Students attending tiny St. Mary's Academy in Lorain, Ohio learned and lived many traditions. One such tradition was a secret, underground song that referred to the gruff, cigar-chomping, athletic-loving Pastor at St. Mary's, Monsignor James J. Duffy. T

''...and if Duffy should appear...''

Biographies & Memoirs

Francis, Stephen

Community & Culture

Xlibris

And If Duffy Should Appear

Xlibris, Corp.

Based on South Africa’s beloved comic strip, this special volume features Madam & Eve's favorite grandmother, Mother Anderson, as she shares her thoughts on surviving life’s twists and turns with a little help from her old friend, gin and tonic. Cantankerous yet warm and witty, Mother Anderson is depicted watching television and fighting with both Eve, her daughter’s maid, and the mielie ladywho frequently wakes the combative granny from her naps while selling ears of corn on the street. Entertaining and politically aware, this book provides a cynical and lighthearted perspective on life in South Africa.

Mother Anderson's Secret Book of Wit & Wisdom (MADAM AND EVE)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Jacana Media

From Julius Malema’s tantrums to President Zuma’s plane trips and from Bakkies Botha’s booting to Helen Zille’s toyi-toyiing, this record features a big and busy year in news from the Rainbow Nation. Offering a candid South African perspective of current events, this annual utilizes the usual cast of characters to illustrate the country’s current political state.

The Pothole at the End of the Rainbow

Two decades after its conception, this humoristic cartoon series is still South Africa’s best reminder to laugh at itself as a society. Hilarious and iconic, the family of Madam, Eve, Thandi, and Mother Anderson are dysfunctional, chaotic, and an unfailingly satirical reflection of everyday life. Highlighting classic cartoons from the past 20 years, this annual collection is the ultimate collector's item.

Madam & Eve: Twenty: Celebrating 20 Years of South Africa's Favourite Cartoon Strip (MADAM AND EVE)

They’re back, and better than ever: Madam, Eve, Thandi, and Mother Anderson return with their chaotic and totally recognizable South African household in the latest hilarious reflection of everyday life in South Africa. Featuring the humor South Africans have come to know and love, this collection promises to be a laugh a minute, and is sure to be a family favorite.

Keep Calm and Take Another Tea Break: A Hilarious New Madam & Eve Collection (MADAM AND EVE)

Rico

Madam, Eve, Thandi, and Mother Anderson return with their chaotic and totally recognizable South African household in the latest hilarious reflection of everyday life in South Africa. Featuring the humor South Africans have come to know and love, Send in the Clowns explores the social and political issues of South Africa with laughter.

Send in the Clowns (MADAM AND EVE)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Twenty-three issues later and still fresh as ever! Shed Happens is filled with gags and outrageous punchlines that will have you chuckling way, way after you’ve put this book down. Madam, Eve, Thandi and Mother Anderson, with some of their assorted relatives and friends, take us into the rabbit hole of domestic and political life in South Africa.

Shed Happens (MADAM AND EVE)

Rico, Rico

Madam and Eve: Take us to your leader

Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd

Madam & Eve is back, and as funny as ever. After 25 years, Madam & Eve is still going strong, with more hilarious cartoons looking back at another year of the rollercoaster that is daily life and politics in our crazy ‘hadeda land’ that we call South Africa. Madam & Eve cartoons appear regularly in the Mail & Guardian, The Star, The Saturday Star, Herald, Mercury, Witness, Daily Dispatch, Cape Times, Pretoria News, Diamond Fields Advertiser, Die Volksblad, EC Today, Kokstad Advertiser and The Namibian.

Hadeda La Land: A New Madam and Eve Collection

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