The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons
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This monumental， two-volume collection includes nearly 10 decades worth of New Yorker cartoons selected and organized by subject with insightful commentary by Bob Mankoff and a foreword by David Remnick。
The is the most ingenious collection of New Yorker cartoons published in book form， The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons is a prodigious， slip-cased， two-volume， 1，600-page A-to-Z curation of cartoons from the magazine from 1924 to the present。 Mankoff--for two decades the cartoon editor of the New Yorker--organizes nearly 3，000 cartoons into more than 250 categories of recurring New Yorker themes and visual tropes， including cartoons on banana peels， meeting St。 Peter， being stranded on a desert island， snowmen， lion tamers， Adam and Eve， the Grim Reaper， and dogs， of course。 The result is hilarious and Mankoff's commentary throughout adds both depth and whimsy。 The collection also includes a foreword by New Yorker editor David Remnick。 This is stunning gift for the millions of New Yorker readers and anyone looking for some humor in the evolution of social commentary。
The is the most ingenious collection of New Yorker cartoons published in book form， The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons is a prodigious， slip-cased， two-volume， 1，600-page A-to-Z curation of cartoons from the magazine from 1924 to the present。 Mankoff--for two decades the cartoon editor of the New Yorker--organizes nearly 3，000 cartoons into more than 250 categories of recurring New Yorker themes and visual tropes， including cartoons on banana peels， meeting St。 Peter， being stranded on a desert island， snowmen， lion tamers， Adam and Eve， the Grim Reaper， and dogs， of course。 The result is hilarious and Mankoff's commentary throughout adds both depth and whimsy。 The collection also includes a foreword by New Yorker editor David Remnick。 This is stunning gift for the millions of New Yorker readers and anyone looking for some humor in the evolution of social commentary。
Reviews
Dan Schwent
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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 inde 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。 。。。more
Michael Bohli
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Über 1400 Seiten voller Cartoons， gesammelt während der gesamten Erscheinungszeit von The New Yorker。 Dieser Schuber mit zwei wunderbar aufgemachten Bänden ist eine herrliche Ergänzung für das Regal。 Schmuck sieht der Ziegelstein aus， humorvoll wird auf den Seiten dem damaligen und heutigen Zeitgeist nachgegangen。Zwar ist der Titel "The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive" nicht ganz korrekt， findet man hier niemals alle veröffentlichten Cartoons， sondern bloss ein Über 1400 Seiten voller Cartoons， gesammelt während der gesamten Erscheinungszeit von The New Yorker。 Dieser Schuber mit zwei wunderbar aufgemachten Bänden ist eine herrliche Ergänzung für das Regal。 Schmuck sieht der Ziegelstein aus， humorvoll wird auf den Seiten dem damaligen und heutigen Zeitgeist nachgegangen。Zwar ist der Titel "The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive" nicht ganz korrekt， findet man hier niemals alle veröffentlichten Cartoons， sondern bloss eine gelungene Auswahl - doch das stört niemanden。 Denn mit thematischer Bündelung und ergänzenden Zwischentexten ist dies ein Werk， in dem man sich immer wieder vertiefen und verlieren kann。 Die Augen werden einem sowieso geöffnet und die Mundwinkel nach oben gezogen。 。。。more
Anna
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I’d die happy reading these。
João Cruz
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Às vezes， basta uma expressão facial， duas ou três palavras e já está， percebemos tudo e rimos e rimos。 A leitura desta enciclopédia de cartons veio mesmo a talho de foice porque durante o confinamento de 3 meses em casa， percebi que o sentido de humor varia enormemente de pessoa para pessoa; as fotografias e pequenos vídeos que caricaturavam o confinamento e que nos inundaram o WhatsApp e o correio eletrónico foram percecionadas de formas muito diferentes。 Por exemplo， a foto do primeiro minist Às vezes， basta uma expressão facial， duas ou três palavras e já está， percebemos tudo e rimos e rimos。 A leitura desta enciclopédia de cartons veio mesmo a talho de foice porque durante o confinamento de 3 meses em casa， percebi que o sentido de humor varia enormemente de pessoa para pessoa; as fotografias e pequenos vídeos que caricaturavam o confinamento e que nos inundaram o WhatsApp e o correio eletrónico foram percecionadas de formas muito diferentes。 Por exemplo， a foto do primeiro ministro António Costa de pé no púlpito do parlamento， todo desgrenhado a anunciar "2ª-feira abrem os cabeleireiros！" fez-me rir a bandeiras despregadas。 No entanto， inexplicavelmente [ ;-） ]， muitos dos meus conhecidos não lhe acharam qualquer graça。。。 。。。more
David Rickert
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As good as you'd expect， although this is more of a sampling of all the various cartoon topics over the years rather than an encyclopedia， which to me implies something more comprehensive。 They could have done an entire volume on desert island cartoons， I expect。 It was a treat to see all the variations on these reliable ideas。 On the other hand， I did notice an utter lack of diversity in the cartoons， something I was surprised that the New Yorker hasn't worked harder to rectify， as left-leaning As good as you'd expect， although this is more of a sampling of all the various cartoon topics over the years rather than an encyclopedia， which to me implies something more comprehensive。 They could have done an entire volume on desert island cartoons， I expect。 It was a treat to see all the variations on these reliable ideas。 On the other hand， I did notice an utter lack of diversity in the cartoons， something I was surprised that the New Yorker hasn't worked harder to rectify， as left-leaning as it is。 。。。more
Cynthia
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I read the 1st of the 2 volumes， A-K。。。。。。。。。 a great collection！
Susan
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This is a hefty two-volume compilation of the best New Yorker magazine cartoons dating from 1924-present。 If you enjoy The New Yorker’s cartoons， you will appreciate these encyclopedic volumes。 My mother subscribed to TNY magazine when I was growing up， and I became a fan of their cartoons early on。 When my county library system’s online newsletter mentioned their acquisition of this set， I put a hold on it and waited for it to arrive at my local library branch。 When the big day arrived， I check This is a hefty two-volume compilation of the best New Yorker magazine cartoons dating from 1924-present。 If you enjoy The New Yorker’s cartoons， you will appreciate these encyclopedic volumes。 My mother subscribed to TNY magazine when I was growing up， and I became a fan of their cartoons early on。 When my county library system’s online newsletter mentioned their acquisition of this set， I put a hold on it and waited for it to arrive at my local library branch。 When the big day arrived， I checked out the two-book set and lugged the books to my car。 I couldn’t believe how heavy they were， and I was glad that my car was not parked too far away。 The two volumes were so heavy that I decided to weigh them on a scale when I got home。They weighed in at a whopping 7。5 lbs apiece， a total of 15 lbs for the set。 These are not volumes to casually toss into one’s backpack or beach bag。 They are too heavy even to easily hold in one’s hands to read。 The best way I found to read them was propped up on a pillow in my lap。 The pillow helped prevent the volume from cutting off the circulation in my legs！ Now that the books' unwieldiness has been established， I will say that the contents were fun to read。 Each volume is beautifully bound， and printed on high quality， heavy paper。 The cartoons are alphabetically arranged by category。 There are 250 categories， such as， Accountants， Baseball， Cowboys， Fortune-tellers， Humpty-Dumpty， Pirates， Quicksand， Snowmen， etc。。。 Of course some of the cartoons are funnier than others， but each time I sat down with a volume， I invariably found myself cackling away。 1600 pages and 3000 cartoons later， both my sense of humor and my biceps have received a good workout。 。。。more
William Giovinazzo
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Loved it， a treasure trove of hilarity。
Art
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Fun。 This two-set oversized， fifteen-pound collection of three thousand cartoons from The New Yorker breaks down into three hundred topics， such as clowns， klutzes， laughter and writers。 To avoid a numbing or overindulgence， read and skip around in spurts， suggests David Remnick， editor of the magazine for thirty years。 I cheerfully ignored that advice and plowed straight through， grinning， smiling and laughing from A to Z over a few weekends。Almost a hundred years ago， The New Yorker modernized Fun。 This two-set oversized， fifteen-pound collection of three thousand cartoons from The New Yorker breaks down into three hundred topics， such as clowns， klutzes， laughter and writers。 To avoid a numbing or overindulgence， read and skip around in spurts， suggests David Remnick， editor of the magazine for thirty years。 I cheerfully ignored that advice and plowed straight through， grinning， smiling and laughing from A to Z over a few weekends。Almost a hundred years ago， The New Yorker modernized previous wordy “drawings” with single-panel cartoons， most of them with a pithy punchline。 The words and illustrations carry equal weight， but not always。 Over time， it became a routine for the magazine’s editor to meet on Wednesday afternoons with the cartoon editor to pick out fifteen from a stack of hundred for the next issue。 People cartooning today stand on the shoulders of those who came before， writes Bob Mankoff， cartoon editor for twenty years。 And from there it is shoulders all the way down to those who left their work in the caves at Lascaux， adds Mankoff。 （Very Semi-Serious released four years ago as a documentary about Bob Mankoff， other cartoonists and cartooning at The New Yorker。 Great fun at the Milwaukee Film Festival that year。 Time to see it again。） Every now and then through these fifteen-hundred pages， a paragraph or two of text will put the work into context。 For example: — The internet turned us into writers of quips， barbs and captions。 — Cartoonists serve as jesters， speaking truth to power， hoping that laughter can keep us humble， whatever our pomp or circumstance。 — Cartoonists develop a keen eye for hypocrisy。 — A good cartoon can quickly show a truth about human nature。 The humor comes from a complicated problem with a surprisingly simple solution。 A terrific collection。 A hundred years from now， when The Yorker publishes a second edition of this encyclopedia， I would enjoy a quick essay about the trends over time， including the drawing styles and the cartoonists。 。。。more
Scott Kardel
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It's a massive two-volume tome of cartoons （covering just about every subject） from The New Yorker， what's not to like about that？ It's a massive two-volume tome of cartoons （covering just about every subject） from The New Yorker， what's not to like about that？ 。。。more
Roger Smitter
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