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“When John McPherson looks at the world around him, he sees it differently than the rest of us. He notices the oddities in people (a polite way of saying you don’t want his characters next to you on the bus).” —San Jose Mercury NewsIf Clos… more

In today’s world we are confronted with children who are rude, overly dependent, spoiled, and in pretty poor shape physically. It hasn’t always been that way, but what has changed? Certainly the world has progressed technologically-video ga… more

Is your face suffering from a lack of exercise? Readers rely on John McPherson’s Close to Home cartoon to contort their facial muscles into an unstoppable grin each day. Not even Botox can stop you from smiling at this latest collection of … more

Inside Women Are from Venus, Men Are Idiots, Close to Home cartoonist John McPherson illustrates what happens when planets—and planetary beings—just don’t seem to align. From memorable Thanksgiving TV-carving dinners to disjointed marriag… more

If laughter is the best medicine, The Get Well Book by John McPherson is just what the doctor ordered. Filled with inside laughs about the cures, the pills, and the little indignities that doctors deliver, it will help heal the sick and mak… more

Some call it weird. Others, Some call it weird. Others, eclectic, creative, hilarious, laugh-out-loud funny, and good old-fashioned snort-milk-out-your-nose humor. Whatever adjective you apply to Close to Home, it has become one of the most… more

More than 200 cartoons from syndicated cartoonist John McPherson show our appreciation for, and sometimes our impatience with, one of the most important bedrocks of our nation’s future: our teachers. From elementary school to college, and f… more

Bloody Rain is a short story set on a sailing ship in the 1880s.The Queen Charlotte was anchored fore and aft off the Calcutta wharves in the Hoogly River, waiting for cargo. She was a fine, three masted iron bark; trim, low and fast on a … more

No one walks away from a Close to Home cartoon unscathed. John McPherson’s lumpy characters and bizarre situations are tailor-made for gut-splitting laughs. And then there are the cartoons that leave readers shaking their heads, sputtering,… more

Max Lucado says, “Need a shot of sunlight on a cloudy day? This book’s for you!” From the early daze of parenthood through the mischief of toddlerhood and on into those white knuckles of the teenage years, these stories of laughter and hope… more

Where there is stress, or receding hairlines and liver spots, there is humor. —John McPhersonMore than one third of the world’s population is officially over the hill, while the rest of us are quickly approaching its summit.Be it the ritua… more

Ferociously Close to Home delivers McPherson’s trademark take on the absurdities of everyday life. To say that his solutions to these perplexing situations is ‘out there’ is an understatement. Consider Gina, who decides a branding iron will… more

(Hint: It’s the perfect gift for puzzlesmiths and comic lovers alike.) Answer: Sudoku Comic Digests from America’s favorite cartoonists and The Puzzle Society.This cranium-stretching compendium combines the nation’s most popular puzzling pa… more

Where there is stress, there is humor.” —John McPherson* Close to Home, syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, lampoons the best of popular culture one controversy at a time.Everything I Need to Know I Learned on Jerry Springer: A Close … more