The Someday Funnies is an exceptionally large and varied book of comics

Comics

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 which was published by Abrams

ABRAMS Books

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 on November 1, 2011. During the early 1970s, the humorist Michel Choquette

Michel Choquette

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 gradually put together a unique collection of comics about the 1960s, by soliciting work internationally from contemporary writers and artists, 169 of whom responded. Forty years later the book has finally been published. The project was originally intended as a special supplement for the magazine Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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, but rapidly grew too large for that purpose.

Of those who contributed pieces, some were already well-known as cartoonists, but many others were leading creative figures of the 20th century in fields other than cartooning. Pieces were created especially for the book by writers, artists, and composers including William Burroughs, Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

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, Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe

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, Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

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, Harvey Kurtzman

Harvey Kurtzman

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, Gahan Wilson

Gahan Wilson

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, Red Grooms

Red Grooms

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, and numerous others.