Sad Keanu Meme Inspires Reeves To Write a Book

Because no Internet meme is validated unless it comes out in printed form, Keanu Reeves has used the uber popular “Sad Keanu” meme as inspiration for a book.
“Sad Keanu” hit last summer courtesy of a glorious paparazzi photo and the folks over at Reddit. Strangely enough, it took Reeves until October to find out about his own memetastic existence.
Still, he’s apparently taking it all in good stride — in spite of the fact that he’s had a rather hard life, jam-packed with things to be sad about (aside from Bill & Ted 3).
The New York Daily News reports that Reeves is out with a very limited edition book called Ode to Happiness — 4,000 copies are being sold in the UK. The book, which really started off as a joke, basically features a lot of ink blots with sad sayings under them. Sample: “I draw a hot sorrow bath.”
“[I was listening to a radio station that] was playing, like, an orgy of depressing, self-pitying, nostalgic music,” Reeves told the Daily News. “You know, ‘I’m so lonely and I’ve been left and my heart is broken.’ It was so voluptuously horrible. And I just started to write on this piece of paper, because I had this image of, you know, that moment when you take that bath, you light that candle, and you’re really just kind of depressed. And it was making [my friend] laugh so hard.”
Reeves also apparently hopes to pen another book called Haikus of Hope. “Basically like, ‘I want to kill myself’, and go from there,” he told the publication.

Steve Jobs' comic book bio coming to stores in August

Original: Steve Jobs' comic book bio coming to stores in August

Steve Jobs' official biography comes out next March, but those who don't want to wait that long to read about iSteve can grab a comic book biography from Bluewater Productions.


The 32-page comic book Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple highlights the important moments in the life and career of Steve Jobs. For better or worse. The book will examine Jobs both as a 'visionary and a genius' and an 'egomaniac and a corporate pirate.'


It's available for pre-order now from Amazon for US$3.99 and can be picked up your local comic book store when it launches this coming August. It'll also be available online from Barnes & Noble and Borders.


Bluewater may be name familiar to some as it is well-known for its comic book biographies. In the past, the publishing company has covered Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie, Sarah Palin and, most recently, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

Steve Jobs' comic book bio coming to stores in August originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.