"With the inexhaustible curiosity of a sociologist, Keith Robinson has trained his microscope-like eye on a slice of life teeming with cultural bacteria. Weird notions bubble forth in his offbeat and meticulous cartoons."
-Los Angeles Times

This first collection of Making It cartoons was published by Harper & Row (now HarperCollins) in 1988. It includes most of the cartoons from the first year of the comic strip. In those days, the regular characters were secondary to the weekly topic - jogging, dating, cars, etc. Each cartoon is packed with tiny print and big laughs!

Dudes, surfers, meter cops, the Beach Boys, business cards, volleyball, sandcastles, waffles, sushi, yuppies, résumés, pulling an all-nighter, dressing to win, tanning to win, almost-naked bimbos...and more!

Making It: A Survival Guide for Today is now available exclusively here on our web site! Click below to order a copy today!

MORE ABOUT THE BOOK

• Close-up of cover
  
• Sample cartoon
  
• Local Manhattan Beach/Hermosa Beach TV commercial for the Making It books (Requires a 56K modem minimum and RealPlayer G2)

CONTENTS

• The Beach
• The First Day of Summer
• Dressing for The Beach
• Going to The Beach
• Tan to Win!
• The Three Stages of Beach Relaxation
• Time to Brave the Waves
• Beach Volleyball
• Surfing (without getting your feet wet)
• Faking It at The Beach (A Crash Course for Non-Locals)
• Renting an Apartment
• Roommates
• Moving Day
• Houses on the Strand
• Strand Cats
• Walking at The Beach
• Strand Dogs
• Jogging on the Strand
• The 7 Wonders of The Beach
• Drugs at The Beach
• Cars at The Beach
• Love at The Beach...Are You Ready For It?
• Date Data
• The New Anniversaries
• Uncle Normy's Muffin Mill
• Becoming a Regular
• The Four Basic Food Groups at The Beach
• Sushi at The Beach
• Business at The Beach
• Career Opportunities ON The Beach
• The Hierarchy of The Beach
• A Dissenting Viewpoint by Christopher J. Silverwood
• Christmas Parties at The Beach
• Christmas Preparations at The Beach
• Two Days Till Christmas
• The True Meaning of Christmas (at The Beach)
• Marketing Gooses Up the Book
• Motion Picture Ratings
• Colorization
• The Beach Yuppie
• What the Well-Dressed Coffee Table is Wearing this Year...
• Posters at The Beach
• Party Wars
• High School: The Root of Making It!
• The Résumé
• Should You Take the Job?
• Business Cards
• Yellow Ties
• Business Communication
• Pulling an All-Nighter
• Investment Advice
• The ATM
• Key Therapy
• Comix at The Beach
• Periodic Table of Essential Elements
• End o' the Book Clearance Sale
• The End of Summer...

Perennial Library
Harper & Row Publishers
ISBN 0-06-096254-2

ALSO AVAILABLE BY KEITH ROBINSON:

• 5 Years of Making It
  
• Why Do Dogs Do That?
  
• Why Do Cats Do That?