I really enjoyed the voice in this, the friendship portrayed here is charming amongst bleak conditions of waterless and pigeon-full student housing. II really enjoyed the voice in this, the friendship portrayed here is charming amongst bleak conditions of waterless and pigeon-full student housing. I love that they are divers. It's funny while addressing very scary and dark political issues, femicide, rising religious fervor in Turkey, and quite a story!...more
This is funny and surprisingly sad at moments, about a stalled comic who is struggling in life and his relationship with his twin brother and mother, This is funny and surprisingly sad at moments, about a stalled comic who is struggling in life and his relationship with his twin brother and mother, which he writes about in a successful comic that he hasn't done much since. There are outlandish subplots about a movie and about a play that bring the absurdist sense of humor further....more
I've consistently liked everything this brother-sister comic duo has done, there is such a unusual sensibility to their work and the worlds they make I've consistently liked everything this brother-sister comic duo has done, there is such a unusual sensibility to their work and the worlds they make seem hypernormative on the surface and in the art but are really very bizarre and subtle. In Perpetuity details a crime ring in the afterlife, specializing in crossing over through mediums and connections on either side. It's like a film noir setting in hell, which is just regular life but more gray and bland....more
A book really about self-care and healing, but under the guise of burned witches, without memories or magic wandering through a world of villages thatA book really about self-care and healing, but under the guise of burned witches, without memories or magic wandering through a world of villages that use them for their powers then burn them when no longer useful, its seemingly about burnout, self-preservation, and care. It's an interesting metaphor for all that, a longer read with many chapters and funny font that mimics its meaning. It has cute and funny characters. ...more
This is funny and dark, mostly about interpersonal drama of young people in a dystopian world where the animals turn on the people and an Elon Musk tyThis is funny and dark, mostly about interpersonal drama of young people in a dystopian world where the animals turn on the people and an Elon Musk type billionaire destroys all the animals with a death ray and the aftermath of that, including a promised time machine to go back in time and fix the climate change and the ominous "weather" everyone is now dealing with. ...more
A graphic memoir of a mother daughter relationship, a mother living with dementia is visited by her daughter who is living in England and returns to tA graphic memoir of a mother daughter relationship, a mother living with dementia is visited by her daughter who is living in England and returns to the midwest during a significant storm to determine if she can live on her own. The depiction of dementia is startlingly real, and the whole book and its decisions, context, and emotions around family dynamics is touching. ...more
Lesbian romance playing with the idea of pulp novels. Our main character is not likeable, as she is struggling, mean, sometimes even cruel, and clearlLesbian romance playing with the idea of pulp novels. Our main character is not likeable, as she is struggling, mean, sometimes even cruel, and clearly struggling but perhaps that is her charm. She is extremely funny, albeit acerbically so. The characters are rich, eclectic, realistic, well-written. OUr narrator is doing a combination of drinking and drugs she calls the "Patricia Highsmith" and making her way around Los Angeles, trying to date and befriend different women while being fixated on her older neighbor who is a hippie and artist. ...more
Zanzibar fears he is not extraordinary because a newspaper journalist comes to town and all he has to show for his life is a peaceful tranquil and lovZanzibar fears he is not extraordinary because a newspaper journalist comes to town and all he has to show for his life is a peaceful tranquil and loving home-life where he cooks delicious mushroom omelettes, but suddenly he fears that isn't enough and goes on an adventure to do otherwise, meeting some new friends along the way and getting into a newspaper worthy feat....more
