This is exactly what the title says it is. It's a high school yearbook for the small Midwestern town of Shellville. Only all of the faculty, staff, and students are sheep and goats!
From the warped mind of Don Novello (The Lazlo Letters, and SNL's Father Guido Sarducci) comes the weirdest book I have ever come across. Novello is a weirdo genius. Who else looks at a high school yearbook and decides that they'll make it better with sheep!?
I imagine that this book was murder to make. The old adage 'Never work with kids or animals' comes to mind here. How difficult must it have been to have all that livestock posing together in pictures. Plus Novello crafted a full lineup of characters here and to keep the sheep separate and distinct throughout the book takes a maddening amount of organizational skills.
From 1984, this book has a very strange cult following. While no longer in print, used copies can be found on Amazon and other online sites for upwards of $40 and more. That's a mark-up of over 100% of the original cover price. But it's rare and highly sought after.
Worth Consuming!- if only for the sheer level of oddness.
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.
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