Laughing Matter: A Celebration of American Humor

A one-shot anthology from 1989, Laughing Matter: A Celebration of American Humor gathers a wide array of cartoonists and writers for a single-issue survey of the nation's comic spirit, published by Random House. Featuring contributions from talents like R. Crumb, Bill Griffith, and Lynda Barry, this oversized collection serves as a time capsule of late-80s alternative and underground humor, bridging the gap between the counterculture and the mainstream.