Rubes, in short, has the same style as Gary Larson's legendary "Far Side" comics, except for one fatal flaw: rubes isn't funny. Each panel is like an iron stake being driven into my brain. After reading the entire book, I chuckled maybe once. The comics are based on the corniest of jokes, but their not even jokes really. They're just awful puns. Here, let me make up a Rubes cartoon. The caption is "Cat got your tongue?" and the picture is literally of a guy with a cat holding on to his tongue. Hopefully Leigh Rubin won't sue me, because he probably came up with that one already. Don't buy this book, don't look at the book, don't even mention this book, because mentioning it makes it slightly useful, which this book is not.