Brevity: A Collection of Comics by Guy and Rodd Volume 1

by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry

A welcome breath of fresh air. Really funny stuff. A terrific comic now becomes a terrific book."
Authors Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry have crashed the party, and the world of cartooning will never be the same. In fact, they are arguably the freshest, most original and clever of all cartoonists out there.

Their comic strip Brevity features a smorgasbord of nerds, animals, and sporks in unusual yet relatable situations. For example:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740760424
• ISBN13: 9780740760426
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Exceptionally funny

Our newspaper pulled Brevity because "some readers didn't find it funny". What kind of reader wouldn't love this book? I just can't figure it out. We laughed ourselves to tears. I pick up the book and read one of the comics for the 10th time and it's still funny. "Ah, Garbanzo, you are a noble bean..." Support good humor. Buy this book.

Hysterical

Like any cartoon books, there are a mixture of hits and misses but the funny ones are laugh out loud funny. I bought it as a Christmas gift for my husband and he loved it too. It is a little reminiscent of Far Side cartoons in terms of being iconoclastic and outrageous but I personally like Brevity better. I would have bought the entire book for just his one panel about Lassie, Timmy and the bear. Lassie is about to bail on Timmy who is dangling from a tree and in immanent danger from a bear. Lassie's says something to the effect of "Timmy how are you ever going to learn if I keep stepping in to help you." The author is not just a shadow of Larson, he is out and out funny in his own right.

Hilarious

I consider Brevity to be one of the best currently running comics. It is very similar to the Farside, by Gary Larson, in its zany humor. Brevity is not quite as good as the Farside, but it comes very close and is consistently funny. This collection was very good, but I think it would have been better if it was put into color. One strip which I believe was originally printed in color has a leprachan who received a rainbow burn (like a sunburn only rainbow colored), however since the comic is in black and white you would have to know that already to get the joke. One plus for Brevity is that compared to the Farside there are much less were you are just left wondering, "Wait I don't get this why is this funny?"

A level of sophistication will lend to appreciation of these zany revelations.

Guy & Rodd's BREVITY also offers up powerful one-panel strips: these featuring a somewhat simplified drawing type but one packed with biting commentary and tongue-in-cheek humor. A level of sophistication will lend to appreciation of these zany revelations.