FROM THE VERY BIG DESK OF...: Business Cartoons by New Yorker Cartoonist Charles Barsotti [Hardcover]

Charles Barsotti (Author), Andrew Tobias (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 17, 2006

People on every step of the corporate ladder will identify with the 100 hilarious business cartoons from "New Yorker" cartoonist Barsotti.

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About the Author

Charles Barsotti, formerly the cartoon editor of the The Saturday Evening Post, has been a staff cartoonist at the New Yorker since 1970. His work has also appeared in Playboy and Fast Company, among other publications. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Andrew Tobias ran the hugely successful Let's Go guides at Harvard in the 60s and then went on to publish 3 New York Times bestsellers on business and personal finance. He has had a column in Time magazine and has appeared on Today, Tonight, Good Morning America, Face the Nation, and the MacNeil-Lehrer Report. With Jane Bryant Quinn, he hosted Beyond Wall Street, a 1997 eight-part PBS documentary. He is also Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch (May 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821257935
• ISBN-13: 978-0821257937
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,297,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious series of comments on the corporate ladder's ironies., October 15, 2006

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FROM THE VERY BIG DESK OF...: Business Cartoons by New Yorker Cartoonist Charles Barsotti (Hardcover)

If the name of Charles Barsotti sounds familiar, it's because he does business cartoons for the New Yorker, and has produced such for over three decades. Any New Yorker reader only has to take a glance at the cover to readily recognize his style, and FROM THE BIG DESK OF... represents the first gathering of Barsotti creations under one cover. Dilbert fans will find plenty to applaud here, in a hilarious series of comments on the corporate ladder's ironies.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boss' Delight, July 21, 2006

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Ms. Noreen Priest (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FROM THE VERY BIG DESK OF...: Business Cartoons by New Yorker Cartoonist Charles Barsotti (Hardcover)

I bought this book as a birthday gift for my boss, who is a partner in a major New York law firm.

He's a terrific person with a great sense of humor -- he loved it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Corporate America's Hilarious Follies, September 3, 2009

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Larry Underwood "Author - St Louis Cardinals ... (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FROM THE VERY BIG DESK OF...: Business Cartoons by New Yorker Cartoonist Charles Barsotti (Hardcover)

This all too brief collection of Charles Barsotti cartoons, lampooning everything we love to hate about Corporate America will have you laughing harder with each turn of the page. The only bad news: The book only has 108 pages of side splitting humor. Maybe any more hilarity could be hazardous to your health? I think I may have popped a gasket rolling on the floor laughing; I'll get a check-up soon.

For anyone who's had any exposure to the harsh realities of Corporate America, you'll love this. I know I did; I personally witnessed at least half the gags in my 26 year career in big business, and I even wrote a hilarious book about it; sorry, there are no pictures or illustrations. My book is called Life Under the Corporate Microscope: A Maverick's Irreverent Perspective

Buy 'em both. You'll thank me later.