- Steven Appleby
Steven Appleby is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Britain. He is a dual citizen of the UK and Canada. His humour is usually observational or absurd.
His work first appeared in the "
New Musical Express " in 1984 with theCaptain Star comic strip, it was later made into an animated cartoon series in 1997. Since then his work has appeared in many publications including "The Times " and the "Daily Telegraph " and can currently be seen in "The Guardian ", the "Sunday Telegraph " and the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ". His work also appeared on album covers, most notably on "Trompe le Monde " by thePixies .His series of cartoons "Steven Appleby's Normal Life" was successful enough not only to be translated into German, but also to be made into a radio series for
BBC Radio 4 . An earlier series "Small Birds Singing", which ran for a few years in "The Times" and subsequently moved to the "Telegraph", concerned itself with the usually surreal doings of the occupants of an Englishcountry house .elected bibliography
* Normal Sex 1994 ISBN 0-7475-1898-X
* Men: The Truth 1995 ISBN 0-7475-2251-0
* Happy Families 1996 ISBN 0-7475-2604-4
* The Secret Thoughts of Babies 1996 ISBN 0-7475-5855-8
* The Secret Thoughts of Cats 1996 ISBN 0-7475-5850-7
* The Secret Thoughts of Dogs 1996 ISBN 0-7475-5870-1
* The Secret Thoughts of Men 1996 ISBN 0-7475-2969-8
* The Secret Thoughts of Women 1996 ISBN 0-7475-2968-X
* Antmen Carry away my Thoughts as soon as I think them 1996 ISBN 0-7475-3740-2
* The Secret Thoughts 1997 ISBN 0-7475-3491-8
* Alien Invasion:Steven Appleby's Guide to Having Children 1999 ISBN 0-7475-4455-7
* Encyclopedia of Personal Problems 2000 ISBN 0-7475-5067-0
* The Truth About Love 2000 ISBN 0-7475-4833-1
* Steven Appleby's Normal Life 2001 ISBN 0-7475-5614-8
* Mr Concerned's Book of Home Therapy 2002 ISBN 0-7475-6073-0
* A Book of Machine Whispers 2006 ISBN 1-905847-01-7
* The Nine Lives of a Dysfunctional Cat 2003 ISBN 0-7475-6935-5
* ABC of Childhood 2005 ISBN 0-7475-7604-1
* The Little Book of Farts 2006 ISBN 0-7475-8245-9
* TheCaptain Star Omnibus 2008 ISBN 9780973950564External links
* [http://www.stevenappleby.com/ Steven Appleby's website]
* [http://www.captainstar.net/ Captain Star comic strip collection]
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