Edited by Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest newspaper, I have created the cover artwork 20 of the funniest books ever written. Covering all shades within the genre, this selection features short stories and novels ranging from light to pitch-dark humour.
Authors include Woody Allen, Fay Weldon, Boris Vian, Heinrich Böll, P.G. Wodehouse, T.C. Boyle, Roald Dahl, Robert Gernhardt, Peter Ustinov, and Gerhard Polt. Stylewise, I worked with a thin ink pen and some gray shadow to add depth to the cartoon-style images.
Woody Allen, Side Effects
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows the man behind the camera. Woody personally approved this artwork. >MORE INFO
Fay Weldon, Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a corpulent woman sporting a couple of devil’s horns. >MORE INFO
Boris Vian, Vercoquin et le plancton
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a happy couple frolicking at a dance. >MORE INFO
Heinrich Böll, Short Stories
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a man seated in his fauteuil, and listening to his pet fish in the water bowl. >MORE INFO
P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows, appropriately enough, the man himself, Jeeves in usual posture and attire. >MORE INFO
V.S. Naipaul, Elections in the Caribbean
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a man advertising for himself by carrying a signpost exhibiting his own profile. >MORE INFO
Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a a young woman hanging the wash. >MORE INFO
T.C. Boyle, The Road to Wellville
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a woman and her doctor sitting in a paper boat together. >MORE INFO
Ernst Augustin, Good Money
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a man happily collecting money bills that are raining from the sky. >MORE INFO
Thomas Berger, Adventures of the Artificial Woman
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a female robot, and was inspired by legendary filmmaker Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. >MORE INFO
Ror Wolf, The Report
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a cat casting a lenghty shadow from a set of mysterious doors. >MORE INFO
Paul Murray, Long Goodbyes
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a proud greyhound dog resisting the wind. >MORE INFO
Robert Gernhardt, Reversible Figure
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a guy clad in a superhero costume who is seen twice – as he rises, and as he drops from the sky. >MORE INFO
Tom Sharpe, The Throwback
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a gun emitting a wooden flag of Great Britain. >MORE INFO
Peter Ustinov, Monsieur René
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows Monsieur René pretending to read the the concierge union’s newspaper as two suspicious-looking penguins are looking inside through the large window in the hall. >MORE INFO
Gregor von Rezzori, Tales of Maghrebinia
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a female torso with a black moustache wrapped around her belly button. >MORE INFO
David Lodge, Small World
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art shows a lecturer riding a giant airplane as paperworks escape his suitcase. >MORE INFO
Gerhard Polt, Satirical Stories
Süddeutsche Zeitung collection of 20 favourite humorous novels: My cover art is a still life of a typical Bavarian hat with gamsbart, along with a trombone. >MORE INFO