Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome local illustrator and cartoonist Raymond Larrett to the shop to discuss and sign copies of his new book, The 37 Cartoons You Should Read Before You Die, on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7pm.

The 37 Cartoons You Should Read Before You Die is a collection of full-color cartoons written, drawn and hand-selected by the Author, from his vast collection of marginally less funny ones. All of the 37 or so cartoons within were originally published in Bad Habits, Mr. Dog's interminable comic strip in the East Bay Express. Using a unique process Mr. Dog calls "Comication", he explains hard-to-grasp concepts like Life, Death, Religion, Interplanetary Travel, and Bad Snack Foods so clearly, a child could understand. (NOTE: This book is not recommended for children!) Once you read it, you will never look at cartoons, or life, or angry alcoholic bunnies the same way again.

Norman Dog has been published in Raw Magazine, Spin Magazine, The American Window Washer Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, Weirdo, Anarchy Comics, The Nation, The East Bay Express and elsewhere. He is the proud recipient of the prestigious Komsomolskaya Pravda Cartoon Medal. Norman Dog has created more great cartoons than you've had hot meals. Norman Dog is America's Most Beloved Cartoonist™, and really enjoys referring to himself in the third person.