Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!

Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! (2007) by Scott Adams. Adams, the author of the Dilbert comic strip, here turns to the essay form to try to milk some more cash out of his minor celebrity. The result is a book of short essays (ranging in length from half a page to several pages) on topics which leap in Adams' brain and onto the page. I must admit that it is a diverting read, but at no time does it threaten to become profound, and it's usually not really ha-ha funny. I found some of the essays wryly amusing, or clever perhaps, but I also found Adams to be at times annoyingly self-congratulatory. Grade: B