Happy Hour - Edward Steed

Happy Hour - Edward Steed

Edward Steed

£17.99
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Published 20 October 2026

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  • Pages · 160 pages, Black-and-white illustrations throughout, with partial colour
  • Publication Date · 20/10/2026
  • Genre · Graphic novels
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Book Lovers' Happy Hour Three cocktails matched to your taste, three books chosen for you, an hour and a half at the bar. £60 per person. Book a place →
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.

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  • 1½ hours
  • £60 per person
  • 3 cocktails, 3 books
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