Roger Dahl's Comic Japan
Best of Zero Gravity Cartoons from The Japan Times-The Lighter Side of Tokyo Life
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- USD 5.99
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- USD 5.99
Descripción editorial
"Most non-Japanese who have spent time in Japan will recognize both Japan and themselves in Roger Dahl's fine cartoons. He is an equal-opportunity satirist, skewering foreigners and host country alike. My own favorites include The Darkest Hour"" (about the intricacies of trash disposal, p. 13), ""Polite Country"" (the panel ends with the foreigner sighing, ""I need a vacation in a rude country,"" p. 131), and a Swiss army knife adapted for Japan, complete with abacus, chopsticks, and karaoke mike (p. 142)."" --Dr. Richard Minear, author of Dr. Seuss Goes To War and professor emeritus at University of Massachusetts"
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After over 20 years of producing the comic strip Zero Gravity in the Japan Times, Dahl has released a best-of compilation. The quasi-autobiographical strip mostly stars Larry and Lily, a fictional American couple who teach English in Tokyo. Dahl mines humorous incidents, such as when he accidentally made a tuna sandwich out of cat food, and when he improperly raked his bonsai tree leaves. The drawing is lively and expressive, and though some of the strips are funny, others trade on stereotypes or tired cultural assumptions. This is a book of smiles, not guffaws, yet the accumulation of strips builds a picture of an expat lifestyle, with its attendant loneliness, confusion, and thrills.
