Kicking the Habit: Cartoons about the Catholic Church

The cartoons in this book are rioutous. Totally irreverent and a hit with this lifelong Catholic. Highly recommended for those of any faith and even those without ;)

Rina Piccolo is a rarity: a woman who sometimes writes cartoons in the mode of male stand-up comics, in the tradition of Lenny Bruce--offbeat outrage. The first strip I ever saw by Rina was a drawing of King Kong atop the Empire State Building, with the huge gorilla thinking to himself that his genitals fit perfectly into the window. It was so absurd that I had to laugh. I could also however imagine someone clicking her tongue disdainfully in reaction to the cartoon. Rina Piccolo delights in taking cliched images and providing a bizarrely twisted caption. If you are easily offended, Rina is not for you. But if you believe there's no such thing as a "sacred cow" you may find her sense of lunacy refreshing and unique. This is not a gentle ribbing of The Church, but a skewering. Will recent church scandals make these cartoons more socially acceptable? Perhaps.