Glen Baxter’s world became seriously unhinged one fateful day in 1954 when he was wrestling a turnip to the floor of the gymnasium at St. Mildred’s Academy for the Listless and Wayward. At exactly that moment the door was flung open by the portly Deputy Sheriff McClain. He began accusing Baxter of tampering with the bunkhouse collection of modernist paintings. Having successfully subdued the vegetable, Baxter nimbly parachuted out the window and landed feet first in his uncle’s prized dandruff display. He immediately decided to become an artist. That’s one explanation. It may not be true. But whatever the circumstances of Baxter’s beginnings, he is now revered among legions of misdirected fans as the creator of the world of images so startlingly offbeat that they evoke chortles and choking laughter even among the moribund. And his characters actually do wrestle with vegetables; his cowboys ponder abstract art; his students devise contraptions for writing letters with their heads. Forks that explode, seafood salads that act ferociously, apricots in peril, goatees that are removable, invisible newspapers, and vast mounds of glutinous cauliflower all contribute their efforts to ensure that the delightful madness of Baxter’s psyche is aptly expressed. Glen Baxter (English, b. 1944) has written numerous books, including The Billiard Table Murders and Blizzards of Tweed. His work has appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Elle, Vogue, and The Independent on Sunday (London). "Colonel" Baxter lives in London; his art is often exhibited in London as well as in New York, San Francisco, and Paris.

Product Description: Colonel Baxter returns with a rip-roaring new collection of cartoons in which he boldly tackles the great issues of the day. Fans of Glen Baxter and his singular, comical world can breathe easy: he's back. For the uninitiated: get ready...read more

Collects humorous cartoons featuring Baxter's thoughts on dandruff, knitwear, dental hygiene, and yodelling.

Product Description: With all-new and completely original cartoons, Glen Baxter takes on the mysterious and bizarre subject of sex. The sybaritic pleasures of "webbing and oil-based adhesives, " "the Brussels swirl, " and "the German technique" are all explored in lurid detail...read more

A collection of cartoons featuring cowboys, unlikely technological developments, and Robin Hood's television set are accompanied by a short story parody

Parodies of book illustrations feature surrealistic images, odd juxtapositions, and enigmatic captions

Enigmatic drawings are accompanied by the story of Gladys Babbington Morton, her string of murders by flying billiard table and other means, and her eventual detection and capture

Surreal cartoons offer a humorous look at history, literary conventions, cooking, school, and adventurers

Surreal cartoons offer a humorous look at history, literary conventions, cooking, school, and adventurers

Collects lesser known quotations from a variety of contemporary sources, including artists, poets, writers, composers, philosophers, and entertainers

Provides a humorous portrait of the childhood, family, school life, and early career of the artist

A new collection of cartoons featuring more of Baxter's Amazing People, more Great Failures of History, and more Great Culinary Disasters of Our Time

Surreal and absurd pictures of cowboys, soldiers, criminals, inventors, and students are accompanied by humorously incongruous captions