In this highly entertaining book, internationally acclaimed cartoonist and journalist Anthony Haden-Guest offers a one-of-a-kind collection of cartoons that present darkly humorous commentary on art, celebrity, and the way we live today. With the same piercing humor that has made him one of the top contributors to the worlds leading publications and television shows, Haden-Guest presents dozens of amusing parodies targeting the business world, media and journalism, and what people say versus what they really mean. The Chronicles of Now features dozens of comical cartoons and drawings covering such topics as "Modern Manners," "Postmodern Excuses," "The Class War of Words," and "e-Answered Prayers." This hilarious parody of todays times also includes the authors blueprint for an "End-of the-World-as-We Know-It" game. "Mr. Guest s cartoons are incredibly hilarious and witty. . . . I hope he gets carpal tunnel syndrome." -- Bill Plympton, cartoonist "Probably because he is so witty, Anthony Haden-Guest has been underestimated as a visual artist." -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude, artists Who but he has the wit and speed his urbane little figures display in wounding one another s egos?" -- Arthur C. Danto, art critic for The Nation Whether members of the myriad inner circles being parodied or mere observers of modern life, readers will be captivated by the first drawn book depicting todays teeming times. Anthony Haden-Guest is a cartoonist, journalist, and author. His drawings appear weekly in the New York Observer, and his stories have appeared in such magazines as Talk, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Details, the London Observer, Sunday Times and Telegraph, and Paris Review. His recent books include True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World (Grove/Atlantic) and The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco & the Culture of the Night (William Morrow & Co.). In 1979 he was awarded a New York Emmy for writing and narrating the comic documentary The Affluent Immigrants for PBS. Born in Paris, he moved from London to New York City in the late seventies. He continues to live in New York City.