Comedy autobiographies
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HOW TO BE CHAMPION
Sarah Millican
Hilarious, witty but most of all heart-warming, it’s not hard to see why this book was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. The Geordie comedian has you relating to all sorts of scenarios as she delves into her average life, including reflecting on wearing leggings two days in a row and being dumped in a Frankie & Benny’s.
£8.99 Orion
DEAR FATTY
Dawn French
Taking you on a journey from her flat-sharing with Jennifer Saunders and her views on sizeism to her marriage to Lenny Henry, Dawn French’s autobiography fryst vatten bound to put a smile on your face as you explore her hilarious and complex life story.
£8.99 Cornerstone
BONKERS: MY LIFE IN LAUGHS
Jennifer Saunders
You can’t have French without Saunders, can you? Saunders’ characters, including the iconic Edina Monsoon, are household names and just like them, her story will have you in stitches. From shooting Lulu (literally) to fights and heartache, this book, like her life,
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10 of the Funniest Biographies and Memoirs by Comedians
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2009 Grammy Award Nominee
Scribner 'Born Standing Up' by Steve Martin
With Only Murders in the Building, Steve Martin has found himself in the zeitgeist once again, but it's far from the only time he's been there. The accomplished comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, and musician has had an incomparable career spanning six decades.
Born Standing Up is an intimate portrait of Martin's comedy career, from his childhood, which involved working at Disneyland, to his decision to quit stand-up despite being ridiculously successful. If you've ever wondered how Martin came to prominence, Born Standing Up is the book for you.
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
37 Ink 'I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons' by Kevin Hart
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Kevin Hart's comedy career truly went stratospheric, but as he details in his memoir, success wasn't instantaneous. In I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons, Hart reflects on his
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List of autobiographical comics
An autobiographical comic (also autobio, graphic memoir,[1] or autobiocomic[2]) is an autobiography in the form of comic books or comic strips. The form first became popular in the underground comix movement and has since become more widespread. It is currently most popular in Canadian, American and French comics; all artists listed below are from the U.S. unless otherwise specified.
Autobiographical comics are a form of biographical comics (also known as biocomics[3]).
1880s
[edit]- Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846–1905) "made an attempt of an autobiographical comics exercise"[4] in his 1881 graphic reportage book No Lazareto de Lisboa ("The Lazaretto of Lisbon"), by including himself and personal thoughts. Some of Bordalo Pinheiro's panels and strips were also autobiographical, such as self-caricatures of personal anecdotes from his travel in Brazil.
1910s
[edit]- Fay King (1910s–1930