Yet.Īll My Friends Are Dead is both the saddest funny book and the funniest sad book you’ll ever read. Written by Avery Monsen, an actor, artist, and writer and Jory John, a writer, editor, and journalist. The simple yet effective imagery, the personification of inanimate objects, and short, hilarious quips come together to create an amusing adventure through each character’s unique grievance and wide eyed dilemmas. Cute and dark all at once, this hilarious children's book for adults teaches valuable lessons about life.įrom the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant owners (like you), All My Friends Are Dead presents hilariously entertaining stories about life and existential predicaments. Each page of this laugh out loud, illustrated humor book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie. If you're a tree, all of your friends are end tables. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. In other words, perfect." The Huffington PostĪn amusing and captivating tale that’s a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable: If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. All My Friends Are Dead is both the saddest funny book and the funniest sad book youll ever read. One of them, a tree, reflects on the nature of life, and is then cut down and made into an end table."Laugh out loud funny, and a tiny bit disturbing. Synopsis Ī number of anthropomorphic characters make statements about their friends, usually that they are all dead. Ī sequel, All My Friends Are Still Dead, was released in 2012. It appeared on the bestseller lists of the San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, and Los Angeles Times.
If youre a tree, all your friends are end tables. If youre a pirate, all your friends have scurvy. This witty and captivating tale offers a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable: If youre a dinosaur, all your friends are dead.
The viral website was also reported in New York magazine. All My Friends Are Dead is both the saddest funny book and the funniest sad book youll ever read.
It was written by Avery Monsen and Jory John and illustrated by Avery Monsen.Īn animated GIF of the first 10 pages of the book was posted on Tumblr and quickly became the most reblogged and liked post in Tumblr's history. All My Friends Are Dead is an illustrated dark comedy book published by Chronicle Books in 2010.
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