We Have Ways of Making You Laugh: 120 Funny Swastika Cartoons

By Sam Gross

Swastikas? you ask. Funny?Well, sometimes funny. Gathered together in this outrageous, rueful, and often poignant collection of cartoons are one artist's extraordinary observations on the range of emotion that the controversial symbol has elicited for more than half a century. These witty, beautifully rendered images gleefully stomp through the darkest moments in history and remind us that humor can diffuse our unspoken fears and deflate an overwrought icon. The legendary S. Gross has been drawing for The New Yorker and other publications for more than forty years -- his talking cats, flying cows, and snails who have fallen in love with Scotch tape dispensers are some of the funniest and most recognizable cartoons in the world. We Have Ways of Making You Laugh is his most heartfelt -- and hilarious -- book yet.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416556400
• ISBN13: 9781416556404
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

An interesting book!

When Europe tried to ban swastikas in 2005, Hindu groups balked at the proposition, reminding the world that swastikas derive from ancient symbols for peace. Indeed the swastika appears beside the cross, the Star of David, and the crescent moon on the facade of the Baha'i Temple in Chicago. An interesting book! Don't be afaid to read this book! And what this book does is to remind us that we should never retire any symbol from world history.