Penguins rock

Not only are penguins the coolest animal EVER, second in humor to monkeys and third in cuteness (damn otters and baby pandas are tied for first), but they are also ROCKING the publishing world. Well, Penguin is. For the past few weeks, press releases have been coming out about Penguin adding digital content to their e-books (a la DVD extras) and developing new ways to bring classic lit to the masses. Now, they've won the Design of the Year prize from the Design Museum in London, for their Classics Deluxe Editions.

Now, I know you know about these books. These are the books you spot in the store and realize you're looking at a comic version of a classic work (i.e., Voltaire). You think to yourself, "awesome!! There's a graphic novel version of this book! Sweet!" and proceed to flip through the pages. After flipping back and forth a few times, looking for more pictures, you realize you've been had, put the book down, and go buy your latest issue of Cracked.

Or maybe that's just me (except, remove Cracked and insert $100 worth of books, many with pictures inside as well as out, some with no pictures outside as well as in).

Here's the really sad part: I've picked up that copy of Voltaire at least 10 times to see if it's a GN version. And it's always the same...what was the definition of insanity again?