Happy Hour

A generational talent’s old cartooning soul returns for a second round

Edward Steed continues his winning streak as the most exciting cartoonist in The New Yorker’s pages in the 21st century. Hailed as the last great hope of the single panel gag strip, the sole saving grace of a print media taking its last dying breaths, Steed brings a deftly scrawled lacerating sense of humour that alludes to classic New Yorker cartoonists like Charles Addams, William Steig, and Sol Stenberg as well as modern cringe alt-comedy. 

With Happy Hour out hot on the heels of his best-selling and critically-lauded debut collection, Forces of Nature, Steed proves he’s no flash in the pan but an enduring comedic talent. Every page in this collection is a hilarious master class on how to tickle a funnybone. | “Steed’s drawing line is loose and expressive, simple and inherently hilarious… With his few scrunchy lines he evokes an emotional satisfaction that few gag artists achieve so consistently.”--Print Magazine

“Hilarious, concise comic puzzles whose philosophical implications you may find yourself pondering long after the first LOL.”-LA Review of Books | Edward Steed has been contributing cartoons and covers to the New Yorker since 2013. He won a Grammy for Best Recording Package for his Father John Misty album cover. Steed is also the author of Forces of Nature.