Innocent, Your Honor
A Book of Lawyer Cartoons
by Danny Shanahan
Overview
From the Publisher
New Yorker cartoonist Danny Shanahan wittily portrays litigious living in this hilarious volume of 120-plus cartoons on lawyers, legal matters, and courtroom antics. From corporate contretemps to judicial jujitsu, Innocent, Your Honor, a new addition to Abrams' popular line of books by New Yorker cartoonists, covers a wide compendium of colorful characters and twisted tales.
Law is the profession we all love to hate, and this book shows us why. From an aspiring attorney, who confesses, "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. After that, law school was pretty much a given," to the mythical Hercules signing a contract where ". . . she gets the house, the chariot, and custody of the kids. You get to keep the lion skin," to a terrifying future in which "everyone will be a lawyer for fifteen minutes," Shanahan's offbeat humor is sure to delight anyone who is involved in the legal profession or who has an upcoming day in court. Just don't sue him if you hurt yourself laughing!
My thoughts
Hilarious! That's all I have to say! I bought this book for a friend of mine who has one particular aforementioned profession. Sheesh, I hope lawyers have a sense of humor!!! :-)
Favorite Passage
Well, the cover art is pretty awesome!
I also like the cartoon where the caption reads: "Your Honor, the state has every reason to consider the defendant an extremely high flight risk."
The defendant is the Gingerbread Man!
