List of fictional books from periodicals

Fictional books are often used in periodical publications to increase the satirical tone of a work. This is a list of fictional books appearing in newspaper comics and comic book issues.

Newspaper comics

Works invented by Charles M. Schulz

In the "Peanuts" comic strip:
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* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies and the Female Veterinarian"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies and Their Layover in Anderson, Indiana"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies and Their Pony Cart"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies and Their Water Bed"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies and Their XK-E"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies Go to Long Beach"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies Make Cookies"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies Join an Encounter Group"
* "The Six Bunny-Wunnies Visit Plains, Georgia"

Works invented by Bill Watterson

In the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip:
* "Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie" by Mabel Syrup (since actually written by Mabel S. Barr)
* "Commander Coriander Salamander and 'Er Singlehander Bellylander", also by Mabel Syrup
* "Captain Napalm", an uncredited comic book

Miscellaneous from Newspaper comics

* "Astral Projection Made E-Z" in "Lio"
* "Belligerence Adolescent Phase" in "Cathy"
* "Belligerence Pre-Teen Phase" in "Cathy"
* "Belligerence Toddler Phase" in "Cathy"
* "Every POSSIBLE THOUGHT I HAVE ABOUT DRIVING Whether IT APPLIES TO YOU OR NOT" in "Zits"
* "Experience" by "Barack Obama"
* "Forty Years with the Ancients: An Archaeologist's Journey into the Fabled Past" by Fritz Von Vinkle in "Annie"
* "High Finance and Catnip" by Reed in "Get Fuzzy"
* "Is My Kid a Psycho?" in "Lio"
* "Lassie In Tinseltown" in "Red & Rover"
* "MEN who shrank their PROSTATES and THE WOMEN who love them"
* "Narcissism: a Cure?" by Luke Trent
* "Really Important Math Problems" in "Lio"
* "Sacred Chants" in "Cathy"
* "Stone Season" in "For Better or For Worse"
* "The Tao of Self-Assertion" in "Lio"
* "Who Hid My Butter" in "Sally Forth"

Comic books

DC Comics

* "Aliens Among Us" by Doctor Franklin Selly
* "Altered Egos" by John Law
* "The Castellan Agenda", a novel by Clark Kent (from "Whom Gods Destroy")
* "The Heterodyne Boys Big Book of Fun" by The Heterodyne Boys, featured in Phil Foglio's "Stanley and His Monster".
* "Hex Appeal: The Modern Girl's Guide to Magic" by Zatanna Zatara
* "The Janus Contract", a novel by Clark Kent
* "The Heterodyne Boys Big Book of Fun" by The Heterodyne Boys, featured in Phil Foglio's "Stanley and His Monster".
* "Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography"
* "My Mother's Daughter" by Dinah Laurel Lance
* "Mystic Abominations" by Jaçek
* "Reflections: A Collection of Essays and Speeches" by Princess Diana of Themiscyra
* "Under a Yellow Sun", a novel by Clark Kent
* "Under the Hood" by Hollis Mason (a.k.a. Nite Owl) from "Watchmen" by Alan Moore, autobiography
* "Zatara: Man of Magic"
* "..And my Love, She Gave me Light" by Richard Madoc (From "The Sandman")
* "The Cabaret of Doctor Caligari" by Richard Madoc (From "The Sandman")
* "Eagle Stones" by Richard Madoc (From "The Sandman")
* "Here Comes a Candle" by Erasmus Fry (From "The Sandman")
* "The Spirit who had Half of Everything" by Richard Madoc (From "The Sandman")
* "When Real Things Happen to Imaginary People" (From "The Sandman")
* Seen in "The Library of Dream" in "The Sandman" by Neil Gaiman. These are all, or nearly all, real authors, but the titles given never existed (though in most cases they are closely related to or play on real-world titles by these authors).
** "In Times Like These" by Richard Matheson
** "Beyond Chaos" by Roger Zelazny
** "The Last Witch But One" by Diana Wynne Jones
** "The Fall of Gormenghast" by Mervyn Peake
** "The Ring and the Phoenix" by E. Nesbit
** "Road Trips to the Emerald City" by Frank Baum
** "Arthur in Avalon" by T.H. White
** "Go-Go Pogo" by Walt Kelly
** "Alice's Journey Behind the Moon" by Lewis Carroll
** "The Lost Road" by J. R. R. Tolkien
** "The Man Who Was October" by G. K. Chesterton
** "Poictesme Babylon" by James Branch Cabell
** "The Conscience of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle
** "The Return of Edwin Drood" by Charles Dickens
** "The Hand of Glory" by Erasimus Fry
** "The Dark God's Darlings" by Lord Dunsany
** "Love Can Be Murder" by Raymond Chandler
*** "Puddleby Papers" by Hugh Lofting
** "Psmith and Jeeves" by P. G. Wodehouse
** "The Death of Kai Lung" by Ernest Bramah
** "The Last Voyage of Lemuel Gulliver" by Jonathan Swift
** "The Emperor Over the Sea" by C.S. Lewis
** "The Merrie Comedy of the Redemption of Dr. Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe
** "Ian and Ann's Book of Days"
** "The Bestselling Romantic Spy Thriller I Used To Think About On The Bus That Would Sell A Billion Copies And Mean I'd Never Have to Work Again" by Anyone
** "The" Real "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy", by Various People.
** "Chanticleer's Dance" by Hope Mirrlees
** "Tarzan in Mars" by E.R. Burroughs
** "Xenon" by Alan Moore
** "Rooms" by Neil Gaiman
** "A Banquet for the Wormes" by John Webster
** From the Cryptogeographica (fictional maps and guidebooks section):
*** "Ousland City from Top to Bottom"
*** "Poictesme"
** "Los Angeles Underground Railway Map - 1933"
*** "Visiting Kadath"
*** "Sardathrion"
*** "Saffron Park"
*** "Hobbiton"
*** "The Night Land"
*** "One Night in Baghdad"
*** "The Land"
*** "Flora of Neverland"
*** "Frommer's Guide to Hell"
*** "Narnia"
*** "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
*** "Great Hotels on the Moon"
*** "Camp Cusack Guide"
*** "Ampersand ?"
*** "Mu A to Z"
*** "Cloud Cuckoo-Land"
*** "Noumaria on 7 Livres a Day"
*** "Hy-Brasil By Night"

Marvel Comics

* "Born Normal", a memoir by Jean-Paul Beaubier on his life as Northstar
* "Gidget Goes to Hell" a memoir by Patsy Walker (Hellcat) of her death and resurrection
* "How Peter Parker Ruined My Life", a biography by Debra Whitman
* "Legacy of Evil", by Ben Urich - a book exposing Norman Osborn and his son Harry as having taken up the mantle of the Green Goblin. Discontinued by Osborn when he took over the Daily Bugle.
* "Marvels", book of superhero photographs by Phil Sheldon
* "Power for the Preying", an expose about paranormal kids and the various forces attempting to exploit them, in the New Universe's Psi-Force
* "Shadows, The Dark Side of the Marvels", a book on supervillains by Dr. Dennis Schoolcroft
* "Sidekick", a memoir by Rick Jones
* "The Vampire Conspiracy", by Harold H. Harold - "Tomb of Dracula"
* "Webs", book of Spider-Man photographs by Peter Parker

Miscellaneous from comics

* "Good Boys and Bad Girls" in Johnny Turbo
* "Junior Woodchucks Guidebook" in Disney comics, invented by Carl Barks
* "Lace and Leather II" in Johnny Turbo
* "The Joy of Wax" in Johnny Turbo

ee also

* Lists of books
* List of fictional books
* List of fictional books from non-print media
* List of fictional brands
* List of fictional companies
* List of fictional diaries
* Fictional guidebooks
* List of fictional television shows
* List of fictional media
* "Musaeum Clausum"

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