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Everybody Dies: A Children's Book for Grown-ups Hardcover – May 27, 2014

by Ken Tanaka (Author), David Ury (Author)

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Everybody Dies is YouTube sensation Ken Tanaka’s children’s book for grown-ups—a macabre and darkly humorous look at mortality in the vein of the classic Japanese children’s book Everybody Poops, All My Friends Are Dead, and the mega-bestseller Go the F**k to Sleep.

In Everybody Dies, Internet icon Ken Tanaka explores the myriad ways in which we all can meet our fate. Echoing the grim fun of Edward Gorey’s beloved Gashlycrumb Tinies, he tells his simply illustrated story in 48 pages of saturated, full-color pictures featuring chunky letters and warm colors, and frank, pointedly sardonic commentary. From a surfing tragedy to being devoured by wild animals, the pestilence of war, and demise by convenience machine, he helps us face the stark reality of “the end” with dark humor and irreverent wit.

Unveiling the truth about living and dying, Tanaka offers cute drawings and little games that take some of the sting and scariness out of mortality, and help us accept the reality that death is a part of life.

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Nobody likes to think about death, but the world would be awfully crowded without it.

From YouTube sensation Ken Tanaka and actor David Ury, who was crushed by an ATM on AMC's Breaking Bad, comes Everybody Dies, a colorful story and delightful assemblage of games that makes it easy-even fun- to come to grips with mortality.

About the Author

Born in Los Angeles as Ken Smith, Ken Tanaka was adopted by a Japanese family and raised in rural Shimane Prefecture. At the age of thirty-three, Ken returned to Los Angeles to search for his birth parents with only their names, Jonathan and Linda Smith. He documented his search on YouTube and quickly become an online sensation. His award-winning videos include the viral hit "What Kind of Asian Are You?", the White Samurai series, and "What Is Art?" In late 2007 Ken was reunited with his long-lost twin brother and "Everybody Dies" coauthor, David Ury, via YouTube (search Ken Tanaka meets David Ury on YouTube). The two of them have been collaborating every since. When en is not buys with his search for the Smiths, he spends his time painting funny people and animals. In 2009 the famed Los Angeles gallery Billy Shire Fine Arts held his now-historic inaugural art show, "Maximum Pleasant," a humorous blend of Japanese and American pop culture.

Author, actor, and stand-up comic David Ury has a long history with death. While he is best known for getting crushed by an ATM as the character Spooge in AMC's "Breaking Bad", he has been shot, bitten, impaled, and stabbed to death countless times in American films and television programs. David's first acting role was in a high school production of "Riders to the Sea". He played the role of Bartley, and Irish fisherman who spent most of the play lying dead onstage, which made his mother cry. He has written nearly one hundred English language adaptations of foreign comics including "Me and the Devil Blues", which won a Glyph Award in 2009.

Print length

48 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Harper
Publication date

May 27, 2014
Dimensions

6.5 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
ISBN-10

0062329642
ISBN-13

978-0062329646
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper (May 27, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062329642
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062329646
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,394,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #15,138 in Fiction Satire

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Bryan White

While I did enjoy the contents of the book and the humor with ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2014

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Definitely not a book for kids. Macabre, but what do you expect with this title? In the life insurance business, I use this book as a humorous way to bring up the subject of the day, and people have taken it very well. While I did enjoy the contents of the book and the humor with which it is presented, I mostly use this book for the cover, and turn to a couple select pages.

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2019

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This book is pretty funny, and a good reminder that everybody is not immortal. Being able to chuckle about death is important.

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019

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I chuckled while reading a few pages but didn't feel it was worth the asking price I'm afraid. Might be a bit fun as a coffee table book for guests. It was a well made book, printed on heavy paper with no feeling of cheapness about it.

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2014

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I love this book! I am putting a copy by my obituary that I've pre-written so my family doesn't have to. Everyone needs a copy of this book to read after a death. It can open up a valuable discussion!

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peter hudson

I love it.

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2015

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I love it and only give it four out of five stars in stead of five because I want more (i'm just a greedy OAP -old aged pensioner).

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2018

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Clever use of format, lots of wit at play. Very enjoyable!

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2015

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I love this book, it is very funny and quirky and is a great addition to my bookshelf! The book arrived on time and in perfect condition.

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2018

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This book is a great gag gift. Also carries a sobering message.

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alwazza

fun, quirky

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2014

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fun , quirky, deathly good - make sure you put this in a place where others can see it. SEE it and READ it.
makes a great coffee table conversation.

さまんさ

great book！

Reviewed in Japan on May 27, 2014

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As true today as the day it was written, it makes a real treat out of the oft avoided subject of the inevitability of death for everyone!
The pictures are great, the writing is pure and clear, and the fun activities are a blast for the whole living family to do together.
Thanks to Ken Tanaka and David Ury, I feel I have grown by reading this book, and I am immediately more comfortable with my own eventual death, as well as my friends' and family's.
A real gem, recommended for everyone. Enjoy!

That guy

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 10, 2014

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I like it.

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