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about the truly important issues. Featuring twenty-six of The
New Yorker's most talented cartoonists, LAST LAUGHS (Scribner;
October 30, 2007; $22.95; 1-4165-5100-X) is a provocative and
hilarious collection that will amuse, inspire, and occasionally
unnerve everyone obsessed with the perennially compelling topics
of old age, retirement, and, yes, death. Longtime New Yorker
cartoonist Mort Gerberg has assembled an all-star cast of gifted
and popular greats such as George Booth, Roz Chast, Leo Cullum,
Frank Modell, and Jack Ziegler to join him in this exclusive
collection confronting, illuminating, and celebrating the inevitabilities
of life. Everything from cloning to cryogenics is tackled with
humor and pathos. It turns out the Grim Reaper can be funny.
Also included in this book are brief reflections from the contributors
that give readers a glimpse into their unique personalities.
These artists prove that they are just as funny with the written
word as they are with their images. LAST LAUGHS is a must-have
for fans of literary cartoons and anyone interested in slightly
off-kilter insights about life and death. |
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"Be careful about taking this book
on a long plane trip. From page to page you'll chuckle,
you'll guffaw, you'll be seized with hysterical uncontrollable
laughter. Fellow-passengers will be curious and you'll say
(with tears streaming down your face) it's all about age
and death. Fellow-passengers might ask for a change of seats.
You won't mind one bit as you become more and more helpless
with laughter."
- Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes and
Teacher Man
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Mort Gerberg's
cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy and The Huffington
Post, as well as in syndicated newspaper features and on television.
He has written, illustrated, or edited nearly forty books, including
his textbook, Cartooning: The Art and the Business; More Spaghetti,
I Say; and Joy in Mudville: The Big Book of Baseball Humor.
He lives in New York City with his wife, Judith. |
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