Sidney Harris: A Signed Copy of Kafka Does Stand-Up

At a local bookstore earlier this month, I found a signed copy of Kafka Does Stand-Up: Cartoons on Books and Writers (2023) by Sidney Harris. It's a little scuffed but at $9, I figured why not? It's fairly new and, truthfully, I had not heard of it. The book lists twenty-five other cartoon collections by Harris, so maybe I shouldn't be so surprised that I haven't kept up.

The book is signed by Harris, not perfectly, mind you—there's some overwriting on that final s.

A copy listed on Amazon at $14.95 gives a publication date of May 12, 2023. My copy's very specific date is May 27, 2023. No publisher is listed other than ScienceCartoonsPlus.com, the author's website. So now we know what we have: a self-published book that is printed on demand. 

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