How to Be a Villain: Evil Laughs, Secret Lairs, Master Plans and More!!!

by Neil Zawacki, James Dignan (Illustrator)

Overview

Jumpstart your evil enterprise with this deviously clever step-by-step guide to joining the forces of darkness.

Villains may never win, but they sure have more fun. Who doesn’t want to hatch a master plan for world domination or set up an evil hideout? In How to Be a Villain, Neil Zawacki answers all the most urgent questions: Should I go with a black or red theme? Do I invest in an army of winged monkeys or ninja warriors? And should I learn to play the pipe organ or just get a weird cat?

Whether readers choose to pursue a career as a Criminal Mastermind, Mad Scientist, Corporate Bastard, or just a Wanna-be Evil Genius, they are sure to find plenty of tips for getting started. Cheaper than attending the annual Bad Guy Conference and way more fun than being good, How to Be a Villain is guaranteed to elicit deep-throated evil laughs across the land.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452110394
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	10/12/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	21 MB
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About the Author

Neil Zawacki is a California-based freelance writer who has long been interested in the plight of evil-doers. Generally considered to be quite villainous himself, he enjoys theater, literature, and world domination.James Dignan 's drawings have appeared in the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal and magazines such as Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire. He divides his evil-doing time between Australia and Europe.

Table of Contents

I	Getting Started with the Forces of Darkness	7
II	Discovering the Methods of Your Mayhem	27
III	Thwarting the Forces of Good	60
IV	Tools of the Evil Trade	87
V	Making an Evil Plan	139

Editorial Reviews

Villains always lose, but let's face it; they have more fun. Hatching dastardly plots, almost achieving global domination, these unrepentant fiends do what they will until the Goody Two-Shoes of the world catch up with them in the final chapter. Neil Zawacki, a California-based freelance writer and secret evildoer, has concocted a sly step-by-step guide to joining the forces of darkness.