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The Onion

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ISBN 10 : 0316256455 ISBN 13 : 9780316256452

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company, 2014

Synopsis

Physical description; 261 pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm. Summary; "A compilation of the most important, most influential, and glossiest magazine covers ever produced by the hand of humankind. Seen by tens of billions worldwide, these are the unforgettable 'Onion magazine' covers that altered the course of human history and radically defined your trivial life anew every weekend." Subjects; Onion (Madison, Wis.) Magazine covers -- United States -- Humor. American wit and humor, Pictorial.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Since its founding by a Prussian tuber farmer in 1756, The Onion has attracted millions of loyal fans drawn to its fearless reporting and scathing commentary on world events, human behavior, and journalistic convention, and it has expanded into an omnipotent news empire, with Webby Award-winning TheOnion.com, its Peabody Award-winning Onion News Network video wing, and multiple bestselling books, including Our Dumb Century (1999), Our Dumb World (2007), and The Onion Book of Known Knowledge (2012). Its home offices are in Chicago.

Perhaps even more notable than The Onion newspaper is its Sunday magazine supplement, The Onion Magazine. First published in 1808 as a mouthpiece to relentlessly discredit Enlightenment ideals and as a vehicle for lucrative casket advertisements, The Onion Magazine quickly secured its place as the most popular reading material among the world's literate and semiliterate. The Onion Magazine has since grown into the largest magazine publisher on earth, expanding to include the famed Weekender magazine in 1837, the first ever hourly magazine in 1891, and the world's first glossy Braille magazine in 1920. With over 11 billion subscribers worldwide, The Onion Magazine empire now encompasses more than 13,000 properties and boasts all of the most popular titles in print.

Revue de presse :

Praise for The Onion Magazine:

"The Onion's latest priceless parody.... More hilarious than anything you'll find in a Sunday newspaper."―John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle

"Sometimes sly social commentary, sometimes just stupidly funny, a collection of the covers of fictional magazines from satirical news organization The Onion have a cumulatively hilarious effect."―The Globe and Mail

"One might think the Onion would have lost some of its bite over the years, but its latest book shows the satirical outfit is as sharp as ever, and deeply hilarious on so many levels."―Jill Wilson, Winnipeg Free Press

Praise for The Onion Book of Known Knowledge:

"An encyclopedic fun house of information and illustrations teeming with hundreds of entries covering everything from the letter A to Zibby the cartoon squirrel."―Elle

"One of the best works that The Onion has ever produced...[it] dryly parodies an encyclopedia in the most comprehensive manner imaginable."―Huffington Post Comedy

"A tome so replete with knowledge [that it allows readers] to win friends and influence people."―Entertainment Weekly

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown and Company
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0316256455
• ISBN 13: 9780316256452
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272