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4.0 out of 5 stars
Cute, fuzzy, and suicidal, Oct 12 2007
Bunnies are cute, fuzzy, and not very bright. And in Andy Riley's works, they're also suicidal.
In fact, you can guess just from the title of Riley's "The Book of Bunny Suicides" what the book is about -- wordless cartoons of bunnies offing themselves in unique, creative, and sometimes overly complex ways.
It's a running gag, but you'll never guess how many of these bunnies choose to off themselves -- they involve corkscrews, subway trains, stalactites, cigarettes, seppuku, airplane toilets, palm trees, pointy-nose jets, toasters, colanders, and many other seemingly harmless (or at least not VERY harmful) ordinary items.
There are even some pop culture references -- the bunny prepares to beam down from "Star Trek," sits atop the Wicker Man from the same-named movie, and one of the rare cartoons with dialogue, the death-pursuing bunnies infiltrate the legendary duel between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Hysterical.
Yeah, it's basically a one-gag book, but Riley manages to keep the chuckles rolling along through the book. Part of the humor is in the ridiculous stubbornness these bunnies have to off themselves, and Riley's creativity in coming up with surreal methods for suicide.
There are a few duds, admittedly -- the deli counter one took me several reads to understand, since you have to pay very careful attention to note the bunny in this one. And the overpass gag simply doesn't make much sense.
Riley's artwork is simple and clean, and his bunnies are amusingly stoic as they chase down death. And he shows a variety of bunny deaths -- some are gory, some are physically impossible, and some simply involve bunny parts flying bloodlessly. Some, in fact, only hint at the bunnies' demises -- and these tend to be the most hilarious of all.
"The Book of Bunny Suicides" is a fun quick comic book for people with a sick sense of humour and/or a hatred of bunnies. Darkly amusing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hippity Hop, July 18 2004
Totally sick book and great fun for anyone looking for a five minute distraction from the day!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
hilarious, if you're sick like me, July 3 2004
Okay, maybe I'm sick, but I found this book really amusing. Basically, it's a bunch of comics in which bunnies commit suicide in some really strange ways. I'm sure everyone who's read this and liked it has their favorite few. There seems to be a suicide theme for just about everyone - Star Trek, Star Wars, football, aliens, farming, and the Olympics, just to name a few. One of the things that makes these comics so funny, I think, is the absolutely blank expression on the bunnies faces - every weird act of suicide just happens to be an everyday thing in their lives. I can definitely see the price being a problem, for some, since this whole book can be read ("looked through" would actually be more accurate, since there are hardly any words to read - these comics mostly don't have captions, or any speaking) in a few minutes, although some of the suicides may take more time to decipher than others. The really squeemish may also have problems with this book, since some of the comics show the "after" of the suicide attempt. The comics aren't drawn realistically, so I wouldn't think that the "afters" would be too much of a problem with most people, especially the kind of people who would pick up a book with the words "bunny" and "suicides" in the title. The title and covers should be warning enough, for those who might be offended by this kind of humor. Anyway, if you don't mind the price and the length, you should get this book. It's really very funny, and you can gross out your friends and family with it!
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