Product Description

One of the most popular alternative comic strips in the country, "That Darn Chauncey" has attracted a bizarre, almost "cult-like" following, particularly among the homeless and mentally impaired.

Everything Is Swell -- A Collection of "That Darn Chauncey" Cartoons features over 100 hilarious and disturbing cartoons, and a special introduction by Harriet Tubman (famed conductor on the Underground Railroad)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2868404 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-10
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

From Booklist
The daily newspaper funny pages haven't been for a long, long time. So thank god for the Web, where the scabrous likes of Neil Swaab's Mr. Wiggles, David Rees' Get Your War On, Chris Onstad's Achewood, and That Darn Chauncey by one Mr. Henderson have thrived enough to provoke book collections. Chauncey and company are mostly ovals containing two more ovals for eyes. The females are crowned with bows. Chauncey's distaff is Shelia (or, once or twice, Sheila), he has a nephew and niece, and there's also a Chinese pig made out of rectangles, circles, and a triangle. The characters' relationships with one another, in the occasional "Ask Professor Science" episode, and with some extortionist Girl Scouts, are fraught with exploitation, cruelty, insensitivity, cowardice, and bad thoughts. Hence, each three-panel strip stands a good chance of being hilarious. To be sure, this is gag cartooning, with everything leading up to the inevitable punch line. Fortunately, Henderson's good at punch lines; try this apothegm: "The road to Hell sucks if you're taking the bus." Ray Olson
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Review
"One of the web’s most popular and consistently clever comics." — Flagpole Magazine -- Review

About the Author
Mr. Henderson is widely believed to be in his late seventies, a bitter old man who emigrated from Argentina shortly after World War II. He is married to his wife "Cookie" and has four children, all of whom are great disappointments.

James Piggot lives in Southern California.

Customer Reviews

A spark of brilliance in a sea of darkness
Most people today have become too sensitive for the humorists and satirists of today's literature. From pop culture to current events, these shenanigans and goings-on demand reflection and exegesis without the typical descent into banalities and platitudes. From the ashes of so-called modern journalism and op-ed pieces comes Mr. Henderson - a beacon in the abyss.

Mr. Henderson effectively combines minimalism and biting commentary on everything from relationships to smoking into this collection of comic strips. He utilizes talking head-like characters to magical talking animals (and spoons) to serve up doses of humor that will make you laugh out loud and wonder why more people have not heard of the strip or the website that spawned it. Sometimes controversial and never dull, "That Darn Chauncey" is now a staple of my life and I'm happy to share this book with anyone I know to have a real sense of humor (and not just say they do).

Messed Up Funny
(from the book)

"Dwayne and Laquisha live in low income housing near a 70-year-old wall.  If rain falls at a rate of two inches per hour, and the wall is 15 feet high, how long will it take FEMA to intentionally blow the levee and redevelop the land into high priced condominiums ?"

"That wasn't one of the questions, Cupcake."

"Why not ?  What are you hiding ?"

What could be more swell than a collection of my favorite comic strips?
Everything Is Swell is a collection of over 250 of That Darn Chauncey cartoons, which first appeared on the Stupid Children website (stupidchildren.com). It's quirky, off-beat humor that's intelligent and sometimes plays on current events. It's one of the few comic strips I read that causes me to giggle like a little girl.

The comic strip centers around Chauncey, the Typical Male, and features several unique and entertaining characters including the wise and noble Chinese Pig, a toaster possessed by Satan, and Chauncey's young niece Cupcake who's far smarter than her uncle.

Recommended for: adults who are anti-PC (political correctness, not personal computers) and looking for a good laugh.