Another Book

Another Book, by Jon Link and Mick Bunnage, is the second compilation of material from the comic Modern Toss (the third and fourth issues; issues one and two were featured in the first Modern Toss book). The star character from the first book, Mr Tourette, is still included. He is a sign-writer, and he specialises in painting outrageously obscene slogans (often revolving around a certain word) for unsuspecting businesses.

The dominant character in this second book is Alan, who appears to have anger-management issues, creating havoc and then undergoing psychotherapy. My favourite element, though, is a series of cartoons called Work, in which the banality of corporate life is exposed with blunt simplicity, such as an office drone telling his manager: "I just got one of your pencils stuck in my eye, see you in court". All the Work cartoons have been collected into their own book, and I'm hoping that Mr Tourette will eventually get his own spin-off, too.