Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G Ods, How to Avoid Being Mista

By Scott Adams

Book Overview

Everyone knows Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert , as the king of workplace humor. His insights into the crazy world of business have long been on display in his hugely popular comic strip and bestselling books like The Dilbert Principle . But there's much more to life than work, and it turns out that the man behind Dogbert and the Pointy-Haired Boss has an equally outrageous take on life outside the cubicle. Adams ventures into uncharted territory in this collection of more than 150 short pieces on everything from lunar real estate to serial killers, not to mention politics, religion, dating, underwear, alien life, and the menace of car singing. He isn't afraid to confront the most pressing questions of our day, such as the pros and cons of toothpaste smuggling, why kangaroos don't drive cars, and whether Jesus would approve of your second iPod.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591842301
• ISBN13: 9781591842309
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Portfolio
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Stick to Drawing Comics Monkey Brain!

This is the funniest book I have ever read. I read it in a hot-tub and nearly drowned laughing. I particularly like Adams' habit of questioning everything occurring around him. This habit leads him on many insanely-humerous journeys of logical inference.

If there's one thing Scott Adams shouldn't do, it's stick to drawing comics

This book is a compilation of around 250 of Scott Adams' posts on "The Dilbert Blog", originally written during the lead-up to and aftermath of his wedding to his wife (though rarely focused on that particular topic). Adams writes eloquently, expertly and frequently hilariously on all manner of topics, examining everything from his self-defined status as an "optimistic cynic" to the nature of tolerance. He takes witty looks at philosophy and politics while also offering anecdotes on writing "Dilbert" and his personal life. Each piece is fairly short - usually between one and three pages of the 360-page tome, which concludes with a sprinkling of amusing quotes from Adams. Unless you've been dedicated to reading every blog post Scott Adams has made over the past few years, this book certainly warrants a purchase. One of the best books I've read in a while.

Scott Adams is so clever

Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice Entertaining and enjoyable book. The downside is I have already finished 2 days after receiving it. Oh, and Scott Adams is far too clever - I hate him!

You gotta love duhDilbert's creator!

I don't know whether you have to appreciate Scott Adam's "dark side" to enjoy this book, but it helps. His dark side? His non-cartoon creations, whether business-related or not. Of these, they range from The Dilbert Principle to God's Debris. The TEXT drives the deeper meanings, and not the drawings. In Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!, Adams steals from his blog and looks at the world through his Dilbert-framed sunglasses. You immediately are transported to Adams' world: "Thanks to hurricane Wilma, nothing has crapped on our Eyewitness News van for hours. Back to you, Bob." "If I'm dumb enough to buy water, I'm certainly dumb enough to pay too much for it." "And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." "Rule 472: Before you touch a monkey god's tail to cure your leprosy, make sure the tail doesn't have a little hole in the end." This book is organized (?) as a series of short chapters, reading as a blog in that you can "feel" his timeline as Adams vacations in Maui, plans his wedding, and so on. Don't miss Hi Jean (p. 19), Try this at home (p. 36), Adopting (p. 55), and German cannibal (p. 120). You will learn about the Scott Adams Diet (p. 101) and the Albra Cadaver (p. 107). The book includes Dilbert strips that didn't make it past the editors, and a surprising amount of political-social-ethical insights. For example, should inDUHviduals respect the beliefs of others? Adams gets serious... "Many of our biggest world problems are caused by different religious views. But its not socially acceptable to even discuss whether those views originate from the almighty or a drunken guy whizzing on a tree stump. At a bare minimum, just to pick one example, either Christianity or Islam is completely and utterly wrong. The beliefs are mutually exclusive. Muslims believe all Christians will burn in Hell. Christians believe that the Koran is fiction. They both can't be right. (They could obviously both be wrong if the Heaven's Gate guys turn out to have it right.)" (p. 116). Witty, humorous, caustic, satirical, sobering, scathing, insightful... expect everything from this book, because it IS another thought experiment.

Funny and Mind Expanding

Scott's blog is an uncensored hysterically funny look at everything. This book is based on the blog and it's seriously funny while also taking my mind places it never would have gone on its own. You're gonna laugh till it hurts.