Ten decades worth of
New Yorker
cartoons selected and organized by subject with insightful commentary by Bob Mankoff and a foreword by David Remnick.
The most ingenious collection of
New Yorker cartoons published in book form,
The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons is a prodigious, two-volume, one,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 three,zero 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.
"[A] banquet, too rich for any sustained sitting . . . What distinguishes this present omnibus is its often defiantly offbeat 340-odd categories. You'll find such reassuring groupings as 'Commuters,' 'Desert Island' and 'Snowmen' . . .
The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons
is quite the joy." ¿
The Wall Street Journal
"Bob Mankoff's brilliant reorganization of nearly one hundred years of
New Yorker
cartoons is a can't-miss." -
Folio
