'Superbad' book celebrates comedy of the male member

Phallographics (fal`o graf`iks) is defined by a recent Newmarket Press book release as “the pictorial representation of a phallus, or a depiction relating to or resembling a phallus.”

Or, more simply, it’s the hilarious montage of penis drawings displayed in the comedy “Superbad.” The same unique artwork from the movie, plus a ton of extras, has found a home in the new book “Superbad: The Drawings.”

Illustrated by David Goldberg, brother of the movie’s co-creator Evan Goldberg, the book contains 82 of the raunchiest, funniest and most obscure penis drawings any sick mind could imagine. Most of the subjects are shown with their bodies reimagined as phalluses, while others display entire casts of penis characters.

Some favorites include the self-explanatory “Penisaurus,” “Lumber Jack-Off,” “Penon the Decapitator” and the brave “Tiananmen Square Penis.” Others take on a political agenda, like “Che Dick” and phallo-conferences of world leaders.

While some may ask why Goldberg’s virtuosic penis artistry is necessary, others are just too busy laughing. The drawings play a prominent role in the movie when one of the main characters, Seth, admits to his childhood obsession with sketching penises:

“For some reason, I don’t know why, I used to sit around all day and draw pictures of dicks. It’s not even that weird, really. Something like eight percent of kids do it.”

Almost nobody is safe from the true-to-life penile pictorials, and the book even boasts a complete index and a foreword from the creators attempting to explain their thought process and artistic inspirations.

No movie fan or gutter-minded college student should be without this masterpiece of a book, which would be right at home on any beer-stained coffee table. Just make sure and hide it before Grandma comes over.

“Superbad: The Drawings,” published by Newmarket Press, is $15.00 and worth every penny.