Books Details
Author : Matthew Diffee Pages : 304 pages Publisher : Gallery
Books Language : en-US ISBN-10 : 1416934014 ISBN-13 :
9781416934011
Books Descriptions
Each week "The New Yorker" receives more than five hundred
submissions from its regular cartoonists, who are all vying for
one of the twenty coveted spots in the magazine. So what
happens to the 75 percent of cartoons that don't make the cut?
Some go back in a drawer, others go up on the refrigerator or
into the filing cabinet...but the very best of all the rejects
can be found right here in these pages. "The Rejection
Collection Vol. 2: The Cream of the Crap" is the ultimate scrap
heap of creative misfires -- from the lowbrow and the dirty to
the politically incorrect and the weird, these rejects
represent the best of the worst...in the best possible sense of
the word. Handpicked by editor Matthew Diffee, these hilarious
cartoons are accompanied by handwritten questionnaires and
photographed self-portraits, providing a rare glimpse into the
minds of the artists behind the rejection. With appendices that
explore the top ten reasons why cartoons are rejected and
examine the solitary
