It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It
by Adams, Scott
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine /J Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0740746588
- ISBN 13
- 9780740746581
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
Office workers, cubicle squatters, and corporate drones everywhere read Dilbert in their morning papers and see their own bosses and coworkers in the frames of the strip, enacting on newsprint the weird rituals and bizarre activities that are conducted each day in the American workplace. The characters' names and hairstyles have been changed to protect their identities, but Dilbert's readers aren't fooled. After all, they spend every day with these idiots and lunatics. Jargon-spewing corporate zombies. The sociopath who checks voice mail on his speaker phone. The fascist information systems guy. The sadistic human resources director. The technophobic vice president. The power-mad executive assistant. The pursed-lip sycophant. The big stubborn dumb guy. They're Dilbert's coworkers, and chances are they're yours, too. If you know them, work with them, or dialogue with them about leveraging synergies to maximize shareholder value, then you'll recognize this comic strip as a day at the office, only funnier! Since 1989 Dilbert has lampooned not only the people but also the accepted conventions and practices of the business world. Office politics, management trends, business travel, personnel policies, corporate bureaucracy, irrational strategies, unfathomable accounting practices, unproductive meetings, dysfunctional organizations, oppressive work spaces, silly protocols, and inscrutable jargon are all targets of Adams's darkly goofy satirical pen. Dilbert strikes a deeply resonant chord with fans because it casts such a dead-on reflection of the realities of the white-collar workplace, even with its off-the-wall delivery. It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It, features Adams's personal all-time favorite selections, along with his own handwritten commentary about the strips.
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0794994
- Title
- It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It
- Author
- Adams, Scott
- Illustrator
- Color Comics
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- J Near Fine
- Edition
- Used
- ISBN 10
- 0740746588
- ISBN 13
- 9780740746581
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Pub
- Place of Publication
- Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Wholt
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
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