Two Guys Fooling Around With the Moon

by B. Kliban

From the author of Never Eat Anything Bigger than Your Head , Whack Your Porcupine , Tiny Footprints , and, of course, the legendary Cat , here is a Kliban doubletake-over 100 line drawings, plus the illustrated serial thriller Cornish Game Clams . Brilliantly drawn and bitterly funny, these cartoons thoroughly demonstrate better living through plywood, reaffirm that what's good for business is good for America-even if Your Government in Action has taken to the streets-the Madonna is out of order and Yoga has been made silly. 122,000 copies in print.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Cartoon, Art, Comix

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 4, 1982

About the author

Bernard "Hap" Kliban was a popular American cartoonist. He became an instant cartoon sensation after the publication of his groundbreaking book Cat in 1975. Some forty years after their initial appearance, Kliban’s quirky, colorful cat illustrations are adored icons and cherished friends of fans worldwide. One of the top cartoonists of the 20th century, Kliban contributed work to national magazines for over 30 years.

Reviews

[Bird Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This cartoon book is ridiculous, like a drawing pad you share with your high school best friend. Raunchy, crude, weird, fantastic! I laughed through a good portion of this.

[Dominick · Rating 4 out of 5]

More of Kliban's trademark absurdity, often laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes baffling, always memorable. Recommended for those with a high tolerance for the impenetrable, and occasionally strong language (e.g. one of my all-time favourite Kliban strips, which features the line "Fuck this primitive shit.").

[Lisa Macklem · Rating 4 out of 5]

When they're funny, they're really funny. As always, a bit of a mixed bag. Some are hilarious, some take a few minutes, and some seem to be lost in the annals of time - ie I didn't get it, but maybe you will...

[Deke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not his best, but still pretty wonderful

[Victoria & David Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absurd.
(but then again absurd is good)

[Ioan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kliban represents the kind of cartoonist that pretty much owns without resorting to empty arguing over technique, style, or even substance. He usually didn't request any kind of understanding, actually, for his cartoons. While earlier volumes had great jokes/puns/weird stuff as well, this one manages to coax the living laffs even more out of the unsuspecting reader, without shying away from a little bit of irreverence or vulgarity every now and then - though irreverent as it may be, it is still belonging to alien kinds of logic. Or simply too earth-bound, it is hard to tell. Suffice to say that gems like "Return To Nature" or the "Last Sign Like This in 100 Miles" bits got me cackling to death, while others such as the "Gates of Perception" resurrected me.

[David Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

B. Kliban is a master of the absurd. The titular cartoon is literally two guys hanging off of a crescent moon, with a woman taking a picture of them. Pretty much all of the cartoons are that weird or weirder. I think my favorite in this volume is a wiggly looking guy whose wife is telling him "I want you to stop this wiggly business... it's bad for the children." Like I said, absurd.

[thirdworstpoetinthegalaxy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the comics are quite funny; others fall incredibly flat. Some objectify women -- and some of those even made me laugh.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of the funniest cartoons I have ever seen. Lots of them miss the mark, but the best of them more than make up for the worst.

[Kaethe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I place Kliban in my pantheon of brilliant comic artists. Love him.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another winner by Kliban.

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of these comics had me rolling but too many were in poor taste to enjoy the collection more.