Tedward (Hardcover)

Meet Tedward—a blockhead with a heart of gold and a talent for making bad situations worse!

Tedward is, in many ways, the quintessential “lovable loser”—an almost literal blockhead and mangenue in the grand tradition of Pee-wee Herman, Candide, and Flakey Foont. This character affords creator Josh Pettinger the perfect vehicle to indulge his brilliantly absurdist storytelling instincts. Tedward’s susceptibility to temptation, exploitation, and misplaced trust continually lands him in ridiculous situations, be they scatological, orgiastic, violent, or mundane.

Tedward is the latest collection from British-born Philadelphia cartoonist Josh Pettinger. Featuring sex trousers, coital hygienists, warm televisions, hot rocks, and clown meat—as well as romance, crime, and cosmic wonders! A spiritual cousin to the humor of Simon Hanselmann and Daniel Clowes, Pettinger’s singularity of tone and style marks him as a master cartoonist entering his prime.

Discover the beautifully strange and hilariously transgressive world of Tedward, where a heart of gold never wavers, no matter how weird things get.