The Bad Book

by Aranzi Aronzo, Anne Ishii (Translator)

In the world of kawaii (Japanese cute), little kitties, pandas, bunnies and the like are standard fare, but who ever heard of The Bad Buy, The Liar, or The Thief? Aranzi Aranzo takes the notorious cuteness of Japanese crafts and takes them to the next level with The Bad Book , full of mischief and fun! Each comics vignette acts as a companion guide to creatures they will teach you to make in easy steps that require little more than thread, needle and fabric!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Crafts, Nonfiction, Teen

47 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Hello, we are ARANZI ARONZO.
ARANZI ARONZO is the name of the company that makes original goods.
And it is the name of the shop, where the original goods produced by ARANZI ARONZO, are sold. Besides, it is a group's name rather than one person.
Such as a band name for music. A unit name, a stage name, or a pen name.
Anyhow, we are ARANZI ARONZO.
Our catch phrase is "cute, strange, cool, silly, a little bit horrible, stupid and comfortable ARANZI ARONZO".
We appreciate your remembering just ARANZI ARONZO at least if you can.



ARANZI ARONZO, Mrs. Saito & Ms. Yomura, began their business to produce and sell what they want to create originally by home manufacture.
And now we continue it.
But what we want to produce expands.
We made it. Stores, books, exhibitions, advertisement, and so on.

We are advancing steadily.
What's going on? We can't tell.

-http://english.aranziaronzo.com/about...

Reviews

[Mariah Roze · Rating 4 out of 5]

My students thought this was the weirdest and most random book ever. They really enjoyed it.

[April Cote · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was WTF weird, and I got a good chuckle out of it. My kids are going to love it.

[sofia]

this counts towards my reading challenge right

[Speedtribes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why is this book so cute? Within the confines of the childishly designed covers, I find myself with flipping rapidly through a series of nonsensical 2-3 page short comics that 90% of the time have no point to them. When I come to, I realize that I've just spent maybe a good 10 minutes with a gap-mouthed, drooling grin, and my eyes glazed stupidly over.

The Bad Book essentially details short little adventures of the 'bad' host of Aranzi Aranzo doll character designs. Cute cute cute, and so happy. There are some applique tutorials in the back. But if you want the Aranzi books for crafting guides, you're going to want either The Cute Book, Let's Make Cute Stuff, and Cute Dolls.

[paulzzzzz · Rating 5 out of 5]

enamoured by bad guy . need more of that thang

[Erena · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like this thing.

[Iritifa Najneen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a comic book and i'm using it for English class for Ms. Bloustine and this book is really funny. Its about a bad guy and a liar and all their friends. It's like the bad guy and liar are friends and the bad guy does all the bad deeds and the liar constantly lies! =D haha the book is really short, but i enjoyed it alot =]

[Christopher Chase · Rating 5 out of 5]

this graphic novel is very well planned out and is exactly what the title says. basically the main character is an unknown creature and does very bad things. the book has both pencil and color art drawings, but also have clay animation or pictures at the same time which can grab the readers attention.

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Bad Guy is not out there trying to make you feel okay about yourself-- let's get that straight right off the bat, okay? Between clever drawings and crafty photographs, the Bad Guy keeps sticking it to ya' thoughout the text. I suppose this book was supposed to be a really funny book, but I don"t really recommend it.

[Trevor Oakley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I ditto Dustin's review completely -- madcap, random, and guaranteed to make you laugh...plus some of the "Bad Guy's" co-characters will remind you of strange people you already have in your life...for good or for bad!

[Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

There aren't a lot of words, and the pictures alternate between illustrations and photographs of sock puppets. The concept was alright, but it seemed sort of disjointed. I would have liked to have more of a storyline.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

You'll need to read "The Cute Book" or some other book by Aranzi Aronzo to know what's going on in this one this one. It's kind of cute, but ultimately I think a waste of time.

[Bianca Romarion · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so funny!! LOL, it was cute too! I wanna read more Aranzi Aronzo books, they look so cute xD haha, the bad guy is really bad! he does so many bad things, but its cute on him! ;D

[Sue · Rating 1 out of 5]

not that amusing, pointless

[Sepideh]

tasvirsaziye fun i dare.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

hilarious, adorable, and depressing all in one!

[Shelli · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you like that "Bad Bunny" style humor you would like this book. Clearly I don't and found it completely stupid.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't know what this is, and whatever it is, it did NOT translate well into English/American culture......

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved this book. got a friend's mom to sew me 3 bad guys (from the pattern in The Cute Book)!

[Relyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't really like the art in this one. That usually kills a book for me.