sizrobe's review
5.0
This stuff is my jam. Indie autobiographical graphic novel about a love of making money, alcoholism, chronic lupus, and the love of libraries. The art isn't great, but it works well enough for the material. I just love Julia Wertz's work, like the unfortunately named The Fart Party and Drinking At the Movies. She definitely has some stories to tell.
hedera_helix's review
4.0
Funny as usual, Wertz' latest book is a little bit softer, slower than the rest. It's also less focused on comedy, but still brings on the lulz.
renatasnacks's review
4.0
Thanks to Eryn for filling a gap in my graphic novel knowledge--I'd never heard of Julia Wertz before, but I really enjoyed this book! Super funny and sharply-observed. Kind of Seinfeld-y, in a good way. Plus: library love!
heykellyjensen's review
4.0
This small-press comic from Wertz features three stories: the first is about all of the jobs she's worked; the second about her diagnosis of Lupus; the third about her love for the library. All three are precisely the kind of humor you'd expect from Wertz. It's crude but really human. At times, it's laugh-out-loud funny (the scene of her first babysitting job being my favorite).
It's interesting to me how open Wertz is about how her last book with Random House didn't do well, and how that led her to publish with Koyama.
Really, these are naval-gazing comics, but that's why I love them so much. There's no real depth. There's nothing to walk away with. It's just a few hours watching the world through someone else's really humorous perspective. I keep saying it, but if "new adult" is a thing, then there needs to be bigger consideration for graphic novels because this is where those stories are.
It's interesting to me how open Wertz is about how her last book with Random House didn't do well, and how that led her to publish with Koyama.
Really, these are naval-gazing comics, but that's why I love them so much. There's no real depth. There's nothing to walk away with. It's just a few hours watching the world through someone else's really humorous perspective. I keep saying it, but if "new adult" is a thing, then there needs to be bigger consideration for graphic novels because this is where those stories are.
tyranosarahrex's review
2.0
Industry - 1 star
Infinite wait - 2 stars
A strange and curious place - 5 stars
Infinite wait - 2 stars
A strange and curious place - 5 stars
corncobwebs's review
Can't get enough of Julia Wertz's comics! Every time I get one of her books I finish it in pretty close to one sitting. I especially liked this one because it deals, in part, with her struggle with systemic lupus. There are very few memoirs by people with lupus, and the ones that are out there are either dated, penned by people who are middle-aged or older, or both. I really connected with her descriptions/depictions of being a young person with a serious chronic disease, and wish that there were more books in this vein.
je55ilo's review against another edition
funny
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Solid graphic novel -- glad I own it in print (even though I can never finish print-books in a reasonable time because I don't want my kids to tear them or spill juice on them and I'm too tired to read after they go to bed). You can't do graphic novels justice digitally though, and I love having them on my shelf. I will definitely seek out more by Wertz!