gua•no
(gwä‚no) n.1. a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement
of sea birds, found esp. on islands near the Peruvian coast. 2.
any similar substance, as an artificial fertilizer made from fish.
in•ter•stel•lar (in ter stel ar) adj.Astron.
situated or occurring between the stars: interstellar dust.
Interstellar
Guano - The cartoon version of what goes on in Bill Ellison's
mind. His off - beat humor sometimes goes over the edge with these
single panel gag cartoons. Ellison's cartoons have been seen on
select bathroom stall walls and above urinals throughout this great
land of ours. He has also been published in Laughing Matters, Inside
the Second City, The Performing Arts Monthly, The National "Hey
Slagle" newsletter, Nichibi Journal, Paper Dance News, Barfly, Chicago
bar journal The Tap, and as greeting cards on the former paperStudio.com
website. His comic books have adorned the bookshelves from coast
to coast under the A.W.E. label. Well, Ellison has been at it again
and this is his latest book. His first cartoon book featuring his
work was published in 1996 and he named it "We're Surrounded by
Idiots. Then in 2009 he came out with a novel about his adventures
at Michigan State University back in the 1970's entitled "The Chefs...Campus
Pie Assassins. A Pie in Every Eye." Then in 2014 he came up with
"The Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs Of Earth." Now, here at the end of
2014 he would like to present to you the latest collection of his
cartoons in this edition of "Interstellar Guano, the cartoons of
Bill Ellison." Alas, he was once a normal boy.
The Outlaw
Motorcycle Clubs of Earth. Paperback
– June 1, 2014 by A. W. Ellison
A. W. Ellison,
AKA Billius, Wild Bill and Billy Seven, is a motorcyclist and a
motorcycle rider coach for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation of America.
He began riding in 1988 and has been fascinated with the “other
side” of motorcycling – the outlaw motorcycle gangs. From The Wild
Ones to The Wild Angles to Easy Rider, to name but a few, Ellison
has viewed the films on the subject and never tires of the genre.
He’s read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Jupiter’s
Travels, books on the motorcycling experience. He also has recorded
episodes of Then Came Bronson, a T.V. series that ran from 1969
to 1970, starring Michael Parks as Jim Bronson, a disillusioned
young man traveling the country on his motorcycle. Ellison has put
this book together on the “One Percenters”, the outlaw motorcycle
clubs that have captured the admiration and fears of people that
comprise Earth’s general population.
The Chefs...Campus
Pie Assassins: A Pie In Every Eye
Paperback by A. W. Ellison
This is the
story of The Chefs...Campus Pie Assassins, as they pied professors
during lectures in humungous lecture halls at Michigan State University
from 1979 to 1981. The story covers how The Chefs came into being
and came to be nationally known student pranksters during an era
of free love, not having to register for the draft, and boozing-it-up
legally at 18. Read about Thiamin, Niacin, Riboflavin, Carbohydrate,
Calcium and Potassium Sorbate as they disciplined the faculty and
mocked the status quo. So sit back, relax, enjoy your favorite beverage,
smoke it if you got it, and read a tale for which the world was
not yet prepared. Viva les Chefs!
"We're
Surrounded by Idiots!":
Paperback by Bill Ellison
You're surrounded
by Idiots. I'm surrounded by Idiots. "We're Surrounded by Idiots!"
is a 124 page collection of the crazy cartoons of Bill Ellison.,
AKA A. William Ellison. You'll find single panel gags such as NANOOK
WILL BE LATE FOR WORK, DRIVING 200 HEAD, and the forgettable RAPE,
PILLAGE AND PONDER. You'll find three months worth of the daily
comic strip BILLIUS, the adventure series TEX GALACTICA...COWBOY
IN OUTER SPACE, the 1 DER BAR series of weekly strips and the Maverick
Brothers musical satire of THE BOYHOOD NIXON. This limited collector's
edition can't be found anywhere else, so you can order it directly
here! This is a limited 1st edition so don't delay, order today,
and this collector's edition will be yours for only $5!
"Gags, strips
and stories by Bill, some of which are genuinely FARSIDE funny"
-Timothy R. Corrigan, Small Press Creative Explosion.