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The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide Youll Ever Need (9781594482915): Daniel H. Pink, Rob Ten Pas: Books. Instructional comics are at least as old as the World War II comic-book pamphlets showing GIs how to do various things (or, reputedly, not do, such as get VD). This book is ostensibly the first American business-career advisor in comics form, though manga industry buzz has it that such is ancient hat in Japan (where, furthermore, 40 percent of all books are manga—so there). Gotta say it’s nifty enough. It traces the titular young office drone’s transformation into an asset to the company via the six rules he learns from a smart-alecky genie he summons by cracking apart pairs of cheap chopsticks. Up-and-coming business guru Pink contributes a text that many may find didactically routine and only just over-the-bar in terms of humor, but Ten Pas, an American thoroughly steeped in manga style, moves it like it was preferred stock. His panel design and page layout are slick as glare ice, and he makes the customary repertoire of manga grimaces and “sound” effects strut like showgirls. More enjoyable than may have been intended. --Ray Olson
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
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