Illinois Authors

Quiet Giraffe and chatty Elephant have a friendship that sees them through misunderstanding, disappointment, and an interesting surprise.

What do Giraffes and Elephants do all day? In the early 2000s, Cartoonist Paul Gude and his popular web comic, “Giraffes and Elephants Are Friends” attempted to answer this question. In a world of paper books going digital, 2009 saw these fleeting electronic images trapped on paper for the first time. Long out of print, this full-color collection is available once more. PLEASE NOTE: This collection does not share continuity with Paul Gude’s “When Elephant Met Giraffe” or with the out-of-print “A Surprise for Giraffe and Elephant” either. These Giraffes and Elephants live in single panels, oblivious to the picture-book adventures of their successful descendants. As annotated versions of "Giraffes and Elephants Are Friends" are widely regarded to be superior, this version includes extra-wide margins for your own observations.

[publisher not identified], [Place of publication not identified] : ©2009.

Conceived as a "mash-up" of a bad romance novel and a boilerplate zombie epic, Love in a Time of Zombies is pretty much exactly that. WARING: Graphic language, frank descriptions of questionable activities, and poor similes pervade the text.

When young Marah is deposited in Long City by a train powered by ghosts, she becomes embroiled in a supernatural power struggle between warring factions of the magical community. As the mystery surrounding her own background deepens, she begins to realize her own role in the conflict may be larger than she could have imagined.

his is a book about ninjas, written and illustrated by Paul Gude, and NOT a sock puppet.

CreateSpace [United States] : 2007

These are stupid comics by Paul Gude, which he created when he didn't have time to make a Super Rocket Monkey or Giraffes and Elephants Are Friends comic.

The lovable space monkey gets a full-on comic treatment as he fights a nude martian menace in his own mini-book! 26 pages of justice! (BONUS: This version includes at least three spelling or typographical errors! Can you find them all?) NOTE: This Super Rocket Monkey mini-book is not for children.

This is a coloring book about a fuzzy robot who doesn't fit in with the metal robots, but still saves them from bears. It also likes flowers and kazoos.

Buy this book and carry it with you at all times. These word sequences are aligned with your temporal state and will reveal the next step in your mission at the exact moment you are ready to proceed. Know your fellow travelers by the book, but do not assume their cooperation. Their missions may differ from your own. When you meet Paul Gude, present him with your copy of the book. Two pages await his personal attention.

Disney * Hyperion Books, New York : ©2014.

Loud, boisterous Elephant learns how to be friends with calm, quiet Giraffe.