There's always guilt when buying graphic novels...they're not cheap nor are they easy to find used. Every once in a while, I drop the dough and this time I had to thanks to the sale section at Quimbys here in Chicago. This caught my eye because I realized I bought a book of postcards (another love of mine NERD!) from the same artist a while back (You want one? Send me your addy. Side note: are you allowed to use 2 side notes in the same sentence? Help Caitlin!). Intrigued and for 8 bucks, it was mine.
This is a collection of 4 stories. Themes: adolescent-like angst, loneliness, awkward situations, sex and drugs. If it sounds like your 2009, please don't feel like you have to read it. I found it hard to have a strong opinion about the work, let alone harder to pick a favorite of the stories. Don't get me wrong, the stories weren't bad, but they were not fantastic either. They all carry a depressing tone (and in one story someone poops their pants after passing out from drinking too much) which I'm all about, but it just left me saying "eh" to most of it.
I'm in So Cal in 2 days and determined to get some reading done (what else do you do in the suburbs besides eating lots of fro yo and In N Out?). Any suggestions?
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