thegayngelgabriel's review
3.0
3.5. Some very good things, some boring things, a couple artists whose work I hadn't heard of before but enjoyed a lot.
crabbygirl's review
1.0
[guessing at the star rating / mining my old FB notes now that they are almost impossible to find]
i found this anthology when searching for lynda barry stuff last month (she's listed as editor). for every really good segment, there was an equally boring one. and then i couldn't find any of these good leads at the library! so i won't be wasting any more time on anthologies :(
i found this anthology when searching for lynda barry stuff last month (she's listed as editor). for every really good segment, there was an equally boring one. and then i couldn't find any of these good leads at the library! so i won't be wasting any more time on anthologies :(
noshelfesteem's review
4.0
I only had two problems with this compilation: 1) several of the excerpts, while from excellent works, lost their impact when taken out of context; and 2) the transformations necessary to make all the disparate graphics fit into one format caused several of them to have very tiny print, which is not so good for one going slowly blind, such as myself. Otherwise, I completely loved this book and it has inspired me to read more graphics. I particularly enjoyed Burden by Graham Annable, Mammalogy by Eric Haven, Will and Abe in King of Monster Island by Matt Groening, and Part II The Benders Arrive from The Saga of the Bloody Benders by Rick Geary.
mhall's review
2.0
Lynda Barry's introduction is awesome and she discusses her favorite cartoonist Bil Keane of Family Circus. But I've come to realize these anthologies are not for me - rather, they are for people who do not know what kind of comics they like or who are interested in a broad range. Everything I liked in this anthology I had already read elsewhere, and since the style of comics drawing and writing I like is somewhat specific and narrow I'm not open to many new things.
jenjenpelly's review
3.0
The best thing about this anthology is the introduction by lynda Barry. She's eclectic and fascinating. The comics contained therein ran a gamut of oh-my-go-awesome to huh-that-was-neat to well-I-can't-even-finish-this. My favorites are "burden" which is an interesting twist on the good soon vs bad son genre and "it's all about Madeline" which made me question my concept of reality! Overall a good collection, not other best, but a good afternoon read.
leslie_d's review
2.0
if you like Barry's work, you will enjoy most of the comics collected; if not (like sean) there are a few.
jainabee's review
4.0
I really enjoy this series, and Lynda Barry as guest editor is bonus. Gorgeously printed and every page is a gem. But my favorite thing about it (as with most anthologies) is discovering new favorites. This edition introduced me to "The Salon" by Nick Bertozzi, which I went out and bought as soon as I could. Now on to review THAT!!!
pdz's review
Lots of good stuff in these as usual. Makes me want to go hunt down authors and read a ton of comics.