Título: Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants
Autor: The Oatmeal
Sinopse: Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants is the second variety comic collection and fourth book from the comedic mastermind behind TheOatmeal.com, Matthew Inman. Classics from the website, including “Dear Sriracha Rooster Sauce,” “What It Means When You Say Literally,” and “What We Should Have Been Taught in Our Senior Year of High School,” are featured alongside never-before-seen works of epic hilarity that will delight veteran and newbie Oatmeal fans alike.Matthew Inman’s first collection of The Oatmeal.com spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and sold 200,000 copies. This pivotal and influential comic collection titled 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth introduced Samurai sword-wielding kittens and informed us on how to tell if a velociraptor is having pre-marital sex. Matthew's cat-themed collection How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You is a #1 New York Times bestseller and has sold over 350,000 copies. Now with Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants, Inman offers a delicious, tantalizing follow-up featuring all new material that has been posted on the site since the publication of the first book plus never-before-seen comics that have not appeared anywhere. As with every Oatmeal collection, there is a pull-out poster at the back of the book.In this second collection of over 50 comics, you'll be treated to the hilarity of "The Crap We Put Up with Getting On and Off an Airplane," "Why Captain Higgins Is My Favorite Parasitic Flatworm," "This Is How I Feel about Buying Apps," "6 Things You Really Don't Need to Take a Photo of," and much more. Along with lambasting the latest culture crazes, Inman serves up recurrent themes such as foodstuffs, holidays, e-mail, as well as technological, news-of-the-day, and his snarky yet informative comics on grammar and usage. Online and in print, The Oatmeal delivers brilliant, irreverent comic hilarity.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants”, de The Oatmeal, publicado pela editora Andrews McMeel, em 2013 e com 164 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Andrews McMeel
Páginas: 164
Ano: 2013
Edição: PAP/PSTR
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 1449427707
ISBN13: 9781449427702
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Andrews McMeel apresentam um foco marcante em tirinhas e histórias em quadrinhos que capturam momentos cotidianos com humor e leveza. A experiência de leitura costuma ser rápida, com ritmo ágil e tom descontraído, ideal para quem aprecia narrativas curtas e bem-humoradas. Entre as obras, destacam-se relatos da vida diária, como as dinâmicas de um jovem casal, além de abordagens que misturam comédia e temas como tecnologia e empreendedorismo. O catálogo sugere uma preferência por formatos visuais, com textos que valorizam a simplicidade e o impacto imediato da piada ou da reflexão breve.
