<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>This collection gathers together the best writing and drawings from the first eight issues of the <I>Lowbrow Reader</I>, a lushly illustrated comedy journal published in New York since 2001, along with brand new material. The book features bizarre encounters with Muhammad Ali, the White Stripes, and Jackie Mason; a rip-roaring interview about sex with Mo'Nique and Queens of the Stone Age; the definitive account of <I>Billy Madison</I>; and an illustrated guide to America's CEO dilemma with words from John Waters, Patton Oswalt, George Saunders, and Randy Newman. Contributors include Shelley Berman from <I>Curb Your Enthusiasm</I>, David Berman from the Silver Jews, Gilbert Rogin from the <I>New Yorker</I>, Neil Michael Hagerty from the Howling Hex, and the late singer Lee Hazlewood.