no black/white bias that can be inferred. In short, it's that most refreshing of all cartoon modes, The Funny Without The Moral.
This is one of those books that belongs in the guest bathroom, to challenge those of a sensitive disposition to fight the chuckles and explosive laughter that is "inappropriate" to such a room. Set the trap for yourselves, and flash the "V for Victory" sign (as the spies do) when you catch your guest enjoying his "potty break" a little more than expected!
This collection of outrageously Rube Goldberg-like machinations between a white-garbed spy and a black-garbed spy is enough to make the increasingly outrageous stunts of James Bond movies blush in shame. The genius of Sr. Proxies is his ability to come up with consistently wacky means of delivering the cartoon-physics coup-de-gras in ways we couldn't even begin to see coming. The double-triple-quadruple-cross, multi-whammy, reversing reversals are a delight for any age. No dialog and little use of words makes these cartoons transcend all borders, and with a relatively even hand in having each spy win approximately the same number of rounds, there's no black/white bias that can be inferred. In short, it's that most refreshing of all cartoon modes, The Funny Without The Moral.
This is one of those books that belongs in the guest bathroom, to challenge those of a sensitive disposition to fight the chuckles and explosive laughter that is "inappropriate" to such a room. Set the trap for yourselves, and flash the "V for Victory" sign (as the spies do) when you catch your guest enjoying his "potty break" a little more than expected!
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