Seven months ago Heaven Help Us by Man Martin abruptly ended with no explanation. Man’s fans, which we at The Daily Cartoonist count as big ones, were rightfully concerned.
Now Man Martin pops up in our e-mailbox with a notice of a new book and a short term offer.
This is a Book of Sentence Diagrams by Man Martin cover
The beauty, weirdness, and unexpected profundity of sentences, featuring everyone from Groucho Marx to Frida Kahlo available now for preorder at a special discount from Barnes and Noble.
This Is a Book of Sentence Diagrams: A Journey Through the Sharpest, Strangest, and Most Stirring Lines Ever Constructed
From the Barnes & Noble page’s “overview:”
Unleash your inner grammar geek! A perfect gift for word nerds and language lovers, This Is a Book of Sentence Diagrams uses the simplicity of the classic sentence diagram to unpack iconic quotes from books, films, speeches, and beyond, revealing the surprising relationships between words.
Sentence diagramming might sound like something from a fussy grammar assignment, but you’ll find no red pens here. Instead, this book is a visual celebration of the relationships between words. This witty collection features dozens of unforgettable one-liners, from blockbuster films and famous speeches to Shakespearean zingers, classic novels, and philosophical musings.
Each diagram turns a familiar sentence into a little work of visual art by mapping out the nouns, verbs, and clauses to reveal unexpected symmetry and glorious grammatical chaos. Some quotes, like Melville’s “Call me Ishmael,” land like a javelin. Others spiral upward like a tower of tinker toys held together with linguistic duct tape. If you love the inner workings of language, you’ll find joy (and a few laughs) in seeing well-known lines stripped down and displayed across the page in all their syntactic glory.
Available for Pre-Order. This item will be released on May 12, 2026
Otherwise I immediately replied with an email asking if there was anything Man Martin could share with The Daily Cartoonist and our readers as his sudden disappearance.
I am hoping for a response that I can share with all.
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