Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by the New Yorker's Cartooning Couple by Michael Maslin and Liza Donnelly (2009, Hardcover)

Synopsis
In this lively and entertaining collection, married New Yorker cartoonists Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin offer their own humorous take on marriage and parenting. The book is packed with their elegant drawings and trademark acerbic wit, as they take turns offering their own unique perspective. Whether married or single, fans of intelligent cartoon work will delight in such a rich collection.

Key Details
Author:	Liza Donnelly, Michael Maslin
Language:	English
Publisher:	Random House, Inc.
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	1400068088
ISBN-13:	9781400068081

Size
Length:	279 pages
Thickness:	1.2 in
Weight:	28 oz

Publisher's Note
A pair of married New Yorker cartoonists expose the hilarious complexities and eccentricities of love and matrimony in a collection of more than two hundred cartoons and original graphic narratives that explore such topics as "I Do," "Play with Me," "Gifting and Getting," Ex-Whatevers," "Come Hither," "Is It Worth It," and "In Bed." 30,000 first printing.

What happens when two cartoonists for The New Yorker fall in love and marry? Lots of witty wordplay, skewering drawings, and a healthy dose of illustrative competition. For twenty years, veteran cartoonists Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin have been exploring in their work the ins and outs of marriage. From whimsical and wacky to risqué and barbed, their humor allows us to laugh at our follies and foibles and the insanity that is inherent in the day-to-day workings of every marriage. From meeting, wooing, and dating to marrying, divorcing, and remarrying, from having sex to having kids, the course of true love never runs smooth–but it’s excellent fodder for talented humorists.

Here, Donnelly and Maslin offer a his-and-hers view of marriage, a cartoon conversation about all that love entails. From the wedding day (“And do you, Louise, take Jack to be your husband until really, really pissed-off do you part?”) to cohabitation (“And this is where I go to escape from where I go to escape”) to parenting (“Dad says it’s all right with him if I watch TV as long as it’s not all right with you”), husband and wife give us hilarious insights into the way relationships work. Cartoon Marriage shares clever takes on male/female communication (“You could at least acknowledge the fact that I’m ignoring you”) and renovation (“I’ve made a few improvements, but the way you see him now is pretty much the way I found Harold eleven years ago”). And of course, what view of marriage would be complete without a trip to the bedroom: “Owen, look, the good-sex fairy.”

Featuring more than two hundred hilarious cartoons, Cartoon Marriage is a deliciously witty true-to-life look at matrimony, children, happiness, connubial squabbling, and everything in between.

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