Olive or Twist?: A Book of Drinking Cartoons

by Jack Ziegler

A New Yorker fan's treasury of food cartoons by the popular magazine illustrator features 122 favorite selections that include depictions of Ernest Hemingway's ridicule of Oscar Wilde's wine spritzer while Truman Capote takes notes, and an angel's barroom request to have whatever the demons beside him are drinking. 25,000 first printing.

Genres: Humor, Comics

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Jack Ziegler served worked as a cartoonist for the New Yorker Magazine for over forty years.

Reviews

[Immigration Art · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really witty, clever, and often laugh out loud funny.

Plus, the book offers tremendous insight into the process of financial planning (if the goal is to retire with a nest egg: "My 401(k) is safe. It is tied up in booze futures");

insightful guidelines for everyday living (think twice before entering "Slumlord's Top o' the Tenement Bar & Grill"); and, also,

instructive reports from the front lines of dating (one woman in a booth whispers to her girlfriend about an ordinary guy at the bar, "Being an accountant gives him that extra aura of danger").

Who knew?

Jack Ziegler is among the most amusing cartoonists working today.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid collection!

[Norrin2 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like cartoons. I like Jack Ziegler's cartoons. I like drinking. So I was sure I would like a book of Jack Ziegler cartoons about drinking. I was wrong.