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Strange Finds: “Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings”
Strange Finds: “Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings”
By jake goldman
August 20, 2013

A collection of absurd, irreverent one-panel cartoons reminiscent of The Far Side — but this book came first

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Strange Finds: How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found
Strange Finds: How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found
By jake goldman
August 14, 2013

Doug Richmond explains how to create a whole new life for yourself in 100 pages. (If you really want to do it, though, do the exact opposite of everything he says.)

 

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Strange Finds: "Flavors"
Strange Finds: "Flavors"
By jake goldman
July 31, 2013

An assortment of poetry, autobiography, drawings and humor that is as heartfelt as it is silly.

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Strange Finds: “Really, Miss Henderson!”
Strange Finds: “Really, Miss Henderson!”
By jake goldman
July 24, 2013

A series of crude cartoons about a group of shipwrecked men and women stranded on small islands, trying and failing to have sex with each other. Oh, there’s also cannibalism.

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Strange Finds: “My Journey from Beach Cop to Police Chief”
Strange Finds: “My Journey from Beach Cop to Police Chief”
By jake goldman
July 12, 2013

A memoir about a beach cop who becomes police chief of New London, Connecticut and falls in love with a woman who trains bears along the way. (The bear part is the best part.)


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Strange Finds: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics
Strange Finds: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics
By jake goldman
July 01, 2013

Equal parts Mayor Joe Quimby and Larry the Cable Guy, George Plunkitt’s speeches are hilarious, sad and, at times, beguiling.

 

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Strange Finds: ‘Dragons: The Modern Infestation'
Strange Finds: ‘Dragons: The Modern Infestation'
By jake goldman
June 25, 2013

A take on an imagined dragon boom in the modern world with lots of fire, destruction, cattle-snatching and singing — what, you didn’t know dragons could sing?

 

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