A dose of irreverent humour

Author David Bobis has just released his latest book — a collection of humorous illustrations that is irreverent, in-your-face and (sometimes) unashamedly crude. While he knows his brand of humour is not for everyone, this articulate and witty author feels that in these tough times, being able to elicit some chuckles is totally a win.

SINGAPORE (June 5): The idea for the recently released graphic novel Everyday A**holes came to award-winning author David Bobis — who writes under the pen name Dean Blake — while he was doing “something really wacky, like meditating.” The Filipino-born writer, who is based in the Australian city of Brisbane, says he had been contemplating all the crazy things he had done in his life. After meditating he would look at his Instagram account and think: “Why not do something different?”