The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons

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A small but delightful book of the finest dog cartoons from the New Yorker. A gentle and funny book that should be owned by all dog lovers. One of a larger series of topical cartoons from the New Yorker:

The New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons/Miniature Edition
The New Yorker Book of Doctor and Psychiatrist Cartoons
The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons
The New Yorker Book of Lawyer Cartoons
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The New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons
The New Yorker Book of Doctor and Psychiatrist Cartoons
The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons
The New Yorker Book of Lawyer Cartoons

Book Description

Here's the dog's life as seen through the eyes and imaginations of, among others, Charles Addams, Edward Koren, Saul Steinberg, and the dog's all-time best friend, James Thurber. 101 cartoons in all from The New Yorker over the past 65 years.

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Mortician to Begging Dog: "Now Play Dead.".......2000-07-16

Before discussing the cartoons (which are wonderful), let me warn you against the miniature paperback version. It is very small, the cartoons are hard to see, you need a magnifying glass for some, the reproduction quality is poor, and the paper is not good. Stick with the hardcover.

I have rated the book as the hardcover version. The only drawback I saw to the 101 cartoons was the lack of a witty introduction (like those in the cartoon books of the New Yorker for business and money).

In a spirit of self-disclosure, I must admit that I do not have a dog now . . . but I have had one in the past. Several of my friends have dogs, so I think I can properly evaluate the book from a dog lover's point of view.

The relationship between human and dog is an especially close one. The humor works well when it alludes to that. For example, in a wordless cartoon, a dog looks resentfully at a man reading a book entitled "How To Be Your Own Best Friend." Another one has a couple in bed with lots of dogs: "If you lie down with pugs, you wake up with pugs." In a third, a woman with two suitcases is seen leaving with the dog while a man inquires of the dog: "Et tu, Baxter?"

Dog-human reversals also work: A dog doctor examines a human and notes, "Well, your nose feels cold."

Sometimes the humor is aimed at the human, such as: A psychic tells a dog her/his fortune, "You will be going for a long walk."

Inevitably cats are part of the picture: Two dogs talking to each other spot a cat walking down the side walk, "Do you want to handle this, or should I?"

Sometimes dogs become just like people as in: A man walks down the street with a dog walking on hind legs holding onto his arm, "She never took to the leash."

What do dogs think of their humans? "They never pushed me. If I wanted to retrieve, shake hands or roll over, it was entirely up to me."

As someone who had a Sheltie, this one got to me: A sheep is leading lots of dogs in a herd, and a man says to another man, "I understand that in your country this thing is done quite differently."

Humor is a window onto our stalled beliefs that keep us from grasping our full potential of progress and joy from each day. Let these wonderful dog cartoons remind you of the potential in everything around you!

too funny for words!.......1999-09-04

I keep this book in my bathroom with some other fun books - I read it every time I'm in there, and I laugh over and over at the same cartoons. People always love going to the bathroom at my place because of it! :- ) Anyway, if you love woofers like I do AND enjoy the New Yorker sense o' humor, you must have this book!

The book was hilarious, especially since I love dogs!.......1999-02-08

I could barely put it down, I just wanted to read "one more cartoon". Dog lovers like me would like it the most, but anyone would love it. My 11 year old daughter read it and liked it too!

You Had Me at Bow Wow: A Book of Dog Cartoons by New Yorker Cartoonist Jack Zeigler

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You Had Me at Bow Wow: A Book of Dog Cartoons by New Yorker Cartoonist Jack Zeigler
Jack Ziegler
Manufacturer: Vendome Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0865651779

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This hilarious book of dog cartoons reminds us why we give them free room and board. Jack Ziegler can't resist the occasional comment on human affairs in dog disguise, but he also has a lot to say about pups on their own terms. From howling at the moon to refusing to fetch, from the merits of canned versus dry food to those irresistibly wagging tails, these cartoons—some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, though many are published here for the first time—will brighten any canine-lover's day.

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"New Yorker" Book of Dog Cartoons

Manufacturer: Hutchinson & Co.publishers 0
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons
New Yorker Magazine Editors
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KP5OOW

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The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons

Manufacturer: Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound

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ASIN: B000CODXLC

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LEATHER BOUND book accented in 22kt gold! !

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The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons
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Manufacturer: Alfred a Knopf Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VNXO7C

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GOOD.......1997-01-31

IT WAS GOOD BUT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTE

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To Marx Brothers fans who have yet to read this book: Put it off as long as you can, because once you are finished, you will wish you could read it again for the first time. Harpo's life was interesting in itself, but it also frequently intersected with the lives of other fascinating people, most notably his own brothers and drama critic Alexander Woolcott. Marx also was part of the legendary Algonquin Round Table; he's got plenty to say about that. Wait'll you hear about what it means to "throw a Gookie." You'll never be able to watch a Marx Brothers movie again without looking for the Gookie!

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"This is a riotous story which is reasonably mad and as accurate as a Marx brother can make it. Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer of the Marx Brother. Highly recommended." -Library Journal "A funny, affectionate and unpretentious autobiography done with a sharply professional assist from Rowland Barber." -New York Times Book Review

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Interesting and captivating.......2007-05-24

What a great look into an interesting life of the silent one. I read it twice!!

..... And one duck egg!.......2007-05-16

This book should be standard issue to every human being who wants to know what a well-lived life consists of! What an extraordinary person graces us with the story of his life and a look at the lives of his famous family members! Told with such engaging warmth, Harpo's story continually challanges us to wake up and realize that, like the author, it isn't so much whether you're sleeping in a palace or a harp case...eating caviar or turnip soup...that determines what your life is worth and how fulfilled you are. Nearly indescribable in its charm, this is a books to be read again and again.

Reader Speaks on "Harpo Speaks" Autobiography.......2007-03-31

This gem of a book spotlights the childhood years and adult life of legendary harpist and comedian, Harpo Marx. Having read many of Groucho's books, which are often "tongue in cheek," I find it refreshing to read a sincere, thoughtful account by and about Harpo. A sweeter man, totally in love with life, you will not find in any book. The narrative is engaging and offers a glimpse not only of the great vaudeville comedian turned film entertainer, but also of the history of vaudeville, New York City in the late 1800s/early 1900s, the New York intellectual/art scene, and more. Read the book, and then pop into the DVD player a Marx Brothers movie to view a Harpo performance on harp. Harpo is unforgettable.

Harpo Speaks! And speaks, he does!.......2007-02-07

One of the best books I've ever read, and that is saying something because I have never read a nonfiction book cover to cover in my life, and I laughed my way through this one easily enough. Not only is it entertaining and funny to boot, but it tells the evolution of the trade mark costume of Harpo, sheds light on the real Marx brothers, tells the story of his harp fasination, and reveals the story of the funny face he makes when he puffs out his cheeks, crosses his eyes, and sticks out his tongue a little (it's called a "Gookies"). Harpo wrote one heck of a book when he wrote this, and it reads quickly, at least, it did for me.

If you have any interest in the Marx Brothers at all, this is the book for you!

A sweet spirit speaks.......2007-01-13

I'm not sure what the ingredients are to this man's alchemy--parts humility, gentleness, astute observation unclogged with snooty education, and complete anarchy, the kind that brings down goverments--but I've never had such an intense, wistful desire to have known somebody in my life. This book gets less than five stars merely because the style of "little Arthur Marx's" collaborator (I'm assuming) can get so old-tyme movie magazine/Hedda Hopper/name-dropper that it's painful.

But, barring the ocassional style snaffu, Harpo's sweet nature comes out almost at every turn. And thrillingly, every name he drops is huge. Kaufmann, Parker, Ruth Gordon, Rachmanninoff, Rimsky-Korsikov, Hearst et Davies, the bizarre and brilliant Oscar Levant...on and on and on. The section on Levant alone would have made a delicious book.

"I got the impression when I was little", writes his son, Bill, "That vaudeville was this marvelous, mythical kingdom where fathers and uncles came from". Harpo and his brothers grew up poor, hungry and Jewish in fin de siècle New York's upper East Side. He writes of his mother's dream for her five boys--the stage, a ticket out of the slums and poverty--and what happened when they finally hit it big after years of dives and buggy flophouse beds. Vaudeville itself is one the main characters of the book.

As is the giant personality of Alexander Woollcott, his closest and oldest friend. If I understand this correctly, Woollcott and Marx and the rest of the Algonquins pranked each other for almost twenty years.
Their gags crossed continents and oceans. Their summer together on the Riviera is one of the most loony periods of his life--flashing George Bernard Shaw, crashing millionairess' cotillions, being seduced by stars into...reading them comics. I swear this is much funnier than I'm telling it, and more impressive. France would never be the same.

Neither, oddly, would Russia, which he visited in the early thirties, just when the starvation, murder and purges were gearing up full blast. In his capacity as "professional listener" (and watcher)--and as a guy that never seems to think much of himself--Harpo talks to and quotes everyone: Jewish stagehands ("At least here there are no pogroms") , theatre promoters, Soviet party big-wigs, spies ("Da. I understand. Is joke...") .

After all the lunacy, his settled married life seems to have been very satisfying. He certainly seems to have been the ideal father to his wife Susan's sensible Mom. Okay, who am I trying to kid? He sounds like the PERFECT father, a goofy Atticus Finch, if you will. No wonder Susan, his wife, tracked him down and finagled an invite to the Goldwyn's to meet him, and hung around for months while he waffled. It's so romantic it will make your toes curl with pleasure.

As Arthur Marx ages, this book becomes increasingly poignant. Where does all that youthful silliness and energy go, as one slows down? If the last few pages, set in a Vegas casino with an old friend, don't make you weep with the recognition of the place in our lives where we accept our limits--then you have a heart of stone. Beautiful.

A simply heartrending Afterword by Harpo's son Bill completes the book. "I miss him," he writes. "Harpo I can see on the late show, along with my crazy uncles. It's Dad that I miss." We do too, Bill.

Sone of Harpo Speaks!: A Family Portrait

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Happy Fathers Day Hoppo Mox
Now I get to speak!

Sone of Harpo Speaks!: A Family Portrait
Bill Marx
Manufacturer: Bearmanor Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1593930623

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Happy Fathers Day Hoppo Mox.......2007-06-27

I bought this book and ironically read it the week of Father's Day. Having read and reread Harpo Speaks I couldn't wait to hear what Son had to say about Dad. I say....Bill(Willie Mays) Marx, the accomplished music producer hits a walk off grand slam on what is,I think, his first book... His good friends gave him great advice....."people are interested in someone you are the world's leading authority on... the one ... the only.... Harpo Marrix!" If you ever had a father or laughed... this is the book for you.
p.s. Bill uses a rarely used literary technique of having present day conversations with the "spirit of Dad" throughout the book. The chats are short and sweet.. almost like talking to an angel.You'll love it.

Now I get to speak!.......2007-05-07

I enjoyed reading this book very much. I have read several other books about the Marx Brothers down through the years. I appreciated the fact that Mr. Marx is a former adoptee like me. He wrote about this aspect of his life and said some wonderful things about his family & friends. I appreciated reading what he had to say about growing up with his "real parents" (Harpo & Susan/the ones who were there for him). I also appreciated reading about the understanding of his parents as he learned about his biological family in this book entitled--Son of Harpo Speaks!: A Family Portrait My favorite quote in the book is one said by his sister, Minnie, when asked what she felt like being adopted to which she replied, "What does it feel like not to be adopted"? I am now interested in learning how to work with teen adoptees to help them understand their feelings and help adoptive-parents understand their kids better. Thank you, Mr. Marx, for writing a wonderful book full of surprises!

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BUY HARPO SPEAKS INSTEAD!!!
Sweetness and understanding of a great family
Just an extract

Harpo Speaks . . . About New York
Harpo Marx , and Rowland Barber
Manufacturer: Little Bookroom
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1892145065
Release Date: 2000-01-01

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Long before vaudeville, Broadway, and the silver screen, Harpo Marx had triumphed on the greatest stage of all: New York City. For a kid on the streets in 1902, every day demanded wit and improvisation. Beyond the door of the tenement at 179 East 93rd Street lay rival gangs, lucky breaks, failed hustles. While his mother, Minnie, was occupied elsewhere—planning her unruly brood’s ultimate destiny—Harpo roamed the streets doing what any self-respecting second-grade dropout would: grabbing the family’s one left-foot skate and heading to Central Park, preparing for the bonfires of a Tammany election night, and hopping on the El to watch “the Gods in Valhalla—which is to say, the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds.” With an unforgettable cast of characters, and set against turn-of-the-century Manhattan, Harpo Speaks . . . About New York overflows with the optimism and sweetness of the kid who, on the off-chance that “Sandy Claus” just might remember him, never forgot to hang his stocking in the airshaft on Christmas Eve.

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BUY HARPO SPEAKS INSTEAD!!!.......2007-01-23

I loved the book Harpo Speaks so very much -- I've bought it for birthday presents for 2 different people so far. It's one of my top 10 favorite books. The first 80 - 100 pages are a little slow but after that? It takes off at a gallop and reads like fantastic fiction -- drama and comedy and heart -- and all of it actually happened! Well, out of love for this book, I wanted anything else by Harpo Marx and Rowland Barber and bought this book without much thought. Or research. And found, much to my chagrin, just like a previous reviewer noted, it's just THE FIRST FEW CHAPTERS OF HARPO SPEAKS!!! NOTHING NEW!!! I reiterate: BUY HARPO SPEAKS INSTEAD!!!

Sweetness and understanding of a great family.......2003-12-28

This may be an excerpt from a larger work, with which I'm unfamiliar. I have to judge it simply on what's before me. As one who thinks New York is the most civilized city on the planet though not as beautiful as Sydney, Australia, and who grew up, with millions of others, loving Harpo Marx, I loved this (little book). It is quite atmospheric and gives a very clear understanding of where the Marx Brothers got their drive and energy - Mother Minnie (stagestruck) and Father Frenchie (Housekeeper, tailor and cook). It is also a resounding example of the power of family. A very sweet and companiable edition by The Little Bookroom. Would make a very sweet gift as well.

Just an extract.......2001-05-06

Buy the book "Harpo Speaks". This is merely a coffee table extract from the FULL book, available...

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Harpo Speaks!
Rowland & Harpo Marx Barber
Manufacturer: Bernard Geis Associates & Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NRU73U

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Harpo Speaks!
Harpo Marx
Manufacturer: Bernard Geis
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ASIN: B000NW2DX2

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Harpo Speaks!
Harpo and Rowland Barber Marx
Manufacturer: Limelight Editions
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KVA3YM

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Harpo Speaks!
Harpo; Barbar, Rowland Marx
Manufacturer: Avon
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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Harpo Speaks
Harpo Marx
Manufacturer: Bernard Geis Associates
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KZFNMU

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Harpo Speaks
Harpo (with Rowland Barber) Marx
Manufacturer: Coronet
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OH9JH4

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Harpo Speaks
Harpo Marx
Manufacturer: Bernard Geis Associates
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NQA2A4

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A fascinating subject presented in art-expert doubletalk.......1998-06-10

That Rose O'Neill is a sadly neglected star of illustration,character design and paradoxical living, no one could ever deny-- especially if knowledge of her works and life is based on her actual writings and memoirs of members of the O'Neill "court". This re-telling of O'Neill's story is written in the most convoluted language, using terms and allusions that confound and cloud the"who" that was Rose O'Neill. A lack of illustrations further frustrate the reader interested in O'Neill's artwork, and several of the few illustrations that are in the book are either mis-captioned or fuzzily reproduced. This book smacks of a dissertation written without real interest in the subject. Quotes from other dis-engaged sources abound, denying the reader to ever analyse O'Neill for himself. I really hated this book.

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This edited volume has a comprehensive collection of articles exploring different kinds of news reporting across TV, print, and radio as also across different genres like sports, business, entertainment, and war in the Indian contetx.

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