Polly Wants A Lawyer

<p>If you enjoy humor a <strong>bit dark a tad outrageous with a whiff of the sinister and macabre</strong> then this collection of cartoons <strong><em>Polly Wants A Lawyer</em></strong> is for you. Long time <em>New Yorker </em>cartoonist <strong>Nick Downes</strong> has a talent for finding hilarity down the mean streets of law & disorder. Crazed criminals corrupt cops tainted juries chaotic courtrooms schemers hustlers and cranks Downes handles all with a deft comic touch. With <strong><em>Polly Wants A Lawyer</em></strong> Nick Downes presents a rogues gallery of bitingly funny takes on our sordid world of crime & punishment.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em><u>Advanced Praise</u></em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>In the venerable tradition of Charles Addams and Gahan Wilson Nick Downes-with this collection of fabulously bizarre twisted and sometimes macabre gags-proves himself to be a cartoonist with a deliciously freaky sense of fun.</p><p>-<strong>Emma Allen Cartoon Editor of <em>The New Yorker</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>I didn't know I could laugh out loud while gasping in shock but this book made me do it over and over...Deceptively sweet-looking cartoons that pack a real gut punch. </p><p><strong><em>-</em>Mike Reiss Award winning comedy writer and executive producer of<em> 'The Simpsons'</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Nick Downes has never been to jail. He's a good boy.</p><p>-<strong>Sam Gross Cartoonist for <em>The New Yorker National Lampoon Playboy and many others</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Nick Downes is one of our greatest living cartoonists. That's right he's still living.</p><p>-<strong>Bob Eckstein <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author cartoonist</strong></p><p><br></p>