An edition of The Funnies: A Novel (1999)

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Cover of: The funnies by J. Robert Lennon
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An edition of The Funnies: A Novel (1999)

The funnies

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As often poignant and insightful on the subject of sibling relations as it is laugh-out-loud hilarious, The Funnies is a bittersweet comedy that tells the story of the Mix family - dysfunctional, semi-estranged brood forever immortalized as wisecracking imps in their father's nationally syndicated Family Circus-esque comic strip. When Carl Mix dies, his estate is divided among four of his five children.

Instead of a cushiony bank account, Tim Mix, a struggling artist and our narrator, is given three months to learn to draw his father's strip. If he succeeds (which means selling out) he will have inherited a gold mine; if he fails, he will get nothing. Despite its creator's passing, the strip continues to tyrannize the family that inspired it.

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Riverhead Books
Language
English
Pages
301

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Subjects
Fiction, Death, Brothers, Fathers, Fathers and sons, Cartoonists, Adult children of dysfunctional families, Dysfunctional families, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, humorous, general, New jersey, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Brothers, fiction

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The Funnies: A Novel
February 7, 2000, Riverhead Trade
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The funnies
1999, Riverhead Books
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Genre
Fiction.

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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3562.E489 F86 1999, PS3562.E489F86 1999

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Pagination
301 p. :
Number of pages
301

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OL380176M
Internet Archive
funnies00lenn
ISBN 10
1573221260
LCCN
98042363
OCLC/WorldCat
39765311
Library Thing
337694
Amazon ID (ASIN)
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1226887

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""Dad's dead," said my brother, as if it were my fault."

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