The Chaser Annual
The Chaser Annual is an annual publication from The Chaser, published from 2000 to 2009. It was a collection of some of the best stories and cartoons etc. from The Chaser newspaper over the preceding year. Although it was thought that the last annual was to be produced was the 2005 edition after the cancellation of the Chaser newspaper, the 2007 edition was released in mid-November 2007. The Annual was revived in 2016 as part of the Chaser's Quarterly Journal series in conjunction with Australian satirical website The Shovel. The Annual returned again in 2017 in its original form alongside a sold out national stage tour 'The War on 2017'.
Editions
As of 2009, The Chaser have produced ten annuals.Release | Title | ISBN | Cover Description |
2000 | The Chaser Annual 2000: The Little-Read Book | ||
2001 | The Chaser Annual 2001: Bradman, The Cremated Years | ||
2002 | The Chaser Annual 2002: The War On Error | Featuring photos of the World Trade Center, John Howard and George W. Bush on the cover | |
2003 | Embedded with The Chaser: Annual 2003 | Featuring George W. Bush and John Howard in Bed Together | |
2004 | The Chaser Annual 2004: Intelligence Failures | Featuring "Australian Government" files on Paris Hilton | |
2007 | The Chaser Annual 2007: The Other Secret | A Parody of The Secret with the background text saying "The Secret is Bullshit" | |
2008 | The Chaser Annual 2008: The Little Rudd Book | A Play on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book | |
2009 | The Chaser Annual 2009: The Email Eunuch | A Parody of Utegate, with the picture of Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull | |
2010 | The Chaser Annual 2010: Eat Pray Vomit | A Parody of Eat, Pray, Love, with the picture of Eat Written in Pasta, Pray in beads and Vomit in Vomit | |
2016 | The Chaser/Shovel Annual 2016-2116: The next 100 years of the Chaser Annual | A two sided cover, the Chaser half depicting a future Australia living room under water due to climate change, and the Shovel half parodying a women's magazine featuring Pauline Hanson. | |
2017 | The Chaser/Shovel Annual 2017 | A two sided cover, Chaser side parodying the same-sex marriage plebiscite asking whether Australia should join North Korea or Trump in the impending nuclear apocalypse, and the Shovel half depicting a fake glossy magazine featuring Prime Minister Turnbull digging his own grave with a shovel. |