101 Funny Things about Global Warming

Harris, this time with a number of other cartoonists, does it again. He brings his unique combination of of incisive wit and real understanding of the science to global warming and other ecological issues. This collection differs from other Harris compendia in a few ways, though. For one, it includes contributions by Gahan Wilson and others, many quite recongizable. On the whole, though, I found Harris's to be the strongest in the collection. Some material in the collection actually writes itself, leading to the second unusual feature of this collection. In a half-dozen cartoons, Harris just pens a loose sketch of some famous figure and lets that luminary's own bone-headed words speak for themselves, for example "We've got to ask ourselves: how much clean air do we need?" (Lee Iococca) and "It has never been proven that air toxics are hazardous to people" (Tom Delay). You can't make that stuff up; no one would believe it. Issues like these are so important the we must bring all of our resources to bear on them, and humor is that most human of resources. -- wiredweird