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.
ReleaseTitleISBNCover Description
2000The Chaser Annual 2000: The Little-Read Book
2001The Chaser Annual 2001: Bradman, The Cremated Years
2002The Chaser Annual 2002: The War On ErrorFeaturing photos of the World Trade Center, John Howard and George W. Bush on the cover
2003Embedded with The Chaser: Annual 2003Featuring George W. Bush and John Howard in Bed Together
2004The Chaser Annual 2004: Intelligence FailuresFeaturing "Australian Government" files on Paris Hilton
2007The Chaser Annual 2007: The Other SecretA Parody of The Secret with the background text saying "The Secret is Bullshit"
2008The Chaser Annual 2008: The Little Rudd BookA Play on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book
2009The Chaser Annual 2009: The Email EunuchA Parody of Utegate, with the picture of Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull
2010The Chaser Annual 2010: Eat Pray VomitA Parody of Eat, Pray, Love, with the picture of Eat Written in Pasta, Pray in beads and Vomit in Vomit
2016The Chaser/Shovel Annual 2016-2116: The next 100 years of the Chaser AnnualA 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.
2017The Chaser/Shovel Annual 2017A 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.