How about never-- is never good for you? : my life in cartoons
(Graphic Novel)

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New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Format
Graphic Novel
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780805095906 (hardback), 080509590X (hardback)
Physical Desc
285 pages : black and white illustrations ; 26 cm
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Goleta Valley Library - Adult Non-Fiction741.56973 M278On Shelf
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Published
New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780805095906 (hardback), 080509590X (hardback)

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"Memoir in cartoons by the longtime cartoon editor of The New YorkerPeople tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. Never one to beat around the bush, he explains to us, in the opening of this singular, delightfully eccentric book, that because he is also a cartoonist at the magazine he actually has two of the best jobs in the world. With the help of myriad images and his funniest, most beloved cartoons, he traces his love of the craft all the way back to his childhood, when he started doing funny drawings at the age of eight. After meeting his mother, we follow his unlikely stints as a high-school basketball star, draft dodger, and sociology grad student. Though Mankoff abandoned the study of psychology in the seventies to become a cartoonist, he recently realized that the field he abandoned could help him better understand the field he was in, and here he takes up the psychology of cartooning, analyzing why some cartoons make us laugh and others don't. He allows us into the hallowed halls of The New Yorker to show us the soup-to-nuts process of cartoon creation, giving us a detailed look not only at his own work, but that of the other talented cartoonists who keep us laughing week after week. For desert, he reveals the secrets to winning the magazine's caption contest. Throughout, we see his commitment to the motto "Anything worth saying is worth saying funny." "--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mankoff, R. (2014). How about never-- is never good for you?: my life in cartoons (First edition.). Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mankoff, Robert. 2014. How About Never-- Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons. Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mankoff, Robert. How About Never-- Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mankoff, Robert. How About Never-- Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons First edition., Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

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