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Work Is Hell
Another Mini-Jumbo Compendium of Hellish Cartons by That Darn Matt Groening
This Massive Behemoth Of A Book Contains Dozens Of Peculiar Yet Insightful Comic Strips -- many of which will make you laugh out loud no matter how lousy your job is.
Work is Hell contains a full 48 of the funniest, side-splittingest, tickle-boniest cartoons from Matt Groaning's "Life in Hell" "RM" comic strip (seen weekly in newspapers from coast to coast), printed in a deluxe. easy-to-read, 9-inch-by-9-inch format. Not only do you get all 10 chapters of the overstuffed "Work is Hell" miniseries, you also get more than 3 dozen bonus cartoons -- at no additional cost. Act now. This offer may not be repeated. Work is Hell is presented in stunning, unpretentious black-and-white, and will make you look hip if you leave it lying around casually on the coffee table. Act now. This offer may not be repeated. Act now.
Ebook Work Is Hell Matt Groening 9780394748641 Books
"I tried to keep an open mind while reading it, I really did. I think part of the problem is that I was a young kid in the 80's and don't have the nostalgic connection that a lot of readers do to this series. Despite my best efforts, I didn't find myself laughing at all. In fact, I managed merely a chuckle or two from cover-to-cover.
Keep in mind, I was never expecting a masterpiece. I was simply looking for an early glimpse into one of the arguably funniest minds in history. I have a dark sense of humor, so it didn't bother me that the taste was rather dry. I knew it was a beginning work, so I wasn't put off by the rough illustrations throughout either.
What did get me was the fact that there was very little within the pages I could identify with. I've been in the working force for a long time and have had all sorts of different bosses, but nothing struck me as familiar. The characters were very bland and the whole book struck me as something that could've been written by a smart kid poking fun at his school. I was disappointed, to say the least.
Like I said, this low opinion may be because I was born too late to enjoy the series as it was published, so I gave it 3 stars in faith that I might just be missing some of the subtle humor that's so well buried within. On the other hand, maybe the humor was just too obvious and so I missed it completely. In any case, I would've given it 2 stars if I were judging it without any knowledge of how truly funny Matt Groening could be.
I managed to find a seller who offered it for .01 plus cheap shipping, so I only paid $3.50 for it. Had I bought it new, I would consider it a waste of money. My advice to those who are jumping into this series with fresh eyes (like me): BUY USED."
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Work Is Hell Matt Groening 9780394748641 Books Reviews
- Bought the book because I felt a bit of Nostalgia.
As a child I thought these comics were incredibly funny and too outrageous to be real.
No way adulthood can be this silly and soul crushing!!!!
I used to laugh at the comic, now I'm laughing at my life and how accurate the comics portray being an adult could be.
This is some Nostradamus zone I walked into. - I tried to keep an open mind while reading it, I really did. I think part of the problem is that I was a young kid in the 80's and don't have the nostalgic connection that a lot of readers do to this series. Despite my best efforts, I didn't find myself laughing at all. In fact, I managed merely a chuckle or two from cover-to-cover.
Keep in mind, I was never expecting a masterpiece. I was simply looking for an early glimpse into one of the arguably funniest minds in history. I have a dark sense of humor, so it didn't bother me that the taste was rather dry. I knew it was a beginning work, so I wasn't put off by the rough illustrations throughout either.
What did get me was the fact that there was very little within the pages I could identify with. I've been in the working force for a long time and have had all sorts of different bosses, but nothing struck me as familiar. The characters were very bland and the whole book struck me as something that could've been written by a smart kid poking fun at his school. I was disappointed, to say the least.
Like I said, this low opinion may be because I was born too late to enjoy the series as it was published, so I gave it 3 stars in faith that I might just be missing some of the subtle humor that's so well buried within. On the other hand, maybe the humor was just too obvious and so I missed it completely. In any case, I would've given it 2 stars if I were judging it without any knowledge of how truly funny Matt Groening could be.
I managed to find a seller who offered it for .01 plus cheap shipping, so I only paid $3.50 for it. Had I bought it new, I would consider it a waste of money. My advice to those who are jumping into this series with fresh eyes (like me) BUY USED. - Having enjoyed other titles in the series (Childhood is Hell, School is Hell, Love is Hell) I was looking forward to this one, hoping that it would contain the secret inspiration behind Dilbert. But the Work component of the book didn't work for me -- after Dilbert, it just felt tame. The last third of the book is not on the Work theme, and had a few funny pages.
- I'm not trying to date the book as it's lessons about work defy the passing of time, but I remember encountering "Life is Hell" in the L.A. Weekly back in the mid-eighties and I was dumbfounded at how these simple little cartoons could pack so much weariness and cynicism.
If you have trouble identifying with the themes and characters in Groening's work it might be time to step outside the mansion, put the Trust Fund aside and join the real world. Let this be your guide! - This is going to make you feel like crap
even if you laugh your head off all the
way through the book...
Better be on welfare to read this.
Rebellion may follow if you are
a simple worker or a stupid boss.
You have been warned.
Now get back to work,
or get back to the bitterness
of your uselesness on this planet. - My dad had this book when I was a little boy, and I remember sneaking it out of his study to read it. I laughed even though I didn't really get it, but I knew it was trying to be funny. Now I'm almost 21, and this brought back some happy memories of my youth.
- Classic genius comedy by Matt Groening.
- thank you this was a Christmas gift was well appreciated came fast in excellent condition thank you
