Wonderful book in new condition Edition 2006. Great if you like cooking with wine or what wine to drink if you are having a dish. #Wine #Cooking #Recipes #Food #Pictorial #140DeliciousRecipes #what-Wine-To-Have-WithDifferentDishes #CookingWithWine #Cartoonist #Illustrations 



Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

South Carolina

The Great Wine Pyramid

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Bob Mankoff

Only people like that buy books like this...or write them."

So says Robert Mankoff—and he should know. As cartoon editor of The New Yorker, and one of its most gifted contributors, he spends his life pursuing that elusive thing called creativity, and inspring it in others. If you've ever wondered where great ideas come from, or yearned to channel your creative energies, or just wanted some pointers on how to get those artisitic juices flowing—this book was written for you.

Along with some help from his well-known cartoonist friends, Mankoff takes you on an entertaining words-and-pictures journey through the art, craft, and zen of cartooning, along the way providing lots of personal anecdotes about his development as an artist, and about life at the world's most urbane magazine. But you don't have to be an aspiring cartoonist to appreciate The Naked Cartoonist. Mankoff's wisdom, and his practical yet whimsical approach to the creative process, are designed to benefit anyone who has ever stared at a blank piece of paper or canvas and dreamed of transforming it into something truly original (and maybe even commercial).

What's so funny? Mankoff knows best. He also knows how you can find your own personal voice and mesage, how you can learn from the masters of the past, how you can transform a current event into a comic tour-de-force...even how you can incorporate telling lies and taking naps into your daily work routine—and justify it.

Texas

A New Way to Enhance Your Creativity

Only people like that buy books like this...or write them." So says Robert Mankoff—and he should know. As cartoon editor of The New Yorker, and one of its most gifted contributors, he spends his life pursuing that elusive thing called creativity, and inspring it in others. If you've ever wondered where great ideas come from, or yearned to channel your creative energies, or just wanted some pointers on how to get those artisitic juices flowing—this book was written for you. Along with some help from his well-known cartoonist friends, Mankoff takes you on an entertaining words-and-pictures journey through the art, craft, and zen of cartooning, along the way providing lots of personal anecdotes about his development as an artist, and about life at the world's most urbane magazine. But you don't have to be an aspiring cartoonist to appreciate The Naked Cartoonist. Mankoff's wisdom, and his practical yet whimsical approach to the creative process, are designed to benefit anyone who has ever stared at a blank piece of paper or canvas and dreamed of transforming it into something truly original (and maybe even commercial). What's so funny? Mankoff knows best. He also knows how you can find your own personal voice and mesage, how you can learn from the masters of the past, how you can transform a current event into a comic tour-de-force...even how you can incorporate telling lies and taking naps into your daily work routine—and justify it.

Naked Cartoonist

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Can’t We Talk about something More Pleasant

#paperback #art #craft #design #illustrations #cartooning #cartoonist #drawing 

Virginia

Drawing, Writing Gags, Selling, Making Snacks

“Comprehensive and entertaining...far more material in a cleaner format [makes] the reader laugh on every page....Thus, one learns that of 6,000 submissions to King Features Syndicate, only three are accepted, and...how to make snacks while preparing one of those submissions.”—Library Journal. “A wealth of information...Hall does everything but make the cartoon for you.”—Art Times.


The Cartoonist's Workbook

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

From A to Z

A hilarious illustrated compendium of pet peeves and personal nightmares from the belovedNew Yorker cartoonist andNew York Times bestselling author ofCan't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? andGoing into Town.

The pages of the New Yorkerare hallowed ground for cartoonists, and for the last thirty years, Roz Chast has helped set the magazine's cartooning standard, while creating work that is unmistakably her own- characterized by her shaggy lines, an ecstatic way with words, and her characters' histrionic masks of urban and suburban anxiety, bedragglement, and elation.

What I Hate is an A to Z of epic horrors and daily unpleasantries, including but by no means limited to rabies, abduction, tunnels, and the triple-layered terror of Jell-O 1-2-3. With never-before-published, full-page cartoons for every letter, and supplemental text to make sure the proper fear is instilled in every heart, Chast's alphabetical compendium will resonate with anyone well-versed in the art of avoidance- and make an instructive gift for anyone who might be approaching life with unhealthy unconcern.

What I Hate

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A much-loved book in mint shape! There is nobody like Roz. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A Memoir

Celebrates the final years of the author's aging parents' lives through cartoons, family photos, and documents that reflect the author's struggles with caregiver challenges.

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

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#paperback #parody #cartoonist #illustrations #chooseyouradventure #Shakespeare #hamlet

A Chooseable-Path Adventure

From the bestelling author of Romeo and/or Juliet and How to Invent Everything, the greatest work in English literature, now in the greatest format of English literature: a chooseable-path adventure! When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet he gave the world just one possible storyline, drawn from a constellation of billions of alternate narratives. And now you can correct that horrible mistake! Play as Hamlet and avenge your father's death—with ruthless efficiency this time. Play as Ophelia and change the world with your scientific brilliance. Play as Hamlet's father and die on the first page, then investigate your own murder… as a ghost! Featuring over 100 different endings, each illustrated by today's greatest artists, incredible side quests, fun puzzles, and a book-within-a-book instead of a play-within-a-play, To Be or Not To Be offers up new surprises and secrets every time you read it. You decide this all sounds extremely excellent, and that you will definitely purchase this book right away. Because as the Bard said: “to be or not to be… that is the adventure.” ...You're almost certain that's how it goes. To Be or Not To Be originally launched as a record-breaking Kickstarter project. This new, reader-friendly edition features the same text and illustrations as the original version, redesigned to take up half as many pages and weigh a whole pound less.

To Be or Not to Be

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James Thurber

Wilfrid Sheed


James Thurber
Dodd, Mead, 1975 - American wit and humor, Pictorial - 224 pages

James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people.

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California

Men, Women and Dogs

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Ryan North

Florida

Matthew Diffee

A couple slight marks on cover, one inside cover. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

An NPR Best Book of 2015

Finally, a book that's not for everyone! From award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee--editor of The Rejection Collection and the "de facto leader of a young generation of cartoonists"(The Wall Street Journal)--a hilarious mix of cartoons, visual riffs, and illustrated one liners that will appeal to anyone who is beautiful and intelligent.

For almost fifteen years, Matthew Diffee's uniquely funny single-panel cartoons have gussied up the pages of The New Yorker, winning him countless fans, big shot friends, and a pile of hilarious material he's never used. Yet shockingly, a small sector of the population is not enamored with his work. Diffee has met some of these people and reports that they are, without exception, dumb and ugly, whereas the people who enjoy his work are just the opposite. In fact, the smarter and more attractive people are, the more they tend to appreciate Diffee's humor. This book is for them.

This collection contains Diffee's funniest drawings and writings from the past decade as well as all-new cartoons and sketches organized into categories that will appeal to smart attractive people in all walks of life, based on profession and circumstance: smart attractive Medical Professionals, sharp and good-looking Old People; beautiful geniuses in Prison; brainy handsome Lumberjacks; and more. Are you an alluring well-read utensil user? Well, there's a chapter just for you!

If you're a fan of Demetri Martin and Jack Handey, or if you happen to be George Clooney or Natalie Portman, Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People will leave you laughing your smart attractive ass off.

Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People

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Paul Conrad

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1993, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA. Printed in Singapore. Hardcover oversize title, 208 pages, and a splendid one at that. Paul Conrad, the syndicated Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, has been on various enemies lists from politicos in Washington. These 317 b&w drawings show the reasons why he has been a target for Democrats and Republicans alike. As one critic stated, "the work of many political cartoonists is noted for its amusement, Mr. Conrad's art is notable for its bite." There are some great images here, with bite marks all over them. Page 175 presents a wild bird coated in oil. Things never change, do they? A remarkable book.

Thirty Years with the Los Angeles Times

Retrospective of three time Pulitzer Prize Winning editorial cartoonist.

Conartist

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#paperback #vintage #cartoons #Larson #1985 #syndicated #cartoonist #humor #hilarious

Iowa

Valley of the Far Side

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Sarah Andersen

Read only once! In like new condition. No bent, ripped or stained pages; no odors. 

Vermont

A Sarah's Scribbles Collection

Sarah Andersen's hugely popular, world-famous Sarah's Scribbles comics are for those of us who boast bookstore-ready bodies and Netflix-ready hair, who are always down for all-night reading-in-bed parties and extremely exclusive after-hour one-person music festivals. 

In addition to the most recent Sarah's Scribbles fan favorites and dozens of all-new comics, this volume contains illustrated personal essays on Sarah's real-life experiences with anxiety, career, relationships and other adulthood challenges that will remind readers of Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half and Jenny Lawson's Let's Pretend This Never Happened. The same uniquely frank, real, yet humorous and uplifting tone that makes Sarah's Scribbles so relatable blooms beautifully in this new longer form.

Big Mushy Happy Lump

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Please note that there is some creasing on the spine. 

New Hampshire

Anne Elizabeth Moore

Purchased new, never read, it’s just been on my shelf for a few years! From a smoke-free, dog-friendly home

Minnesota

Rethinking Julie Doucet

Julie Doucet, one of the most influential women in comics finally receives a full-length critical overview.

Sweet Little C*nt

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Ohio

#educational #children #art #cartoon #cartoonist #pets #drawing 

Art, music, drama/theater

Pets!

How to draw cartoon 

Nick Seluk

The Awkward The Awkward Yeti

Cancelled library book. Catalog identification and stamp are only blemishes. Pages in great shape. Barely any mileage. Crisp. No dog ears or scribbles. Please see photos for reference.

Fascinating, Bizarre, and True Health Stories

"Mysterious illnesses. Freakish injuries. X-rays revealing something weird that got stuck in your foot. These strange but true stories are among the 24 medical tales illustrated in hilarious fashion by New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Nick Seluk"--Page 4 of cover.

How I Broke up with My Colon

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#paperback #cartoonist #edithann #graphicnovel

Edith Ann

A collection of the wit and wisdom of six-year-old Edith Ann (as created by Lily Tomlin) offers her humorous observations on modern life, childhood, grown-ups, and other important topics. Reprint.

My Life, So Far

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Massachusetts

#paperback #parody #cartoonist #hamlet #chooseyourownadventure #humor #funny

Rhode Island

James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945. The Thurber Carnival captures the depth and breadth of his talent. The pieces here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker, include selections from such beloved classics as My World and Welcome to It, The Owl in the Attic, The Seal in the Bathroom, and Men, Women and Dogs. Thurber's take on life, society, and human nature is timeless and will continue to delight readers even as they recognize a bit of themselves in his brilliant sketches.

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John Rudy; Shari Rudy

The Great Wine Pyramid

Bob Mankoff

Naked Cartoonist

Roz Chast

Can’t We Talk about something More Pleasant

Robin Hall

The Cartoonist's Workbook

Roz Chast

What I Hate

Roz Chast

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Ryan North

To Be or Not to Be

James Thurber; Wilfrid Sheed

Men, Women and Dogs

Ryan North

To Be or Not to Be

Matthew Diffee

Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People

Paul Conrad

Conartist

Gary Larson

Valley of the Far Side

Sarah Andersen

Big Mushy Happy Lump

Ryan North

To Be or Not to Be

Anne Elizabeth Moore

Sweet Little C*nt

Ryan North

To Be or Not to Be

Matthew Luhn

How to draw cartoon

Nick Seluk; The Awkward The Awkward Yeti

How I Broke up with My Colon

Jane Wagner (Illustrator)

My Life, So Far

Ryan North

To Be or Not to Be

Ryan North

To Be or Not to Be

James Thurber

The Thurber Carnival