by:
Mankoff, Robert
Remnick, David

Publisher:
Bloomberg Press
Published:October 1, 1998
ISBN:1576600564
Format:Hardcover
Pages:110

Description: Amazon.com
For many of us, our first memories of The New Yorker date back to childhood, when we would eagerly search through this otherwise impenetrable jungle of words to find the only thing that we could relate to--the cartoons. The New Yorker Book of Business Cartoons is a collection of 110 of the best drawings, selected by New Yorkercartoon editor Robert Mankoff, that lampoon the world of business.

The cartoons date from 1938 to the present and include the work of The New Yorker's finest artists, including George Booth, Peter Arno, Roz Chast, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Leo Cullum, and William Hamilton. Whether they aim at the rise of women in business, our anxieties about the stock market, or the foibles of the corporate America, these cartoons seem always to hit the spot in subtle and disarmingly simple ways. This collection reminds us of just how uniquely funny the art of The New Yorker really is, and why the cartoons are the first and sometimes only things we read each week. As New Yorker editor David Remnick says in the introduction, "They are perhaps the most important thing The New Yorker publishes." --Harry C. Edwards

Product Description:
What's so funny about business? Plenty-when it's the subject of The New Yorker's wittiest cartoonists! Here are 110 of the very best cartoons on business and finance from 75 years of The New Yorker, attractively packaged and utilizing the brand names and marketing clout of both The New Yorker and Bloomberg to reach consumers. This wonderfully entertaining collection features over 100 classics from our greatest cartoonists-artists like George Booth, Charles Addams, Lee Lorenz, and Peter Arno-selected by Robert Mankoff, Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker, President of The Cartoon Bank, and a first-rate cartoonist in his own right. David Remnick, distinguished author and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, joins in with a delightful introductory essay. The combined brand names and marketing clout of The New Yorker and Bloomberg should make this the most successful New Yorker cartoon collection to date. Not bad, since each of the Knopf titles (Dogs, Cats, Doctors, and Lawyers) sold over 100,000 copies in their original hardcover editions. This collection has more cartoons than the other subject-specific collections and an introduction from a wonderful writer.