Reviews

The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker by David Remnick, Robert Mankoff

wetdryvac's review against another edition

4.0

Definitely more of a pick-and-skim/coffee table thing than a read through, but much fun all the same. Nifty slices of history, and comes with CDs of the same, which make for easy e-reading later.

elisabeth1st's review against another edition

5.0

As a kid, I never 'got' the new yorker cartoons. looking back at the old olds, I still don't. Time has it's own slice of humor.

alicea's review

This book was SO ginormous that I ended up having to bail. I think this would make a great coffee table book though.

yourvillainoriginstory's review against another edition

3.0

An excellent reflection of the times. As an anthology it is perfect. In terms of the actual cartoons though? One in every 20 pages causes laughter. One in every 45 caused me to think about something from a new perspective. Most of them live up to Elaine's joke in Seinfeld, they don't make any sense. A lot of pretension.
But hidden within are some truly genius comics. It is worth flipping through over the course of a year or two as a bathroom reader.

harvio's review against another edition

5.0

- this massive book, along with two CD ROMs, contain ALL 68,647 cartoons that were ever published in the New Yorker Magazine
- ...while the book component is primarily cartoons, there are essays on each of the eight decades that the magazine has been published; as well as numerous articles on the more famous cartoonists (Jack Ziegler being my personal favourite)
- I consider this book one irrefutable argument that life is worth living

natep's review

4.0

I was annoyed at finding out that most of the cartoons were on cds in the book. I liked ziegler, chast, and some of mankoff

cozyink's review

4.0

Usually funny. Some are a bit outdated, but it is a collection.