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{{Short description|Biography of graphic artist Barney Bubbles}}
{{About|the Barney Bubbles biography|other books|Reasons to Be Cheerful (disambiguation){{!}}Reasons to Be Cheerful}}
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{{Infobox book
| pub_date          = November 2008
| name              = Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles
| language          = English
| country           = [[United Kingdom]]
| genre             = Biography
| publisher         = Adelita
| subject           = [[Barney Bubbles]]
| author            = [[Paul Gorman]]
}}
'''''Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles''''' is a book about British graphic artist [[Barney Bubbles]] (1942 – 1983).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rawsthorn |first=Alice |date=2009-01-07 |title=Judging an Elusive Artist by His Distinctive Covers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/arts/design/07album.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Written by [[Paul Gorman]], the book incorporates an essay by [[Peter Saville (artist)|Peter Saville]], a foreword by [[Malcolm Garrett]] and an introduction by [[Billy Bragg]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walters |first=John L. |date=2008 |title=What a genius |url=https://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/what-a-genius |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=[[Eye Magazine]] |language=en}}</ref>
It has been published in two editions by independent British imprint [[Adelita (imprint)|Adelita]]; the first came out in November 2008,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Dylan |date=November 29, 2008 |title=Talk of the town |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/309574976 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |work=[[The Independent]] |pages=3 |id={{ProQuest|309574976}} |via=[[Proquest]]}}</ref> the second in December 2010.{{Cn|date=June 2024}}
== References ==
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[[Category:Books about the visual arts]]
[[Category:2008 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:British biographies]]
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