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~ (Editor) "In October, 1925, eight months after The New Yorkers first issue appeared, its founding editor, Harold Ross, complained, "Everybody talks of The New Yorkers art,..." (more)
Key Phrases: Roz Chast, Peter Arno, World War (more...)
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What could be better than a gigantic 656-page collection of 2,004 (get it?) of the best cartoons published in the New Yorker over the last 80 years? Perhaps a double CD set with all 68,647 cartoons ever published in the magazine—complete with a nifty search function that allows readers to search for cartoons by year of publication or by cartoonist's name. This improbably large offering is a bonanza of wry Manhattan-centric comic commentary on urban life and much else in American culture over the years. There's Peter Arno's 1948 ink-and-wash cartoon of a mildly concerned matron, book in hand, asking her newspaper-reading husband, "Is there a Mrs. Kinsey?" Or Peter Steiner's now famous cartoon drawing of two dogs chatting in front of a computer. "On the Internet," says one canine to the other, "nobody knows you're a dog." The book offers an introduction by New Yorker editor David Remnick and short essays introducing each decade—which readers may want to read after perusing the cartoons first—by such New Yorker luminaries as Roger Angell, Lillian Ross and John Updike. This is an absolutely fabulous collection of sophisticated silliness that will soon take its rightful place on coffee tables all over the country.
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Issued as part of the New Yorker's eightieth anniversary celebration, this greatly oversize, undeniably heavy, but amazingly low-priced volume collects, in two formats, the cartoons that have appeared in the pages of that magazine over the course of its distinguished publishing history. Home to outstanding prose and poetry, the New Yorker has also enjoyed an outstanding reputation for its weekly showcasing of socially and politically satiric and, yes, cerebral--but also downright hilarious--cartoons from some of the most popular, cutting-edge, and stiletto-sharp cartoonists of the day. The book itself gathers 2,500 of the most representative cartoons for display, but two accompanying CDs contain all the cartoons (68,647, to be exact) ever published in the magazine. Arrangement is by chapter, with each covering a decade of the New Yorker's existence. Chapters are introduced by noted New Yorker writers, including John Updike, Roger Angell, and Lillian Ross. A testament--a tribute--to the great magazine but also an absolutely special way to spend quality time. Brad Hooper
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  • Hardcover: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (October 5, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1579123228
  • ISBN-13: 978-1579123222
  • Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 11.3 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #192,210 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In October, 1925, eight months after The New Yorkers first issue appeared, its founding editor, Harold Ross, complained, "Everybody talks of The New Yorkers art, that is, its illustrations, and it has been described as the best magazine in the world for a person who can not read." Read the first page
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Roz Chast, Peter Arno, World War, Saul Steinberg, William Shawn, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Charles Addams, George Price, Lee Lorenz, Carl Rose, Chon Day, Danny Shanahan, Garrett Price, Harold Ross, James Thurber, Mischa Richter
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116 of 126 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars it's partly the cd, February 2, 2005
By E Rice (western ny state) - See all my reviews
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that brings my rating down to 2 stars.

i have a very advanced, nearly state of the art cpu and monitor. i can't read the captions on the most of the cartoons. they're pertectly legible if i print them out, but that's hardly a sensible solution.

the other part of the low rating is the size of the book. obviously, the book industry has become infatuated with huge tomes lately. i would have preferred two, or even three, volumes of a size that could be read comfortably in a chair or in bed. unless i buy an actual lectern, i have nowhere in my house to put this book where i can read it casually or easily.

as most reviewers do, i love the new yorker cartoons. i'm glad to have the collection, but i wish i could enjoy it more easily.
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114 of 124 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars What a MAJOR disappointment!, June 19, 2005
I should have read more of the reviews here. I wanted this book since the day I spotted it in the bookstore, but held off because of the price. I was particularly anxious to see the 2 CDs. But the cartoons are all LOW RESOLUTION--what a disappointment. I can understand why--they don't want people to be able to print high-res versions...to still have to go to their website if they want to do that. But they should have announced that on the cover. Really--it is almost sinful. What a RIP-OFF. Read the other comments here about how unreadable some of the cartoons are because of the LOW-RESOLUTION. Really disgusting.
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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Product should not be on the market, January 28, 2005
By Joeomar "joeomar" (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews
The book is outstanding (hence one star) but the New Yorker is engaging in a form of fraud for claiming that the CDs contain all the cartoons ever published. In actual fact the CDs are of such low resolution that MANY of the cartoons cannot be interpreted because the caption or even the entire drawing is illegible. If a drawing is too illegible to interpret it is the same as not being included. I love the cartoons of the New Yorker and it was incredibly frustrating browsing the CDs and repeatedly finding cartoons that simply cannot be read. Enlarging them doesn't help. You WILL get a headache. The publisher should retract their claim and remove the illegible cartoons from the CDs. And shame on them for foisting this on those of us who truly love their cartoons.
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