The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons, Deluxe Edition: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive by Robert MankoffMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons, Deluxe Edition: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive is 1500 pages of New Yorker cartoons.
The Encyclopedia part of the name is a bit misleading. It's more a collection of cartoons organized alphabetically by topic, from Accountants to Zorro. The collection is in two massive volumes in a slipcase but I think four would have been easier to manage.
Some of the cartoons are hilarious, feeling like Far Side cartoons more than anything else. A small percentage are indecipherable. I was continuously reminded of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine contributed a cartoon to the New Yorker.
Some of the topics, like politicians, accountants, insurance, and computers, are common comedy fodder. Others are more esoteric and I wonder how they had enough cartoons to fill up six to eight pages, like centaurs, Easter Island, and kayaks, for example. Four out of five stars.
View all my reviews
No comments:
Post a Comment