Maxine Yelling It Like It Is

by Wagner, John

• ISBN13: 9781580173919
• ISBN10: 1580173918
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Storey Books

Summary

Maxine is a bona fide phenomenon. Her likeness graces mugs, calendars, T-shirts, collectibles, and even a 2.5-foot doll. She's been hailed by the press as the "Mother Lode of laughs" (- People magazine) and "The queen of outrageous" (- McCall's). Maxine is fresh, funny, odd, and ever-so-deliciously twisted. Maxine's creator, artist John Wagner, based part of his character's tell-it-like-it-is persona on his grandmother, mother, and maiden aunts. "She's been a voice for a silent group of women that are glad that this cranky old woman is finally saying what she wants." The voice of Maxine comes out as: "My soul's had enough chicken soup. It wants some chocolate." "My idea of feng shui is to have them arrange the pepperoni in a circle on my pizza." "I may be old, but people who look like me always win the lottery." MAXINE: YELLING IT LIKE IT IS includes all-new, never-before-published material, all in full-color.

Author Biography

Maxine is 5'3" and shrinking, weighs 104 pounds (127 with loaded purse), and has blue hair and a snarly voice. She is the author of several books, including the best-selling Don't Worry Be Crabby, and more than 200 million greeting cards

Table of Contents

To Know Me Is to Well, Know Me	10	(4)
Maxine: Born to Be Riled	14	(6)
Another Day, Another Holler	20	(12)
Home Is Where the Heartburn Is	32	(12)
Fashionably Crabby	44	(12)
Shape Up or Chip Out	56	(12)
Take the Average Man (Far, Far Away)	68	(6)
Working Noon Till Five	74	(12)
Cut the Crap 101	86	(12)
Older but Wiseacre	98	(12)
The Family Scrappybook	110	(10)
Eat My Slipper Dust	120