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The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel H. Pink
Creator: Rob Ten Pas
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 2810
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1594482918
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.14
EAN: 9781594482915
ASIN: 1594482918
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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There's never been a career guide like The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need. Told in manga-the Japanese comic book format that's an international sensation--it's the fully illustrated story of a young Everyman just out of college who lands his first job. Johnny Bunko is new to the Boggs Corp., and he stumbles through his early months as a working stiff until a crisis prompts him to rethink his approach. Step by step he builds a career, illustrating as he does the six core lessons of finding, keeping, and flourishing in satisfying work. A groundbreaking guide to surviving and flourishing in any career, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is smart, engaging and insightful, and offers practical advice for anyone looking for a life of rewarding work.
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 Best career guide I've seen. August 25, 2008
I've been working with teen-agers and young adults for over thirty years; counseling them in all areas, including career planning. Johnny Bunko is the only career guide I have ever seen that might capture the imagination and attention of a teen-ager or twenty-something. Way to go Dan and Rob! Awesome job! Thank you.
 Career comics advice for people who don't like to read August 15, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Any comic book -- excuse me, "manga" book -- which claims it's "the last career guide you'll ever need" is either deluded or written for suckers. The book develops a few rules of thumb which purport to outline a sort of template for giving work and career choice meaning. People who think along lines of following rules will probably eat this stuff up, but the problems with rule following are many: How should one prioritize the rules? What are the meta-rules -- the rules that tell us when to make exception to the rules? How general or particular should the application of the rule be? Why do we trust rules as opposed to deciding merely situation-by-situation? If expert rule givers give us different rule sets, then to which rule set should we give heed? Indeed, the book gives a few general platitudes which few would find controversial. And it's fun to read manga. But Superman, Spiderman, Batman, etc. are fun to read also, yet why would we build our personal ethic around these stories? Likewise, why should we take manga boy, Johnny Bunko, as any more informative about career choice? Answer: we shouldn't. Look -- it's a fun book; but, that's all it is.
Got 30 minutes? Read this book... August 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"The Karate Kid" meets "Office Space" through the popular Japanese medium "Manga" in this totally enjoyable read. Meet Johnny, toiling slavishly in an unrewarding and uninspiring dead-end job, thinking he's "paying his dues," and "getting his ticket punched." Enter Diana, 3-foot-nothing hard hitting tough love career counseling pixie (think spawn of Mr. Miyagi and Tinkerbell), to show Johnny the ropes and get him moving in a good orderly direction. Fun stuff.
Do I think Mssrs. Pink and Pas have encapsulated the meaning of life into a 125-page comic book? Not necessarily; unlike "7 Habits" or "What Color is Your Parachute," however, this is a career guide that the recent/impending 18-24 year old high school/college graduate in your life might actually a) read all the way through, and 2) spend the remainder of the hour thinking about. That in itself is no mean feat given the distractions confronting today's youth.
Now, if I were even fractionally as gifted and talented as the authors, and chose to write a career guide, I might not necessarily espouse precisely the same recipe, but that's OK; if all this book does is get read by the intended audience, and spark debate on the topic, that in itself constitutes successful literature, in my opinion.
Go ahead, get the book, read it, and pass it on (along with some chopsticks); I sincerely doubt you will regret it. 10 bucks well spent.
Enjoy!
A Must-Read for ALL graduates, educators, parents, and those looking for a career change! August 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We've all been `Johnny Bunko' at one time or other. Now, there's help...
Following the success of Daniel H. Pink's brilliant A WHOLE NEW MIND. WHY RIGHT-BRAINERS WILL RULE THE WORLD, THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY BUNKO. THE LAST CAREER GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED is a refreshing new style of advice book geared for American audiences but with a universal message applicable anywhere. This time, Pink has chosen to use a Manga illustrated novel format--a style popular in Japan for books on all topics and for people of all ages--as a vehicle for his sage advice. Achieving a winning combination, Pink expertly merges illustrator Rob Ten Pas' Manga frames with his own wit and wisdom. `Johnny Bunko' is so entertaining and easy to follow that even left-brainers will love it! :)
The novel follows the title character and a couple of his co-workers on an adventure to not only solve a work-related situation but to also uncover some mysteries. Through this process, the friends look back on their lives, do some soul searching, and stumble upon tips for career and personal success. The book is very accessible and one can read it in an hour or so. What's more important, readers will gain practical tips for choosing more personally successful and enjoyable career paths, rather than sticking to those chosen by the people around them. Pink stresses that one must feel comfortable with one's career choice, and urges readers to follow one's strengths and strive to make a positive difference, among other things. It's a great message for anyone finding his or her way through the maze career choices in the not-so-cut-and-dry 21st century job market.
I recommend Pinks' `A Whole New Mind' and his dynamic video lectures for everyone working in business or education. But, I ESPECIALLY recommend `Johnny Bunko' for recent graduates (both high school and college) and for anyone else looking to make a career and/ or life change. I teach at a high school and I have been telling everyone I know about this book. I have given it or recommended it to students, parents, counselors, teachers, friends, and even my babysitter. Parents should especially consider buying this book for their teenage children... once they read it themselves. Teens will appreciate the message and they will consider their parents "way hip" for having chosen this ultra-cool 21st century advice book for them. After all, teens' post-graduation world is different that ours was and they deserve career advice from a person who understands this job market better than most today.
Modern day Seuss writes the new best Grad gift! August 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the perfect "back to school" gift for that college student that thinks they have no worries in the world :-)!
The sooner they get the lessons and start to realize the skills they will really need... the better off they will be!
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