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The Funny Years
Miramax
November 2006
On Sale: October 25, 2006
304 pages
ISBN: 1401352391
EAN: 9781401352394
Hardcover
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Just in time for the 20th anniversary of Spys creation comes
the definitive anthology, inside story, and scrapbook. Spy:
The Funny Years will remind the magazines million readers
why they loved and depended on Spy, and bring to a new
generation the jewels of its reporting and writing,
photography, illustration, design, and world-class
mischief-making. It will demonstrate Spys singular niche in
American magazine and cultural history. But mainly it is
intended to be enjoyed on its own: one beautiful,
comprehensive volume containing Spys funniest and most
creative work, along with the ultimate insiders account of
how it all came to be. All the best of it is here: Separated
at Birth?, Naked City, The Fine Print, Log-Rolling in Our
Time, the Blurb-o-Mat, those hilarious (and now ubiquitous)
charts, the inside stories on the New York Times and
Hollywood by J.J. Hunsecker and Celia Brady, the covers,
investigative features, and the hilarious stories on pretty
much everyone who was anyone during the late 80s and early
90s. Not to mention the often grisly but always entertaining
regular cast of characters from Spys pagesthe churlish dwarf
billionaires, beaver-faced moguls, bull-whip-wielding
uber-agents, knobby-kneed socialites and, of course,
short-fingered vulgarians. During its heyday, from 1986
through 1993, Spy broke important ground in journalism and
design, defining smartness for its generation. It was a
once-in-a-lifetime creation that shaped the zeitgeist and
succeeded (for a while) against all odds. Spy: The Funny
Years will be the fun, stylish, hilarious holiday gift of
the year.
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