Moran Cartoons Vol 1 Sleeping Dogs

Fun artwork and clever, clean humor. A quick read, that delivers chuckles.

John Moran must be a strange and funny guy. His cartoon collection, Moran Cartoons, Vol. 1 is full of odd, quirky humor that strange and funny guys write and draw. I enjoyed this collection, which must mean I'm a little strange and twisted.



No disrespect to Mr. Moran, but I couldn't help thinking of Gary Larson's The Far Side. Many of Moran's cartoons look like they could have been drawn by Larson. The fat guys in lab coats, the lady with the cat-eye glasses, the deer standing on two legs are familiar to The Far Side fans. I would be very surprised if Moran did not say Larson was an inspiration and influence on his work.



Even though Larson's influence is evident, Moran has his own voice and his own humor. Moran does, at times, take things to a darker, grittier place than Larson typically did. He's willing to step on some delicate toes with his cartoons.



I must say I enjoyed every page of Moran Cartoons, Vol. 1. You can find some samples of his work at morancartoons.com, but, of course, I'm sure he'd rather you just bought the book. I hope that his fount of off-beat humor will not run dry for a long time.





Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!

Predatory crocodiles get the farts... ant TV reports on the horrific attacks of children with magnifying glasses... scientists face up to their inventions and insects face up to their weird life cycle. Yes, this book has so much of the DNA of The Far Side it's hard to believe at times. but you know what? Larson was really funny, and this can be really good as well too. Yes, some pages were a miss, but not many - the puns are strong here, and the gag with The Flash is a winner in anybody's book. Worth the purchase.

It reminded me of Gary Larson's The Far Side. Loved it and laughed a lot.
Really enjoyable and funny

With a creative flair for humor, John Moran presented an eclectic array of marvelously rendered cartoons. Filled with inoffensive content of both man and beast alike it spilled over with uninhibited laughter. This wonderful collection of humorous quips were delivered with superb stylistic drawings. Felt like I'd been to a comedy show without leaving home. Chortled from beginning to end. Made my day. And night. Well done.

My thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for this ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

A very funny book of cartoons... You will have seen similar on a myriad greetings cards! Nicely drawn and generally timeless.
A good book to have lying around just to pique your interest every now and then. Very out of the box, sideways logic.
Only real problem, I'd have liked more!

3.5 stars.
Some had me laughing out loud, and some had me scratching my head. It had humour of all kinds.
Not everything was my cup of tea, but that goes for most collective works. It was very unique and I really enjoyed the drawing style and the fact that they were all one paged scenes

These single-panel cartoons are clearly influenced by The Far Side. Like that classic, these comics are full of smart references to the animal world. Clever, funny, and completely warped in just the right way.

A wide variety of funny, sarcastic and ironic comics. Something for everyone in here.

While not every single comic was a success, most of them were. They made me laugh, or at least chuckle. I was able to read it in one afternoon, which is because I just could not stop myself from reading the entire book. I found the subject matter very light-hearted and just good fun. Read it! It will be fun for you.

Love it! Love it! Love it! Just what I need/want at the end of a stressful day. LOL funny....thanks for that. I' m going to get a lot of pleasure rereading this many times.

A hilarious and enjoyable collection of cheeky one panel comics

I remember The Far Side fondly. This strip might just top it.
Right from the first one, Prairie Dog School, you can tell this is both going to be smart—no lowest common denominator here—yet savage.
A high proportion of these actually made me laugh out loud. From the anteater that likes spicy food to the native dancer who prefers the macarena, these humorous illustrations take some kind of anthropological viewpoint and turn it on its head, like making me feel sorry for both Bigfoot and Littlefoot.
Other favorites: Art gallery. Terminator. Big bang theory. Right to bear arms. Bad dogs. Berserk Vikings. Cowboy biologists. Spock and Picard. Quacken! Light a cottage to Freya. The Flash and bugs. Blizzard of Oz. Flamenco dancing is in your blood. Do I come here often? The fall of the Roman Empire. Prickly Pear. Mailman training. Gone with the Wind. Sniper graduation parade.
But my absolute favorite is the metal detector.
The artwork isn’t much of a much, just sketch-like, but it hardly matters. And don’t think I didn’t notice that car with the lovely UCLA logo on it. . .

Love the black and white illustrations, they're so well done and detailed, I really want to colour them in.

Each cartoon is funny although some are funnier than others which is to be expected really, I really enjoyed this graphic novel and will be looking for more by this author.

*Huge thanks to John Moran, BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for this copy which I chose to read and all opinions are my own*