Title: Laughsville, U.S.A.
Author: Uncredited
Cover artist: George Wilde
Illustrated by: George Wilde
Condition: 6/10
Value: $6
Best things about this cover:
- So much to recoil at here, but tooth asymmetry is haunting me more than I would've expected. That's an odd number of teeth, with one central Tooth. It's very disconcerting.
- "Can you make it look like he has sort of stubby penis growing out of his forehead?" "I ... can, but ..." "And sort of pube-y little tufts of hair, but only above his ears?" "I don't under-..." "Also his eyes should be beady soulless little things." "[Sigh]. And his ears?" "Filthy."
- "Gulps" and "Gags" really giving this book a vibe I'm not sure it's aiming for. Also, wtf is a "gulps" in this context?
- Also, wtf is "pomes" in this context? It's like I'm being asked to imagine a balding middle-aged guy happily choking on small fruit. Truly weird.
Best things about this back cover:
- OMG the faces are somehow more horrific, how, How?
- Dude's face has been forcefully cleaved in two by the Laughsville sign and he's still smiling. Truly demonic.
- I do love a cover that tells you precisely, mathematically, how funny it is. If you're on a low-yuk diet, this book is for you!
Page 123~
I was packing for camp and one pr.Of my socks disappeared 'neath the chr.So I then from my bro.Had to borrow ano.Or my toes and my feet would be br.
Well, I'm making sounds alright, but I'm not sure I'd call them "guffaws."
~RP
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