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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons by Bob Eckstein is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late March.
Ahaaaa, I had thought this book would be a chronological compilation of the best cartoons, but, no, it’s a series of different single-panel cartoons themed around books, i.e. writing, books, reading books, and going to a bookstore. ….Hrmm. Niche-y, but kinda sweet and smart, though it does seem like a book you’d put together while writing something else.
Ahaaaa, I had thought this book would be a chronological compilation of the best cartoons, but, no, it’s a series of different single-panel cartoons themed around books, i.e. writing, books, reading books, and going to a bookstore. ….Hrmm. Niche-y, but kinda sweet and smart, though it does seem like a book you’d put together while writing something else.
A fun collection of single panel cartoons focused on books, authors, and readers. The kind of things you might find in the New Yorker, with work by Roz Chast and S. Gross appearing a lot. Fun.
[I received an advanced e-galley of this book from Netgalley.]
[I received an advanced e-galley of this book from Netgalley.]
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book of cartoons about books pokes fun at readers and non-readers alike. Comics range from depicting book-stores where employees panic at trying to find a book among tote bags, CDs, and stationary, to book clubs where members gossip about the "promiscuity" of another member who is in at least five other book clubs. From comics that joke about authors like Poe and Hemingway, to those just starting out. It is a fun, quick read that delights the inner bookworm.
This book of cartoons about books pokes fun at readers and non-readers alike. Comics range from depicting book-stores where employees panic at trying to find a book among tote bags, CDs, and stationary, to book clubs where members gossip about the "promiscuity" of another member who is in at least five other book clubs. From comics that joke about authors like Poe and Hemingway, to those just starting out. It is a fun, quick read that delights the inner bookworm.
Received via Netgalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.
As a book lover who absolutely loves cartoons, especially books about cartoons, this seemed like it would be an immediate 5 star read. Insert outdated Xzibit meme about I put books in your books in your books.
The trouble is, if this is the ultimate cartoon book of book cartoons, I would like to see the cartoons that didn't make it.
Some of these are certainly funny, but a lot of these feel like they were written by out of touch people who want to either make fun of people for reading too much or not reading enough. It's stodgy and out of touch.
If you want to read a book about loving books in cartoon form, might I recommend [b: Book Love|39296114|Book Love|Debbie Tung|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1537722936s/39296114.jpg|60874701] by Debbie Tung? It will give you the funnies and the heart warming, with much less confusion face.
As a book lover who absolutely loves cartoons, especially books about cartoons, this seemed like it would be an immediate 5 star read. Insert outdated Xzibit meme about I put books in your books in your books.
The trouble is, if this is the ultimate cartoon book of book cartoons, I would like to see the cartoons that didn't make it.
Some of these are certainly funny, but a lot of these feel like they were written by out of touch people who want to either make fun of people for reading too much or not reading enough. It's stodgy and out of touch.
If you want to read a book about loving books in cartoon form, might I recommend [b: Book Love|39296114|Book Love|Debbie Tung|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1537722936s/39296114.jpg|60874701] by Debbie Tung? It will give you the funnies and the heart warming, with much less confusion face.
'The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons' by Princeton Architectural Press makes a bold claim for a book that only has 144 pages, but it's a fun read anyway.
With cartoons by over 30 artists from publications like New Yorker magazine and The Weekly Standard, this is a collection that makes fun of literary heroes and struggling authors doing things like book signings. Poetry takes it on the chin in a few, as does writer's block (and reader's block in a particularly funny cartoon I could relate to).
I liked this collection of cartoons about writers and reading. The art style varies from artist to artist, but each comic gets a full page in the collection.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Princeton Architectural Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
With cartoons by over 30 artists from publications like New Yorker magazine and The Weekly Standard, this is a collection that makes fun of literary heroes and struggling authors doing things like book signings. Poetry takes it on the chin in a few, as does writer's block (and reader's block in a particularly funny cartoon I could relate to).
I liked this collection of cartoons about writers and reading. The art style varies from artist to artist, but each comic gets a full page in the collection.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Princeton Architectural Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
I should have known going in, of course, since most of these are New York Times cartoons and cartoonists. There were a spare handful that did make me chuckle, but the NYT general pretentious attitudes pervaded. Conflicting versions of how book lovers are snobs, and yet chick lit and beach reads are beneath "real" readers. The general sense is that here is a collection of comics about people who have to pretend to love books so they can keep looking smart and better than the common person.
funny
lighthearted
Collection of about 125 single panel cartoons about books, book stores, authors, book clubs, readers, and most things bookish. Most cartoonists have appeared in the New Yorker, so the art and style are comfortably familiar. As somebody intimately involved in the changing world of books, the one thing I wish were included were the dates the cartoons were created or first published. This is another of those books that's great to get from the library because you'll be done with it quickly and then can pass it along for somebody else to enjoy.
Clever cartoons that send up everything from book clubs to ebook readers to author signings. I hadn't seen any of these before so that was fun. Most just made me smile a bit - the only one that actually made me laugh was the Poe one.
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for a honest and unbiased review. Thank you!
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for a honest and unbiased review. Thank you!
With my love of books, I thought at first I would think was more hilarious than it was.
But it had several really funny gems, and it got funnier as I read.
If you‰ЫЄre a book lover, you should check this out for in-jokes about books we love, jokes about hoarding books, books about publishing books, and everything in between.
Thanks to NetGalley and Princeton Architectural Press for a copy in return for an honest review.
But it had several really funny gems, and it got funnier as I read.
If you‰ЫЄre a book lover, you should check this out for in-jokes about books we love, jokes about hoarding books, books about publishing books, and everything in between.
Thanks to NetGalley and Princeton Architectural Press for a copy in return for an honest review.