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11 reviews for:
The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in the New Yorker
3.5 AVERAGE
11 reviews for:
The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in the New Yorker
3.5 AVERAGE
fast-paced
The quick, wit-laden fun of flipping through the pages of "The New Yorker", only in (often politically incorrect) book form. What's not to like?!
Perfectly adequate coffee table or bathroom book. It's cartoons by New Yorker cartoonists that didn't make it into the magazine, mostly because they are a little too twisted or risque. I laughed out loud a few times. Each cartoonist filled out a little humorous questionnaire that provided a glimpse into their personalities.
Simply put, it was funny and informative. I loved comparing the different styles of all of the artists.
"all that is vile for the sake of a smile"
~Robert Mankoff in the foreword to The Rejection Collection
I must admit to a rather twisted sense of humour. I think you need to have that twist (or twinge or maybe it's an illness~i can't really tell) to enjoy The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See in The New Yorker edited by Matthew Diffee (though i also must admit there were a few of these i just didn't get~if that's a good thing or a bad thing i'm still trying to figure out)
I also often enjoy the cartoons in The New Yorker (as well as the rest of the magazine~yes i'm one of those~i even subscribe~people)~tho sometimes some of those fly a tad high for me as well. These panels aren't just any old rejects they are rejects from regular submitters if that helps at all~but again it takes a certain twist of mind...
~Robert Mankoff in the foreword to The Rejection Collection
I must admit to a rather twisted sense of humour. I think you need to have that twist (or twinge or maybe it's an illness~i can't really tell) to enjoy The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See in The New Yorker edited by Matthew Diffee (though i also must admit there were a few of these i just didn't get~if that's a good thing or a bad thing i'm still trying to figure out)
I also often enjoy the cartoons in The New Yorker (as well as the rest of the magazine~yes i'm one of those~i even subscribe~people)~tho sometimes some of those fly a tad high for me as well. These panels aren't just any old rejects they are rejects from regular submitters if that helps at all~but again it takes a certain twist of mind...
Every week cartoonists submit hundreds of cartoons to the New Yorker for the very limited number of available slots. These are the best of the cartoons that weren't chosen, plus an introduction to the cartoonists and short interviews with them about their approach to their work. Loved this book.
My sense of humor is actually not particularly twisted, so these had about as much of a hit/miss rate as the accepted versions. But that's still a pretty high hit rate. As a subscriber, I actually enjoyed the cartoonist profiles just as much as the cartoons. Funniest : "34-C?"