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There are 2 malevolent Jasons in this book #ThatsComicsBaby

My sense is that the author lives in the a-little-over-the-top gear in her own head, and this works well for finding joy and weirdness in new experiences and bursting to share a myriad number of thoughts on the page in written and drawn form.
I think the majority of the articles included were about food, but there are a number of tangents and random moments, some of which were amusing, some of which felt like stumbling on someone's stream of 1/?

I love when creatives mess with the copyright pages.

Intoxicated by the power of the buffet. 😏🙄

There is much that is silly, naughty and kinda gross in this collection, but there are also some beautiful paintings, I love the focus on food, animals and the choice of colours.

I feel like the most genuine comments around food are often uncouth. If you love it enough to skip the doggy bag and risk your purse contents, you REALLY loved it. Also: Bachelorettini, pfft. 🤭

Such a fun and strange (in a good way) graphic novel!

The premise is very cool. It‘s about a soon to be 13 year old girl who starts getting nightmares of her impending doom filled birthday (she‘s born on 4/4, which is considered unlucky in Chinese culture). These dreams somehow end up in the comic she is creating.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/review-the-many-misfortunes-of-eu...

I received two Kickstarter rewards today! David J. Walker's new book The Death of Bobby Hart (which was also an excuse to get the Bitter Root omnibus), and Nathan W. Pyle's new Strange Planet book and his 50 states book where he creates shapes/characters for each state 😜

A mysterious event turns the Earth‘s population into super-humans. Interesting premise, utterly destroyed by terrible framing. The entire book is a dialogue between a Watcher and his apprentice. The complete opposite of the maxim ‘show, don‘t tell‘. The action is stunted and clipped. There are pages of dull text between chapters. The medium is comics. If the author wanted to write a novel, he could have done that instead. Avoid at all costs.

I reread the first volume but the second volume was a new read for me. All I can say is wow! I never realized how bad Auschwitz was until I read this book. So sad. It was crazy how many times the author flipped out on his dad throughout the book... I get it he was driving him nuts. Beautiful illustrations throughout. A must read for everyone.