Work Is Hell
by Matt Groening
Our Price: $4.94
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Matt GroeningEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-15
ISBN: 0007181302
Number of pages: 48
Publisher: Harpercollins Entertainment
Book Reviews of Work Is Hell
Book Review: Got me through my first "real" job
Summary: 5 Stars
After I graduated college and 6 months of intense job interviewing and searching, I finally found a job in a field I wanted. What I didn't expect though was having to do it all day every day. Stuck in a room full of cubicles full of crazy people and scrutinizing crazy bosses doing the same thing over and over began to wear on me. I thought I was alone in thinking this was not normal. Everyone else seemed oblivious to this but me. I'd seen "Life In Hell" in an underground newspaper and picked this book up on a whim.
I suddenly discovered I wasn't alone in my thinking. I made one mistake, though - I showed it to another co-worker. They didn't understand it and gave me weird looks ever afterwards. They probably still work there in the same room then go home at night and cry and then scream like a banshee into a pillow.
Summary of Work Is Hell
Laugh off your work worries, employment disappointment and career cares with Blinky, Bongo, Jeff and Akbar as they guide you safely through the 9 to 5 battle-zone that is work. As someone once said: 99% of success is simply turning up. From the first tentative step onto the greasy corporate ladder, to the inevitable slump to the bottom of the food-chain, Matt Groening draws on all the back-stabbery, gossip-mongery and skullduggery of modern office life to create a hilarious masterpiece to help you transcend the work-a-day blues. Whether you feel like a battery hen or a battering ram at work, you will laugh at your peers, recognise your younger naive self, and poke fun at your boss. Say goodbye to boredom and hello to squeals of laughter as Matt Groening races through Bad Job Checklists, How to Kill 8 Hours a Day and Still Keep Your Job, and The 81 Types of Employees. Life in Hell was the syndicated newspaper cartoon strip by Matt Groening which ran in the States during the 80s and early 90s. Asked to turn the characters into TV animation, Groening instead developed The Simpsons, retaining many of the characteristics of Binky, Bongo, Sheba, Jeff and Akbar in the series. In a world where The Simpsons and Futurama are as popular as ever, these hellish cartoons featuring Matt Groening's zany brand of comic genius are simply gold dust.Comic Strips Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Comic Strips Books
The Best of Sudhir Darby Sudhir Dar
Penguin Books Australia; Published: 2003-03-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.15
Petty's Australia - and How It Worksby Bruce Petty
Penguin Putnam~trade; Published: 1978-09-28; Paperback; Book
Best of Laxman: The Common Man Balances His Budgetby R. K. Laxman
Penguin Books Australia; Published: 2000-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.50
Laugh with Laxmanby R.K. Laxman
Penguin Books Australia; Published: 1999-02-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.47
The " Simpsons " - " Futurama " Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis (The " Simpsons " )by Matt Groening
HarperCollins Entertainment; Published: 2007-01-02; Paperback; Book
Binky's Guide to Love: A Little Book of Hell by Matt Groeningby Matt Groening
HarperCollins Entertainment; Published: 2006-01-03; Hardcover; Book
Love Is Hellby Matt Groening
Harper Collins Pb; Published: 2004-01-19; Paperback; Book
Cartoon Workshopby Joel Mishon
Harper Collins; Published: 2003-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.89
Homer Simpson's Guide to Being a Manby Matt Groening
Harper Collins; Published: 2004-12-31; Hardcover; Book
Snoopy: Not Your Average Dogby Charles M. Schulz
HarperEntertainment; Published: 1996-10-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $32.00
Similar Books and other products
Big Book of Hellby Matt Groening
Pantheon; Published: 1990-10-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.95
Price in other shops:
Road to Hellby Matt Groening
Harper Collins Entertainment; Published: 2004-07-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $41.94
Will and Abe's Guide to the Universeby Matt Groening
Harper Paperbacks; Published: 2007-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.18
Price in other shops:
How to Go to Hellby Matt Groening
Harper Collins Entertainment; Published: 2004-07-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.54
Akbar & Jeffs Guide to Lifeby Matt Groening
Harpercollins Entertainment; Published: 2004-05-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.04
Love Is Hellby Matt Groening
Pantheon; Published: 1994-11-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $55.43
Childhood Is Hellby Matt Groening
Pantheon; Published: 1988-11-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.94
Price in other shops:
The Huge Book of Hellby Matt Groening
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1997-05-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $20.39
Price in other shops:
The Big Book of Hellby Matt Groening
Pantheon; Published: 1990-10-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.26
Price in other shops:
School Is Hellby Matt Groening
Pantheon; Published: 1987-07-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.64