"Irresistible . . . An illustrated career guide that blows away all the rest with its clarity, simplicity, and intelligence. . . . Any career consultant -- or high-school guidance counselor -- who doesn't immediately order copies of this book in bulk is missing the boat -- big time."

-- Miami Herald | Full review

 

  

"Outrageous, delightful . . . If the precepts in 'The Adventures of Johnny Bunko' help some slackers open nail salons or become billionaires in some offbeat business, that's all to the good."

-- Wall Street Journal | Full review

 

 

"Hard-hitting and informative yet bursting with optimism. . . . Pink has a knack for teaching in such an entertaining way that you'll forget you are learning, and that makes the book an accessible, breezy read."

-- Forbes | Full review

 

 

"With six life lessons that encourage persistence and failure, among other goal-oriented behaviors, the book lives up to its promise as 'The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need.'"

-- AdvertisingAge | Full review

 

 

"The ideal gift for those in need of a career shakeup who claim they have no time to even think about next steps."

-- NYTimes.com | Full review

 

 

"An entertaining synergy that's perfect for students, recent grads, and cube dwellers of any age."

 -- Library Journal | Full review

 

 

"Zenlike job advice along with manga magic in this witty Japanese-style graphic novel."

-- Time | Full review

 

 

"It will take you only an hour or so to read this book, but when you put it down, you'll find you care about Johnny, Carlos and Yuko, and you'll think it would be nice to have access to your own Diana.

-- USA Today | Full review

 

 

"Quick, funny, and extremely, inspiringly sensible . . . . A refreshingly frank and optimistic (but clear-eyed) story about the perils of choosing a safe, lucrative and hateful job that you'll never be able to afford to leave . . . I wish someone had given me a copy when I was 16 or so, and forced me to re-read it every year until I was in my mid-twenties."

 -- Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing | Full review

 

 

 "The most succinct course in career counseling I've ever seen. . . . You can read this masterpiece in an hour . . . In my experience, [Pink's] six lessons highlight the skills needed at work better than, say, the bestseller Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. And it is far more fun to read. I've bought copies of Bunko for each of my kids and for a few adult friends currently struggling with their path."

-- Kevin Kelly | Full review

 

 

 

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Meet Johnny Bunko. He’s probably a lot like you. He did what everybody – parents, teachers, counselors -- told him to do. But now, stuck at a dead-end job, he’s begun to suspect that what he thought he knew is just plain wrong. One bizarre night, Johnny meets Diana, the unlikeliest career advisor he's ever seen. Part Cameron Diaz, part Barbara Eden, she reveals to Johnny the six essential lessons for thriving in the world of work.

 

The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is America’s first business book in the Japanese comic format known as manga – and the last career guide you’ll ever need. 

 

Daniel H. Pink is the New York Times bestselling author of A WHOLE NEW MIND and FREE AGENT NATION. He lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world on economic transformation and the changing world of work. In 2007, he won a Japan Society Media Fellowship that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry. Pink lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and their three children.

 

 

 

Rob Ten Pas is the winner of TOKYOPOP’s annual Rising Stars of Manga competition. He received a B.A. from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and now lives and draws in Wisconsin.

 

 

 

 

Get the 23 page preview for free.

Manga is the word for Japanese (or Japan-inspired) comics.

 

In Japan, manga isn’t just for kids.  You can find manga histories, manga how-to guides, and manga cookbooks.  In fact, one—fourth of all printed material in Japan is in comics.  And the form has become wildly popular in just about every other country on the planet.

 

As FORBES says, manga is the “hardiest and most voracious cultural virus presently known to human society

"Mahn-ga”

Because most career books just plain stink.

 

They’re too long, too boring, and too quickly outdated.

 

Today most people get their tactical career information online – how to write a resume, what questions to ask in an interview, who to use as a reference, etc. 

 

What they want in a book, or so people tell me, are what they can’t get from Google.  They want strategic lessons – and they want it presented in an accessible, to-the-point way.  Most career books take about 30 hours to plow through. 

 

You can read this book in an hour.

Nope. 

 

If you want to learn that, Google “how to write a great resume.”  You’ll find plenty of help. 

 

This book will give you the strategic advice you won’t find anywhere else – the sorts of tough and inspiring truths people wish they’d known when they were starting out in the workforce.  

 

Think of it as a career counselor. The thing is, a real career counselor will cost you $100 an hour.  You can get this book for the price of a movie ticket.