(1988)
HarperCollins,
1988 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 13.95 USD
- Pages
- 136
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Brand
- Harper
- Editing
- Sam Gross [as S. Gross]; Jim Charlton
- Color
- Black and white
- Dimensions
- 16 cm x 23 cm
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publishing Format
- Collected Edition
[How to Buy a Book]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- People who have no idea how to buy a book are buying copies of 'How to Buy a Book.'
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For a brief moment I thought we were...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- People enter a bookstore to get out of the rain.
- Reprints
- from Playboy magazine
- Keywords
- books
From May D. Farnsworth's 'Runaway' Series
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Three examples of 'Runaway' books with virtually identical plots about inanimate objects coming to life.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Roget's Book of Words That Mean...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Roget's Book of Words That Mean the Same Thing as Other Words or Almost the Same Thing.
- Keywords
- books
[Fast Reads]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A vendor sells 'Fast Reads' from a roadside cart.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, it's good, but people just don't write books...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A publisher rejects a book because it has only one author.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's $37.50 until December 31.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bookstore clerk explains how prices rise according to the hour of the day.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sex and violence
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The only genres in a bookstore are "sex," "violence," and "sex and violence."
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just love it when you quote Blake.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- One tiger compliments another for quoting William Blake.
- Keywords
- tigers
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You don't know me but I'm writing your biography.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is surprised to learn a complete stranger is writing his biography.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is it, Myra.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bearded, long-haired author decides he'll have to trim his hair before he can bring himself to write trash fiction.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Walk Dick Walk
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A traffic sign prompts Dick by name to cross the street.
[Man Reading Hegel]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Tired of thinking about Hegel, a man opts for a beer.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
[Trash sign]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A trash sign points to disposal locations for burnable, biodegradable and literary items.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
[Man Writing at a Bar]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author writing while drinking at a bar writes a story about an angel drinking.
[Alphabet]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A classroom alphabet places quotes around 'N.'
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry I'm late, just couldn't put your book down.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A guest is late to an author's party because he was reading the author's book.
- Keywords
- books
Second Novel
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is surrounded by water as his typewriter floats nearby, but he can't think what to write.
- Keywords
- books; typewriter
[Cat-Free Bookstore]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bookstore boasts itself cat-free.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
- Keywords
- bookstore
[I (Before 'E' Except After 'C')]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A typewriter key reminds its user of the I before E rule.
- Keywords
- typewriter
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I recited the Kama Sutra to lots of dames.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man informs his wife he read the Kama Sutra to many women but she was the only one "who fell for it."
- Keywords
- Kama Sutra
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A Mr. Squirrel Nutkin and a Mrs. Tiggywinkle...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A juvenile books librarian is told there are two children's book characters waiting to see her.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Her grown brocaded, edged in purple...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author stumbles over rhyming words in his poem.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Holy cow! What kind of crazy people used to live here anyway?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Wealthy people are astonished to find a house with bookcases inside.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Time 10:45
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A clock determines the time of day, temperature and number of writers whose mothers want them to get a real job.
- Keywords
- clock
[Man Sawing Books]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man saws books apart in a factory.
- Keywords
- books
[Book Blowing Hair]
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman picks up a book and it blows her hair back.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This had better be good, Robinson!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Robinson Crusoe
- Synopsis
- Having returned to civilization, Robinson Crusoe still lives as though he were on a deserted island.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
The Island of Lost Manuscripts
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Oliver Christianson
- Pencils
- Oliver Christianson
- Inks
- Oliver Christianson
- Letters
- Oliver Christianson
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An entire body of land built from manuscripts.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On April 12, 1986, Arland T. Deufresne...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author accidentally deletes his entire novel from his computer.
- Keywords
- computer
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The vermouth is over the refrigerator.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A wife has filled an entire kitchen cabinet with her manuscript pages.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
- Keywords
- books
[The Coming Boom]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- One man is reading 'the Coming Boom.' The person next to him is reading 'the Coming Collapse.'
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry, but all our business success books...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Library books on business success have all been stolen.
- Keywords
- books
Coffee Table Book Club - This Month's Selections
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Describes the books 'the Paper Clip,' 'Aluminum Siding,' and 'Meals 1985.'
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your editor at Random House has been summarily fired...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author learns his editor has been fired yet wants to keep working with him.
- Keywords
- books
[Man Dreaming of Lamp]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man reading a book in bed wishes he had a lamp.
- Keywords
- books
Influences
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author, mechanic and baseball player each discuss their influences. They all list Chekhov.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker Magazine
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They're going to have to take you back...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A professor undergoing surgery has his glossary removed instead of his appendix.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No, I haven't read the New Testament...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man living in Biblical times admits he hasn't read the New Testament but he liked the Old Testament.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- Bible
The Fine Line Between Fact and Fiction
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Visually displays the fine line between fact and fiction.
[Chair Made From Books]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man reads a book while lying in a chair made of books.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Honey, it's way past your bedtime.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A father offers to read the Library of Congress description of a book to his daughter in lieu of a bedtime story.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing thanks. I don't read books.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man likes to be around books, but not read them.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I read the book. I liked it.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- After seeing the film version of a book, a woman no longer likes the book.
- Keywords
- books
A Note on the Type
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A note on book type abruptly turns into a personal message from the typist.
- Keywords
- books
[Goldilocks on Lineup]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Goldilocks; the Three Bears
- Synopsis
- The Three Bears view four little girls at a police lineup, trying to identify Goldilocks.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Fortner isn't in today...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An editor's secretary offers to reject a book on behalf of her absent boss.
- Keywords
- books
[An Xmas Carol]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A copy of 'A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens' is abbreviated into 'An Xmas Carol by Chuck Dickens.'
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Listen, a writer isn't always writing when he's writing.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A relaxing author informs his wife he's still working, even while on the hammock.
- Keywords
- hammock
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We don't drink - we read.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Guests explain to their host they prefer books to drinks.
- Keywords
- books
[Typewriter Thrown into Wishing Well]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author throws his typewriter into a Wishing Well and out comes a book.
- Keywords
- books; typewriter; wishing well
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Oliver Christianson
- Pencils
- Oliver Christianson
- Inks
- Oliver Christianson
- Letters
- Oliver Christianson
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I realize it's unusual for an agent...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A gorilla offers himself as a literary agent.
- Keywords
- gorilla
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He says he'll definitely get back to you...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A literary agent receives a poetic message from one of his clients.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This man's name happens to be Ichabod Crane...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ichabod Crane
- Synopsis
- Ichabod Crane wants to sue Washington Irving.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- lawyer
Erratum
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A book's erratum explains an image of the Battle of Hastings accidentally replaced that of a cow.
- Keywords
- cow
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At first, it seemed like a good idea...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two authors who are living together both begin writing novels about one author driving another crazy.
- Keywords
- books
[Bars for Book People]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Bars are divided between artists & writers, editors & publishers, printers & typesetters and subscribers & readers.
- Keywords
- bar
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I checked out Gone With the Wind in large type.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A large-type copy of Gone With the Wind is almost as large as a human being.
- Keywords
- books
[Bookstore with Hand Grips]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bookstore has hand grips near the ceiling for people browsing the top shelves.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A writer? Fantastic!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man admires an author for having the time to write.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wonder if the 'Harvard Classics' are still up there.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man checks his bookshelf to see if the Harvard Classics are still there.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- books
[Author Imagines Writing Process]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author imagines writing his book but doesn't like the results and trashes them; then he imagines starting over.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll take it. Charge it to Beatrix Potter's account.
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A rabbit buys a suit and charges it to Beatrix Potter.
- Keywords
- rabbit
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No, I've never read Remembrance of Things Past...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man hasn't read 'Remembrance of Things Past,' but he owns the t-shirt.
Gregor Samsa Awakes on Sunday Morning
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gregor Samsa
- Synopsis
- Gregor Samsa awakens to find himself in a roach motel.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was the best of times...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author uses the familiar opening of 'A Tale of Two Cities' while surrounded by opulence.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, I haven't actually read it...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman admits she hasn't read a book but she did listen to it on her walkman.
- Keywords
- books
Pandering to Intellectuals
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A television advertisement caters to people's impulsive need for Friedrich Nietzsche.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- television
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've probably never heard of him.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, an author remains unknown.
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize
The Frontiers of Credulity Book Club Selections
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Selections for the books 'Around the Bend,' 'Off of One's Rocker,' and 'Bats in My Belfry.'
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The latest work in James McMurphy's ouevre...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A book critic finds the inspiration he needs to write a savage criticism.
[Non-Books]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bookstore includes a section for 'non-books,' which are all gag items.
- Keywords
- books
[Author Surrounded by Sea of Paper]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author spies a desert island in the middle of the sea of paper surrounding his office.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have some consideration.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A critic asks a party host to keep his noise level down so he can write a book review.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A circus presents the literary lions.
- Keywords
- circus
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Oliver Christianson
- Pencils
- Oliver Christianson
- Inks
- Oliver Christianson
- Letters
- Oliver Christianson
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Writer Bernard Ferguson...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author fabricates a quilt from rejection letters.
[Caterpillar Becomes Butterfly]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Over the seasons a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, but no one touches the books where it lives.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's after Labor Day.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Following labor day, men come to collect summer reading books.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Adverbs 25ยข
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A vending machines offers adverbs for 25 cents.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I love my novel, don't you?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author expresses his love for his book.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Listen! Here's news!!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- As a man is about to commit suicide, his radio informs him he could become an author.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry. I'm still under the influence...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man starts a fight in a bar, but blames it on reading Ernest Hemingway.
[The Lineage of Novels]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Shows the lineage from novel to "noveleeny."
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Someday I'm going to write a book about all this.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- As a king honors one of his subjects, the king, his subject and the nearby guard each imagine they'll write a book about it one day.
- Keywords
- king
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How about 'this book is dedicated to my editor...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An editor suggests an author dedicate his novel to him.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man who's made his pile...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A successful man writes a book on money-making so he can make money.
- Keywords
- books
A Most Extraordinary Class Reunion
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dorian Gray
- Synopsis
- Dorian Gray attends his class reunion.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uh oh. Look who's been remaindered now.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Remaindered books welcome the new arrival.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the Main Street Bookshop.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A husband is unamused to learn his wife ordered a book on getting a face lift.
Bookshop of Horror
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bookstore advertises terrifying books - all about medical problems.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You know who's beginning to annoy me?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man complains about reading Homer.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a short story about a woman...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman writes a short story about a woman who wants to write a novel but has no time for it.
- Keywords
- books
[Man at Typewriter]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A writer types so fast his typewriter keys become tangled up.
- Keywords
- typewriter
[Imps Attacking a Typewriter]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Imps attack an author's typewriter.
- Keywords
- typewriter
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No more for me, Joe.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alice
- Synopsis
- A man drinking at a bar sees Alice step through the bar's mirror.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Add a little more scarlet.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Puritans criticize the amount of scarlet in an adulteress' letter 'A.'
- Keywords
- Scarlet Letter
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Truscott Farnsworth III and his brilliant...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author brings his unfinished memoirs with him to a party.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'll like this one, sir...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bookstore clerk recommends a book where the murderer is the story's detective.
- Keywords
- books
Period Magnified Five Hundred Times
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A giant black dot represents an enlarged period.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We rather fancy this little novel of yours...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A publisher offers the unbelievable sum of 1.6 million dollars for a novel.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- books
[Woman Inspired by Muse]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author is inspired by her male muse.
- Keywords
- muse
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Kellwood is looking for someone to assist him...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author of journals about plywood wants a ghost writer to make his work "urbane, warm and scholarly."
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The evening was delightful, Mona...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A party guest thanks his hosts because the party gave him an idea for the book he's writing.
Writer's Block
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Depicts two types of writer's block: "temporary" (an author at home) and "permanent" (a would-be author running a fish store).
- Keywords
- books
[Parents Reading Stories on Bunkbed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Parents use two sizes of stools in order to tell their children bedtime stories in their bunkbed.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got an idea for a story...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author's wife suggests her husband write a story about their life, suggesting that his continued failure will eventually drive her to become a "nympho-lesbo-killer-whore."
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man discovers the very three books...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A shipwreck victim finds a desert island already populated with the three books he would most want to read on a desert island.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I plagiarized it because...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author justifies plagiarism because he thought the words were worth repeating.
- Keywords
- books
[Typewriter with Message on Its Keys]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A typewriter's keys spell out "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- typewriter
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Aunt Frieda...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boy writes a letter to his aunt thanking her for the large book she gave him.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You call this the Great American Novel?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A publisher complains that an author's "Great American Novel" is written in Hungarian.
- Keywords
- books
[James Joyce Plaque]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A plaque on a house reads "James Joyce was Misunderstood Here."
- Keywords
- plaque
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now aren't you glad I talked you...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author sees his book selling for 29ยข; fortunately, his wife convinced him to use a pseudonym.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's her last wish upon retiring...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A retiring librarian is finally allowed to make all the noise in the library that she wishes to.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And just what kind of jacket...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A book goes to a tailor to be fit for a jacket.
- Keywords
- books
Alan Paton Turns Pro
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Alan Paton writes 'Cry, the Beloved Country Club.'
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But I can't send it back to Bryn Mawr...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- After keeping library book for 28 years, a woman balks at giving it back.
- Reprints
- from The New Yorker magazine
- Keywords
- books
[Books on Conveyor Belt]
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An author writes a book on a conveyor belt, one page at a time.
- Keywords
- books
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You have to find the do-it-yourself books yourself.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A librarian refuses to help a man find do-it-yourself books.
- Keywords
- books
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[Credits]
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2.
[How to Buy a Book]
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3.
["For a brief moment I thought we were..."]
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4.
From May D. Farnsworth's 'Runaway' Series
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["Roget's Book of Words That Mean..."]
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[Fast Reads]
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["Well, it's good, but people just don't write books..."]
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8.
["It's $37.50 until December 31."]
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9.
["Desktop publishing: day one"]
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10.
["Damn it! Wait your turn!"]
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11.
["Sex and violence"]
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12.
["I just love it when you quote Blake."]
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13.
["You don't know me but I'm writing your biography."]
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14.
Word Processor
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15.
["This is it, Myra."]
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16.
["Walk Dick Walk"]
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17.
[Man Reading Hegel]
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18.
[Trash sign]
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19.
[Man Writing at a Bar]
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20.
[Alphabet]
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21.
["Sorry I'm late, just couldn't put your book down."]
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22.
["We'd do him a big favor if we ate chapter four."]
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23.
Second Novel
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24.
[Cat-Free Bookstore]
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25.
[I (Before 'E' Except After 'C')]
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26.
["I recited the Kama Sutra to lots of dames."]
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27.
["A Mr. Squirrel Nutkin and a Mrs. Tiggywinkle..."]
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[Children's Library]
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29.
["Her grown brocaded, edged in purple..."]
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30.
["Holy cow! What kind of crazy people used to live here anyway?"]
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31.
["No, dear, that's a book."]
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32.
["Time 10:45"]
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33.
[Man Sawing Books]
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34.
[Book Blowing Hair]
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35.
["This had better be good, Robinson!"]
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The Island of Lost Manuscripts
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37.
["On April 12, 1986, Arland T. Deufresne..."]
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38.
["The vermouth is over the refrigerator."]
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[The Coming Boom]
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40.
["Sorry, but all our business success books..."]
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41.
Coffee Table Book Club - This Month's Selections
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42.
["Your editor at Random House has been summarily fired..."]
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43.
[Man Dreaming of Lamp]
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44.
Influences
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45.
["They're going to have to take you back..."]
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46.
["No, I haven't read the New Testament..."]
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47.
The Fine Line Between Fact and Fiction
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48.
[Chair Made From Books]
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49.
[Why I Crossed the Road]
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50.
["Honey, it's way past your bedtime."]
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51.
["Nothing thanks. I don't read books."]
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52.
["It took me three years to smuggle this out..."]
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53.
["I read the book. I liked it."]
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A Note on the Type
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55.
["I think I'm finally coming out of my postmortem slump."]
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56.
[Writer with Lampshade]
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57.
[Goldilocks on Lineup]
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58.
["Mr. Fortner isn't in today..."]
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59.
[An Xmas Carol]
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60.
["Listen, a writer isn't always writing when he's writing."]
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61.
["Would you have that in hardcover?"]
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62.
["We don't drink - we read."]
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63.
[Typewriter Thrown into Wishing Well]
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64.
["I realize it's unusual for an agent..."]
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65.
["He says he'll definitely get back to you..."]
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66.
["This man's name happens to be Ichabod Crane..."]
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Erratum
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68.
["At first, it seemed like a good idea..."]
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69.
[Author Seated Before Farmhouse]
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70.
[Bars for Book People]
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71.
["I checked out Gone With the Wind in large type."]
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72.
[Bookstore with Hand Grips]
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73.
["A writer? Fantastic!"]
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74.
["I wonder if the 'Harvard Classics' are still up there."]
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75.
[Author Imagines Writing Process]
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76.
["I'll take it. Charge it to Beatrix Potter's account."]
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77.
["No, I've never read Remembrance of Things Past..."]
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78.
Gregor Samsa Awakes on Sunday Morning
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79.
["It was the best of times..."]
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80.
["Well, I haven't actually read it..."]
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81.
Pandering to Intellectuals
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82.
["You've probably never heard of him."]
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83.
The Frontiers of Credulity Book Club Selections
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84.
["The latest work in James McMurphy's ouevre..."]
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85.
[Non-Books]
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86.
[Author Surrounded by Sea of Paper]
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87.
["Have some consideration."]
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88.
["Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls..."]
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89.
[Lion Statue Reading]
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90.
["Writer Bernard Ferguson..."]
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91.
[Caterpillar Becomes Butterfly]
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92.
["It's after Labor Day."]
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93.
["Adverbs 25ยข"]
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94.
["I love my novel, don't you?"]
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95.
["Listen! Here's news!!"]
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96.
["Sorry. I'm still under the influence..."]
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97.
[Book Flasher]
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98.
[The Lineage of Novels]
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99.
["Someday I'm going to write a book about all this."]
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100.
["How about 'this book is dedicated to my editor..."]
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101.
["Man who's made his pile..."]
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102.
A Most Extraordinary Class Reunion
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103.
[Author and Publisher]
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104.
["Uh oh. Look who's been remaindered now."]
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105.
["This is the Main Street Bookshop."]
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106.
Bookshop of Horror
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107.
["You know who's beginning to annoy me?"]
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108.
["It's a short story about a woman..."]
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109.
[Man at Typewriter]
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110.
[Imps Attacking a Typewriter]
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111.
["No more for me, Joe."]
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112.
["Add a little more scarlet."]
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113.
[Subtext]
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114.
["Truscott Farnsworth III and his brilliant..."]
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115.
["You'll like this one, sir..."]
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116.
Period Magnified Five Hundred Times
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117.
["We rather fancy this little novel of yours..."]
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118.
[Woman Inspired by Muse]
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119.
["This ought to teach them a lesson."]
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120.
["Mr. Kellwood is looking for someone to assist him..."]
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121.
["The evening was delightful, Mona..."]
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122.
Writer's Block
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123.
["I'm sorry, but our only copy of..."]
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124.
[Parents Reading Stories on Bunkbed]
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125.
["I've got an idea for a story..."]
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126.
["Man discovers the very three books..."]
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127.
["I plagiarized it because..."]
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128.
[Typewriter with Message on Its Keys]
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129.
["Dear Aunt Frieda..."]
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130.
["You call this the Great American Novel?"]
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131.
[James Joyce Plaque]
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132.
["Now aren't you glad I talked you..."]
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133.
["It's her last wish upon retiring..."]
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134.
["Her heart pounded wildly..."]
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135.
["Hey! This is the same book I read last vacation!"]
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136.
["And just what kind of jacket..."]
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137.
Alan Paton Turns Pro
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138.
["But I can't send it back to Bryn Mawr..."]
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139.
[Books on Conveyor Belt]
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140.
["You have to find the do-it-yourself books yourself."]
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141.
[A Damn Good Writer]
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142.
["In Books, Books, Books, America's premiere..."]
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- Pat Conolly
- Michael Hoskin
- Kirk House
- Tony R. Rose
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