This Is a Bad Time: A Collection of Cartoons
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Book Overview
Whenever you hear someone talking about a riotous cartoon in the latest New Yorker, they are almost sure to be talking about one brawn by Bruce Eric Kaplan. Kaplan - or BEK, as he signs his strips - has drawn cartoons for the New Yorker since 1991. Now, the collection THIS IS A BAD TIME captures some of the best work from his 350-plus contributions to the magazine. Kaplan's cartoons cover a variety of topics including God, death, sex, books, movies and relationships, all in the most memorable manner. Whether he is poking fun at high society (two women drinking martinis, and one comments: 'I like his earlier work better, paticularly the ones I said I didn't like at the time') or commenting on our modern anxieties (a young girl asking her mother, 'So did the fair princess ever develop melanoma?') BEK's cartoons end up revealing much about the way we live and talk, while also making us laugh. THIS IS A BAD TIME is a marvellous collection of some of the last decade's most humorous, intelligent and socially conscious entertainment.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0743252187
ISBN13:9780743252188
Release Date:March 2004
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
This is a GREAT time!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is a wonderful collection of the popular cartoons from The New Yorker. I have this book in my guest room and it always illicits such enthusiastic responses from my guests. If you're like me and always search for the BEK cartoons first thing when The New Yorker arrives, you will really appreciate this collection.
Hilarious....
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
You can flip to any page and you will get a laugh or a smile from the cleverness of Bruce Eric Kaplan. Some random quotes from the book:"My name is Brett and I'll be the person you focus all your misplaced anger on for the evening."--"You can't keep comparing yourself to those skinny little aliens you see in movies."--"Don't walk away from me while I'm not paying any attention to you."
Feeling Bad, Depressed, Lonely, Buy this Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
BEK Does It Again. You don't have to wait every week to read his cartoons - It's all here in a fantastic new collection of cartoons. I don't know how he does it. You can keep reading and reading them over and over and laugh each time. When your favorite American Idol contestant gets voted off - pick up this book and it will all be okay.
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