Customer Reviews

User Friendly: The Comic Strip

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4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I was fortunate enoughto get hold of a copy of "USER FRIENDLY the comic strip". As a computer geek myself, I found many in-jokes and opportunities for a good old larf.

Charles Schultz (Peanuts) was a master of characterization. Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) is a genius at representing theology, Scott Addams (Dilbert) at corporate culture. With User Friendly, Iliad has captured the geek ethic and programmer culture. He sees as a computer professional sees, plays Quake as they play Quake and eats sugar-rich foods as they do. In this anthology you'll expect to see Quake jokes, Microsoft jibes, corporate takeovers and accents that change more quickly than the bug list>for Windows 2000.

The only criticism I can raise is that having been spoilt by Gary Larson's "Prehistory of the Far Side", I would have liked to see some of the nuts & bolts behind the scenes, like a "Techniques" section or a "Ideas rejected by the editor" section.

Other than that, I sat and read it cover to cover. Every time I'd go to put it down, I'd hit another storyline and I wanted to see how it would end. The Star Wars storyline was my favourite. Yeah, Sith Lords *do* get the coolest lightsabers!

Out of all the cartoon books I've bought in my life, this is the only one to ever top Calvin and Hobbes on my list of favorites.

I can't keep the book on my desk. Every IS person in the organization is borrowing, copying their favorites(sorry), and leaving "user friendly" messages on our customer computers. I have taken down my Dilberts in favor of Illiad's spot-on view of my world. When's the next one ?

The funniest damn book I've read in years! The humor is at such a high level and so sophisticated, it's absolutely brilliant. Get this book!

Let me see... a funny, Microsoft bashing, Unix praising, Quake glorifying, Marketing hating, Star Wars fan, Lovecraft & Tolkien refering comic... What else is there to say ? Well, Dust Puppy is cute :-) Illiad is the best !

This book can be recommended. But sadly, they did cut out the old/first jokes, and even some of those who tell about birth of some creatures. I wonder WHY! THey could put it on the net, where you still can see it, but not in a book.

Because of the missing strips, only 4 stars.

The User Friendly website is my first stop in the morning. I'm not human till I find out what's going on at Columbia Internet. If you're not already addicted, give it a shot, you won't be dissapointed.

UF is the probably the funniest comic on the web since Dilbert -- if you know how to read it and what to read into it. Unfortunately, some comics are noticibly absent from the book and cause it to lack some continuity (see the first Dust Puppy v. Crud Puppy match.) Still, it is excellent.

The People who didn't like this book probably didn't understand the jokes. I work in tech support and this whole book is so true.
Whiney people are justs "id10t"s

An absolutely hilarious foray into the world of business vs. the geeks.

Especially good is the bit about excorsizing windows from a pc...