The Job Thing

by Carol Tyler

Most everyone has had a horrible job--the kind that makes you want to scream. In The Job Thing Carol Tyler writes and draws several stories of jobs from hell. Most of the stories are reprinted from her series "Job Abuse" that appeared in Street Music Magazine; the last two, "Will Work for Food" and "Saved," are new to this edition. What The Dilbert Principle is for the corporate, American, cubicle life, Tyler's book is for the low-paying, humiliating work force.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Graphic Novels Comics

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Bilgewater · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tripped over this by accident at a garage sale and figured I'd give it a read; what a lucky event that was! I found myself laughing endlessly at the myriad of hilarious yet insane situations that can only come from the often surreal environment of the workplace.

Tyler clearly knows the bottom of the workplace barrel and the lunacy it induces, yet handles it in the humorous way artists often do, and the result is a very interesting and unique comic that can easily take up an afternoon of reading and re-reading. Read it in class if you can contain your laughter; read it at work to get more sideways glances from your anti-book co-workers.

[MariNaomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish I'd read this before I'd read her latest ("You'll Never Know"), as I was somewhat disappointed by the artwork--she has come a long way, and I've been spoiled by her last two books! But the stories were funny and sad. So sad that I wanted to crawl into them, grab her by the shoulders and insist to her old self (the self she portrayed in these stories), "Come on! Have a little self-worth!" Still, it was an amusing read that I would certainly recommend to the alt. comics fan.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite books ever - Tyler dissects the low-paying, low-glory shitty job culture of America in a non-didactic, hilarious fashion. Read it, laugh, remember, and cringe.

[Shoshanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked some of these, but I skipped a lot of it. The ones I liked, I loved the politics of.

[Simon Sweetman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some scathing, scrappy cartoons here. Really good.