Made with 90% Recycled Art: A Collection of Basic Instructions Volume 2 [Paperback]

Scott Meyer (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Series: Collection of Basic Instructions | Publication Date: June 15, 2010

Comic and cartoonist Scott Meyer is back with yet another book of bad advice wrapped in good intentions. Learn such important skills as How to Talk to a New Parent, How to Engage in Prefight Smack Talk, How to Complain about Work, How to Properly Perform a High Five, and more! A former stand-up comedian, Meyer channels his extensive and varied wit into four panels of side-splitting culture commentary every other day or so and posts them to his website, basicinstructions.net. Dark Horse's second collection of those Basic Instructions, Made with 90% Recycled Art, will likely spend some time on the copy machine before certain pages find themselves on cubicle walls worldwide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (June 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595825053
• ISBN-13: 978-1595825056
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #700,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Basic Instructions" is awesome, even the second time around., June 16, 2010

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David Goldberg (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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For those of you who've never read Scott Meyer's amazing webcomic "Basic Instructions," you're missing out. It is, perhaps, the funniest thing on the net. And while you can get most of the comics for free, I'd still recommend the collection, for the simple reason that you are not going to spot all of the jokes the first time through. That, and Scott leaves little Easter eggs for devoted readers, and you're going to want the comics in book form so you can flip back to get all of the references. Read this, and support the awesomeness.

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, August 24, 2011

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Alexander Contreras (PHOENIX, AZ, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Made with 90% Recycled Art: A Collection of Basic Instructions Volume 2 (Paperback)

I Purchased both Scott Meyer's books, I read them, I loved them, and I even bought them for friends, now I drink from the Basic Instructions Cool Aid. You should too! Very funny and informative. This is the 2nd book in the collection, and if you haven't, then I recommend that you pick up the first vol. it can be had for around $10 and is a great investment in your future, and the future of all mankind.

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm looking forward to a third volume one day., February 16, 2011

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Mr. Nicholas Flight (Australia) - See all my reviews
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I've enjoyed the web comic "Basic Instructions" for a few years now. Quite a lot of times now I have shared a particular comic from the series with a friend printed or via Facebook, and even sent one out as a bulk email which is something I hardly ever do. It is an extremely clever and funny comic.

Written and drawn in the style of airline safety cards, "Basic Instructions" dispenses advice, techniques and tips broken down for the layperson. Each comic is a simple guide that is humorous because it is about a relatable situation that most of us experience in our everyday lives. Some of the situations include: How to buy a car, how to display your baby and how to fake a smile. The tone of the comic narration is that of a deadpan expert no matter how absurd the situation. Each comic uses tongue in cheek wit to illustrate the narration, with each individual panel being funny unto itself while being built upon by the next for a final pay-off funny at the end.

Often with web-comics I like, I subscribe to them for a while and then move on, replacing them with other subscriptions. However, "Basic Instructions" by Scott Meyer is one that I have to keep getting updates for because it is so gosh darn funny. I would say this is the smartest-funny-web-comic I have read. As I have enjoyed the comics for free for so long, I felt compelled to purchase the books so that I can have a physical copy for myself as well as support this artist who I have enjoyed for a few years now. The books are excellent quality and basically the web-comic in print form.