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Welcome to Dingburg: Zippy the Pinhead

Bill Griffith

In our latest collection of the Zippy the Pinhead daily comic strip, Zippy is visits his home town, Dingburg: the only city in the US inhabited entirely by pinheads (well, aside from Washington, DC. And some sections of Newark). Reader response to this new Dingburg "story thread" has been loud and approving, with many asking for directions to the fabled enclave, somewhere "17 miles west of Baltimore". Detailed maps will be provided on the new book's endpapers.Also in this issue: the revealing "Little Zippy" series, in which Zippy's magical and very weird childhood is laid bare. And, finally, Zippy and J. Edgar Hoover (remember him?) cavort in tutus and play with loaded guns. Welcome to Dingburg! according to People magazine, "Philosophically, Zippy's like and evolutionarily perfect combination of Wittgenstein, Marshall McLuhan and Alfred E. Newman."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
  • Publish Date: Dec 17th, 2008
  • Pages: 160
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 8.30in - 0.60in - 0.90lb
  • EAN: 9781560979630
  • Categories: Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons

About the Author

Griffith, Bill: - Bill Griffith is the artist behind the legendary weekly comic Zippy. Griffith's prolific output has been included in such publications as the Village Voice, National Lampoon, and the New Yorker. Along with Art Spiegelman, Griffith co-founded the influential anthology Arcade and is credited for coining the popular phrase, "Are we Having Fun Yet?" In 1980, he married cartoonist Diane Noomin. He currently lives in Connecticut.

Praise for this book

Zippy reaches all-time-high levels of talkiness, consumer-culture immersion, and hilarity.--Ray Olson "Booklist"
Zippy became a daily...but never once backed down from the unique brand of brain-twisting philosophy that continues to utterly baffle millions.--Brian Heater "The Daily Cross Hatch"