Al Jaffee's Mad Book of Magic and Other Dirty Tricks #2 (86-310)

Al Jaffee turns the classic magic-show setup gloriously on its head with this Warner Books paperback — the cover shows a grinning rabbit pulling a bewildered little man *out* of a top hat, neatly reversing who's in charge of the trick. Jaffee's rubbery, expressive linework gives both the smug bunny and the curly-haired fellow being yanked skyward a wonderfully mischievous energy that promises the contents are anything but straightforward. If you enjoy humor that delights in the absurd and the slightly subversive, this 1976 collection of magic and "dirty tricks" looks like exactly the right kind of trouble.