The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons, ed. Bob Eckstein

If you are an avid reader or book lover, you will relate to the cartoons that Bob Eckstein has collected in The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons by the World's Greatest Cartoonists.  Eckstein features several dozen cartoonists whose cartoons have appeared in various publications.  The New Yorker magazine is where most of these originated.  If you have an idea of the style of the cartoons they publish, then you have an idea of this book.

Several themes show up throughout the book.  The quirky interactions of author appearances and book signings.  The loss of the traditional bookstores, either to online retailers or to "bookstores" that sell all manner of things besides books.  The struggles of the lives of authors and editors.  The lifestyle of someone who simply likes to read.

As Eckstein writes in the introduction, "Long live books, bookstores, and cartoons!"  Book lovers understand.





Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!