The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004. Pictorial boards, 655 pages, illustrations; 34 cm. + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.). SIGNED. Boldly signed by the editor "Bob:Mankoff" on the half-title page, no dedication. A fine copy. CDs (unused) in sealed envelopes. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "More than a book, this is a bona fide publishing event. The largest-ever collection of New Yorker cartoons features the best of every decade in book form, plus two easy-to-browse CDs--Windows and Macintosh compatible--with every cartoon ever published in the magazine--more than 68,000 of them! Since its founding in the 1920s, The New Yorker has had a profound cultural impact on the country and the world, and has almost singlehandedly elevated the cartoon to an art form. For the first time ever, EVERY cartoon ever published in The New Yorker is collected in one place. Accompanying the cartoons in the book, several thousand of them organized chronologically, are essays by eminent New Yorker writers reflecting on the life and times (and sense of humor) of each successive decade. Additionally, each decade includes profiles and mini-portfolios of the cartoonists who made their marks on the era, from Peter Arno and Charles Addams to Bruce Eric Kaplan and Roz Chast. 'Theme' features cover such subjects as Drinking, The Depression, and Politics. The two accompanying CDs feature every cartoon ever published in the magazine in a format that is accessible on any home computer and is browsable by date, cartoonist, subject, and more. This groundbreaking book, several years in the making, has been lovingly compiled by current New Yorker cartoon editor (and respected cartoonist and author) Robert Mankoff, and the foreword is by David Remnick, the magazine's esteemed editor." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Editor's note, by Robert Mankoff; Foreword, by David Remnick; The First decade: 1925-34 (Introduction, by Roger Angell. The Depression. Peter Arno); The Second decade: 1935-44 (Introduction, by Nancy Franklin. George Price. Drinking. James Thurber); The Third decade: 1945-54 (Introduction, by Lillian Ross. Nudity. Charles Addams. Television); The Fourth decade: 1955-64 (Introduction, by John Updike. William Steig. Cars. Saul Steinberg); The Fifth decade: 1965-74 (Introduction, by Calvin Trillin. The Space program. George Booth); The Sixth decade: 1975-84 (Introduction, by Ian Frazier. Slipper dogs. Jack Ziegler); The Seventh decade: 1985-94 (Introduction, by Mark Singer. Roz Chast. Business culture); The Eighth decade: 1995-2004 (Introduction, by Rebecca Mead. Bruce Eric Kaplan. The Internet. Politics); Index of artists [cited in the book].. SIGNED. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio. Collectible.