Reasons to be Cheerful

The world is mostly good. It can be easy to forget that.After years of drawing Human Cull— a comic about an alien removing the most annoying people on the planet—cartoonist Alex Hallatt decided it was time to look the other way. Reasons to be Cheerful is the result: over 100 illustrated moments, observations and small joys that make life genuinely worth smiling about.Libraries. Alfresco lunches. Dogs with their heads out of car windows. The smell of something good in the oven. Getting real mail. A stranger who stops to help. The first broad beans of the season. Eating fish and chips on the beach. These are all reasons to be cheerful, and there are many more.Drawn from Alex's life across England, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, these sketches celebrate the everyday pleasures that the news cycle never bothers to mention; the ones that are there if you remember to look for them.Whether you need cheering up, want to pass some cheer along, or just love a book that makes you nod and smile on every page, this is for you.A perfect gift for anyone who needs reminding that the world isn't all bad. Read more