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The Genius of Stand Up Squid (with Colin Hurd)

OK, picture a squid doing comedy before an audience of Buddhist monks. If you think that could be funny, you’ll probably love this comic. If you don’t, well, there are probably better things in the world for you to spend your money on. To me it had a few funny moments, even with my longstanding war against puns. Also in here is a “choose your own pun” for a joke with three variants and a brief bit of Comedy 101. So: tiny book, sometimes funny, probably not going to change the planet as we know it. Oh, and I liked the art, even though I only saw anything resembling a facial expression on one page…