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Robert Mankoff, the cartoon editor of The New Yorker, who has a self–proclaimed love–hate relationship with technology, assembled a one–of–a–kind introduction (to say wrote wouldn′t do it full justice) and selected 110 of the best cartoons ever done on technology and its effects on us all.
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The book is one of the best collections I have seen of New Yorker cartoons. It also provides Mankoff's best introduction to any of these collections (he usually either doesn't write one, or does less than the minimum), as well as a CD of the cartoons in the book.
I was pleasantly surprised that this collection was done in such a way as to be consistent with technology. Perhaps it is because Mr. Mankoff is a self-confessed technophile. He defends that preference as being better than being a Francophile.
I am tempted to give you all 110 cartoons from the book, but I don't have that much space. Here are a few of my favorites:
Man in room filled with people working at computers talking on the telephone, looking glum -- "No, the computers are up. We're down."
Father to son -- "Go ask your search engine."
Couple on a camping trip holding cell phone -- "Who can we call?"
Couple at a cocktail party -- "You say you love me, but I'm not on your speed dial."
Two dogs operating a computer -- "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."
Two men staring at a fax of a man with a tie pressed across his face -- "My God, there's been a terrible accident in our Chicago office."
"Already my computer is outmoded, but I try to tell myself my computer isn't me."
Deputies watching tracking dogs looking at laptop -- "First, they do an on-line search."
Woman to a small boy in a restaurant -- "I loved your E-mail, but I thought you'd be older."
Man talking to a microwave -- "No, I don't want to play chess. I just want to reheat the lasagna."
Man passing telephone booth holding cell phone -- The booth says "Talk in Private 25 Cents"
Man proposing -- "Marry me, Virginia. My genes are excellent and, as yet, unpatented."
Man in hammock -- "America Off-Line"
Couple in bed -- "Not tonight, hon. It'll just wreak havoc with the motion sensors again."
Wife during wedding ceremony -- "I'm delighted to love, honor, and obey, but I'm keeping my electronic rights."
Buffalo with cell phone -- "I love the convenience, but the roaming charges are killing me."
I think you will have a lot of fun with this book. As you can see, the cartoons take turns making fun of technology, those who are having a hard time with technology, and our fixation with technology.
After you finish having many good laughs, consider how many of these jokes are really insights into problems that need to be solved. For example, how can we know whether we can trust those we exchange e-mails with? Are they who they say they are? In many cases, they are not. Be careful!
The book is one of the best collections I have seen of New Yorker cartoons. It also provides Mankoff's best introduction to any of these collections (he usually either doesn't write one, or does less than the minimum), as well as a CD of the cartoons in the book.
I was pleasantly surprised that this collection was done in such a way as to be consistent with technology. Perhaps it is because Mr. Mankoff is a self-confessed technophile. He defends that preference as being better than being a Francophile.
I am tempted to give you all 110 cartoons from the book, but I don't have that much space. Here are a few of my favorites:
Man in room filled with people working at computers talking on the telephone, looking glum -- "No, the computers are up. We're down."
Father to son -- "Go ask your search engine."
Couple on a camping trip holding cell phone -- "Who can we call?"
Couple at a cocktail party -- "You say you love me, but I'm not on your speed dial."
Two dogs operating a computer -- "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."
Two men staring at a fax of a man with a tie pressed across his face -- "My God, there's been a terrible accident in our Chicago office."
"Already my computer is outmoded, but I try to tell myself my computer isn't me."
Deputies watching tracking dogs looking at laptop -- "First, they do an on-line search."
Woman to a small boy in a restaurant -- "I loved your E-mail, but I thought you'd be older."
Man talking to a microwave -- "No, I don't want to play chess. I just want to reheat the lasagna."
Man passing telephone booth holding cell phone -- The booth says "Talk in Private 25 Cents"
Man proposing -- "Marry me, Virginia. My genes are excellent and, as yet, unpatented."
Man in hammock -- "America Off-Line"
Couple in bed -- "Not tonight, hon. It'll just wreak havoc with the motion sensors again."
Wife during wedding ceremony -- "I'm delighted to love, honor, and obey, but I'm keeping my electronic rights."
Buffalo with cell phone -- "I love the convenience, but the roaming charges are killing me."
I think you will have a lot of fun with this book. As you can see, the cartoons take turns making fun of technology, those who are having a hard time with technology, and our fixation with technology.
After you finish having many good laughs, consider how many of these jokes are really insights into problems that need to be solved. For example, how can we know whether we can trust those we exchange e-mails with? Are they who they say they are? In many cases, they are not. Be careful!
Some of these cartoons, first collected at the height of the dot com bubble, are quite dated at this point. Others have become obvious in our email/text society. But a number of them are truly timeless.
The artwork and style of humor is classic New Yorker, and the humor is almost always focused on the people rather than the gadgets. There is the typical quirky wit and charm that you would expect from the New Yorker. The jokes are aimed at technological laypersons. This is not like XKCD or some of the other webcomics that can appeal to a highly specialized audience that appreciates, say, jokes written in Linux code. This is humor for the casual internet user, the person who can't set their VCR but might be able to operate Tivo with a bit of handholding.
The cartoonists represented in this collection include Charles Barsotti, Zack Ziegler, Tom Cheney, Mick Stevens, Marisa Acocella, Alex Gregory, Frank Cotham and others. There are 110 cartoons included in this book, which also comes packaged with all of the cartoons in CD-Rom format, just to show that the artists and editors of the New Yorker are comfortable with embracing technology even as they are mocking it.
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