Humour

Footrot Flats is back! This 136-page treasury includes the very best of that hugely successful Kiwi icon - the Footrot Flats cartoon series. Selected by author and illustrator Murray Ball, these cartoon take us back to the classic Footrot Flats, introducing all of the lovable characters such as The Dog, Wal, Cooch, Horse, Major...Their adventures will continue to delight old fans and new alike.

Featuring 40 or so tall tales - most true, some not-so-true, but all entertaining and illustrated by New Zealand's best known country cartoonist and artist, David Henshaw. A note from the authors : Hard times and hard lives generate hard-case characters, and with them go a host of yarns. The Waikato is no exception. Tucked away beneath the veneer of success, green pastures and four-wheelers there is a background of years of hard labour and drudgery often rewarded by ongoing poverty. A generation or two down the track we all benefit... read more

Footrot Flats is back! This 160-page treasury includes the very best of that hugely successful Kiwi icon - the Footrot Flats cartoon series. Selected by author and illustrator Murray Ball, these cartoon take us back to the classic Footrot Flats, introducing all of the lovable characters such as The Dog, Wal, Cooch, Horse, Major...Their adventures will continue to delight old fans and new alike.

A wise mouse once said, 'One of my clever ways of fighting back against the world is by boldly going to bed'. If you've ever been so bold, you're in good company with Jane Seabrook's plucky menagerie. When the horizon is gray, a bright parrot reminds itself (and you) that 'A better time is coming - its name is lunch'. How can your frown not turn upside down when a tree frog wryly declares, 'Please excuse my occasional smiles - I'm recovering from an attack of optimism'. So reach out your paw to a friend in need and say, 'Don't worry, be furry!'

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Colin Langmead's hilarious herd of woolly characters return in Ewe Zealand Made. Following on from the success of The Wool Blacks, the second book in this series expands Colin's ovine repertoire to include subjects such as cars, countries, weather, writers and religion. Using cartoons from his main flock, the "sheepish" puns and witty visual jokes in Ewe Zealand Made are just as funny as The Wool Blacks.

The West Coast of the South Island holds a special place in the mythology of New Zealand culture. The people who live there are larger-than-life characters. The authors know the locals and their stories well. The book features twenty five stories, most of them true, and fifty four illustrations by well-known cartoonist David Henshaw.

In this, the next of our hugely successful "Porn for Women" line, we witness smoldering, distinguished men doing all the things that make the more mature woman swoon - booking cruises, admiring silver hair, pooh-poohing trophy wives, and more!

Jane Seabrook's sly humour and achingly cute watercolours of animals have snuggled their way into the hearts of thousands of people around the world. Now all her most memorable offerings are all here in one easel-book, perfect to warm up any office desk, kitchen counter or bedside table. Equisitely detailed depictions of birds, bears, penguins and other creatures caught up in the joy and drudgery of life are paired with short proverbs to put a new spin on modern times, or spikey witticisms such as 'It's been lovely, but I have to s... read more

More of the very best of the hugely successful Kiwi icon - Footrot Flats. Selected by author and illustrator Murray Ball, these cartoon take us back to the classic Footrot Flats, introducing all of the lovable characters such as The Dog, Wal, Cooch, Horse, Rangi and Cheeky Hobson. Their adventures will continue to delight old fans and new alike.

A whole new round of the much-loved Tui Yeah Right billboards together with the complete collection from the first two editions of Yeah Right. A total of 360 pages of billboards, covering more than a decade of hilarious, irreverent signage from the length and breadth of New Zealand.

Have you heard the one about the woman who groped a complete stranger at the airport, thinking it was her boyfriend? The small town with two brothers, surname Death, one of whom married a Graves and the other a Coffin? The woman who dialled directory looking for a number for Weight Watchers and was given the number for Whale Watch Kaikoura? Truth is stranger - and funnier - than fiction and this collection of true stories and pictures from real New Zealanders will be sure to raise a laugh. Drawn from the NZ Herald's dai... read more

The Art of Footrot Flats showcases the magnificent body of work of New Zealand's greatest cartoonist, Murray Ball, in a beautifully produced 320-page volume. This book, however, is not simply a cartoon book. It is, as the title suggests, an art book. While most of Ball's books have relied entirely on the much-loved cartoon strips, which have graced newspapers and magazines all over the world for the past 35 years, The Art of Footrot Flats will be different and very, very special. The cartoons will still be there but more importantl... read more

Seven pants-peeingly funny stories featuring seven evil characters you can't help but love: Douglas Coupland's stories are illustrated with dark charm by Graham Roumieu in a collaboration that brings together two of Canada's wittiest creators for the first time. Put your therapist on speed dial and read them with pleasure. A cast of unlovable miscreants who unleash their dark, unruly and antisocial desires on every page: They are Donald, the Incredibly Hostile Juice Box; Kevin, the Hobo Minivan with Extremely Low Morals; Brandon... read more