The Cube Collection is the fourth boxed set of Michael Jantze's THE NORM. The set includes four booklets with more than 300 comics and activities. The Cube collection contains episodes where The Norm is guilty of computer lust, an oedipal valentine, a Star Wars plot line, takes his X-GFs for a dog walk, gets help with his self-help book and eulogizes a chaotic new year.
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(Jantze's work) is an amiable blend of realistic personal relationships ... and cartoon fantasy. -- Witty World magazine
Michael Jantze's THE NORM is a visually pleasing enterprise--crisp linework, clear composition. -- Harvey, Comic Journal
Michael Jantze's THE NORM is a visually pleasing enterprise--crisp linework, clear composition. -- Harvey, Comic Journal
About the Author
Michael Jantze brings a fresh perspective to the nation's comic pages. He prides himself on carefully crafted work with an attention to detail.
After receiving a degree in film, he slaved as an award-winning newspaper journalist for ten years before working as a visual effects art director at Industrial Light + Magic. His comic strip appears in more than 100 papers worldwide.
He and his family live in Boulder, CO, with their pups. His life is much more exciting than this bio.
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Michael Jantze has worked in filmmaking, newspaper journalism, visual effects, and as an internationally-syndicated cartoonist, professor as well as owning his own animation studio. The books found here on Amazon are published collections of his King Features distributed comic strip "The Norm", now available at Jantze.com or uClick.com.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real life people in a real life cube farm,
By "djwoody28" (Scottsdale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Norm : Cube Collection Boxed (Paperback)
I think that I laugh quite a bit at Dilbert, but I want it perfectly understood that it in no way accurately portrays life in the cube farms we call home. Michael Jantze brings a dose of reality with his character Norm and his wacky, yet realistic sidekicks. More antics from Wonk, Norm's manager, Ford, and Norm's "girl" friend Reine who is definitely my favorite. Norm goes through being fired, rehired, promoted, and quitting in this collection that also includes Jantze's love for the Star Wars phenomenon. Yes, Norm waits in line for Episode 1. If you want cute furry creatures, buy another depressing Garfield collection. If you want well-written slices of life in a Gen-X worker bee's life, get "The Norm".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally a strip for gen-w, x, y and z-ers,
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This review is from: The Norm : Cube Collection Boxed (Paperback)
Finally a strip to which I can relate. Settled families have the 'For Better or Worse', lasagna lovers have their Garfield and talking dog lovers have their Dilbert. Mike manages to keep The Norm consistantly hilarious while keeping it real enough that we can all find little pieces of our lives in it. And Star Wars. Norm is a Star Wars nut like few others. No matter what you thought of Episode 1 (grrr), for me the best memory I have is the anticipation before it came out. I love going back and reading this Norm collection as he goes through the fanatacism that leads him to wait in line and lose his job just to be one of the first to see it. Oh heck, just read The Norm to feel good and laugh out loud. Really loud.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best comic out there,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Norm : Cube Collection Boxed (Paperback)
The Norm is a great comic strip that should grow in popularity. It is great and in my mind a true classic before its time. Maybe the economic downturn of dot coms is affecting the growth of this great comic strip and it's dot com generation humor. I have been a Dilbert fan, but have converted over to The Norm.
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