Kinky Business

"When we first heard of Waldo Palmer's attempt to ridicule our bestseller Funky Business, by Kjell A Nordström and Jonas Ridderstråle… frankly, we did not know whether to sue him or hire him. Had it not been for Waldo's bizarre humor, which made us want to find out whether he or we were crazy, we might have chosen the first alternative. However, we invited Waldo Palmer to a meeting in Stockholm. What happened is told in the first chapter if this comic book. Or at least his version of what happened. The following chapters might give you an idea how reliable Mr. Palmer's versions really are. In the contract we agreed on paying for a story making fun of management 'gurus' and their work. We also shook hands on keeping the story within the limits of … hrm … some kind of decency. Mr. Palmer's interpretation obviously included messing disrespectfully with dead ideas from the past century as well as with living persons and enterprises of today. He felt obliged to add his visions of global crime and life in cosmos to the mess. Not to speak of his dirty fantasies in general. Well, this is the result: Kinky Business. We have made our best effort to manage Waldo Palmer and his kinkyness. If we have succeeded we have failed."

The Editors

• Part I: Human Capital Punishment
1. Junky Bondage
2. Gigology
3. Chopping & Faking
4. The Noble Art of Self Deceit
5. What-the-Heckling
• Part II: Globalchemy
6. Old Empire's Closet
7. How to Manage in Vodka Steam
8. Re-Bored for Revivalism
9. Brain Hurricane
• Part III: New World Chaos
10. Human-Chicken Race
11. Mergers and Accusations
12. From Hell to Sky

It is supposed to be funny, but the target market is probably early teens, which means I'm too old to appreciate it.