johnnyideaseed's review against another edition
4.0
I literally did pick this book up for how much I liked the cover. The art is fantastic -- the sort of colorful retro ugly art that brings to mind Fletcher Hanks and Basil Wolverton -- and many of the gags made me laugh out loud. I wish that the book had been a little more substantial, and maybe that everything didn't seem to have a similar punchline. I would definitely recommend it, though: where else will you read about the adventures of Bed Man, dream lord of the night sky! (His bed is bigger on the inside!)
otterno11's review
4.0
Wow, this was one weird little comic, and I mean that in a good way. Rarely have I seen such bizarre heights of imagination condensed into such a short, compact piece of work. Eric Haven, who I had never heard of before picking this up but who is best known for sketching out the whiteboard myth experiments on MythBusters, has a comic imagination not seen since Gary Larson, but with art that recalls vintage comic styles of the past. Collecting a series of comic shorts, taking us from one surreal, hilariously ludicrous scene to another, from Earth to the depths of space. Including the complete utter madness of "Man-Cat," the superheroic shenanigans of "Bed Man,"a blink and you'll miss it Bill Watterson reference, and the bad luck pathos of Race Murdock, who finds himself being killed by a crazed flying squirrel among other unfortunate ends, you really never know what to expect next- needless to say, in spite of a certain childlike daydream, this is not really one for the kids! Still, the elaborate, ultra violent absurdist humor in UR makes it a pretty cool comic to flip through on a summer afternoon.
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