american wit and humor

A celebration of the life and career of author and artist William Steig, discussing his work as a cartoonist for "New Yorker" magazine, his collections, his children's books, and other topics. Features examples of his art, including a portfolio of previously unpublished pieces.

Presents a humorous look at American politics including such topics as the two-party system, Wall Street, Bill Clinton and more.

Collects many adventures of Garfield the lasagna-loving cat, his canine friend, Odie, and their owner, Jon.

In this brutally honest collection of often cringe-inducing episodes, David Yoo perfectly captures the cycle of failure and fear from childhood through adulthood. Whether he's wearing four layers of clothing to artificially beef up his slim frame, routinely testing highlighters against his forearm to see if he indeed has yellow skin, or preemptively sabotaging promising relationships to avoid being compared to former boyfriends, Yoo celebrates and skewers the insecurities of anxious people everywhere.

"The Preppy Handbook" meets "PostSecret," in this cultural manifesto for a new generation. Imagine Sarah Silverman sitting down in your living room describing what makes white people tick. That is Stuff White People Like. Christian Lander has the inside scoop, from coffee to farmers markets to bumper stickers. You will laugh out loud, and you just might, at times, think the joke is on you.Lander and his blog stuffwhitepeoplelike.com have already been profiled by NPR and "The Los Angeles Times," adding to the success of the Internet phenomenon.

A humorous collection of contemporary writing by a number of comic masters including Roy Blount, Jr., Bruce Jay Friedman, Veronica Geng, Steve Martin, Garrison Keillor, and others.

Reprints nearly four hundred American editorial cartoons from the year 1975, covering the Ford administration, the energy crisis, the end of the Vietnam War, Patty Hearst, and other topics, each with introductory remarks.