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Embrace the Pun

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Embrace the Pun! is an anthology of one-panel black-and-white cartoons by savvy online cartoonist Barry Corbett. Using the author's gifts for original wit and wordplay, Embrace the Pun! mocks everything from serial killers to news events to sports and common TV cliches, with special emphasis on unique and original gags - for example, in one cartoon labeled "America's New Underclass" a disheveled man sits at a street corner begging for change by holding up a sign that reads "STILL ON DIAL-UP". A cross-section of chuckle-inducing fun.

According to the author, Oscar Levant once said that "A pun is the lowest form of humor... if you didn't think of it first." and Edgar Allen Poe observed: "The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability." And now they're both dead. There's a lesson there for all of us, and that lesson is that anyone who thinks of puns as low comedy hasn't read this book. Full of clever word play, twisted humor and, yes, non-pun cartoons, this book is a must read, if only as an excuse to use the cliche "a must read". Don't be the last on your block to own a copy or else you'll be like all those poor saps who couldn't discuss "The Da Vinci Code" around the office. Plus, instead of copying "Ziggy" to hang up in your cubicle, show the world that you're in with the hip crowd and not the broken hip crowd (does that count as a pun?) by hanging up Barry's cartoons. Embrace this book, you'll be glad you did.

I've enjoyed this book so much and never tire of witty puns from guys like Barry Corbett. I love his style... kind of old school with a fresh twist. And with so much full-color publications out there it's refreshing to see black and white art. He's got a new book coming out. I look forward to getting it.