You can't read this book and stay blue! Well, not unless you hold your breath while searching in it for a cartoon that's NOT funny. Or one that is too dark to laugh at.
Truly, Johnny Optimism has the worst luck—and the best sense of humor—in the hospital, if not the world. You've got to love him!
You'll also meet an astounding array of characters, like Tickles the creepy clown, the homicidal child with her duck puppet, cowboy-kid Pepe the epileptic, and the reading girl with her gloomy predictions of all the things that can kill you. Like a slipper. (I'm not telling. Read the book and find out. Or live the rest of your life in fear of comfortable footwear.)
The only downer in the book? It's Volume One. There's a whole 'nother book, at least, of Johnny Optimism jokes I'll have to wait to read.
Note: If you can't wait, try the excellent blog where new Johnny Optimism posts appear at a frequency of around three per week. A recent post:
Note2: Please observe the "Fair Warning" on the cover: These cartoons are "not for kids or the overly sensitive. (Read: Easily Triggered.)
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