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mhall's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this, but wanted less collage and text, more traditional comics panels. On the other hand, her artwork does come through as vibrant and colorful, and I appreciated photos to compare with her style of illustrating people.
ellstar's review against another edition
4.0
I first read through all the comics in this book when I purchased it, but didn't get around to the autobiography. My second time around I read EVERYTHING and am better for it. It's a great look at the way Aline constructs herself and gives you insight into her work, especially the work she did with her husband R. Crumb.
jainabee's review against another edition
4.0
It's big, bold, and fancy, like the author. It's also radically honest, insanely hyperbolic, and dripping with obnoxious, self-congratulatory/-loathing Boomerisms.
It's bad enough to hear someone born in the fifties bragging about all the free love and cultural upheaval they enjoyed, but to follow it with criticism of the following generation's apathy is more blind selfishness than I can stand.
That vented, I must confess that I played a lot of hooky to spend time with this juicy chunk of graphic memoir. I have much more respect and appreciation for her body of work. And as someone who has been drawing autobiographical comics since I was a kid, I feel I owe her some props.
It's bad enough to hear someone born in the fifties bragging about all the free love and cultural upheaval they enjoyed, but to follow it with criticism of the following generation's apathy is more blind selfishness than I can stand.
That vented, I must confess that I played a lot of hooky to spend time with this juicy chunk of graphic memoir. I have much more respect and appreciation for her body of work. And as someone who has been drawing autobiographical comics since I was a kid, I feel I owe her some props.
nectarine_waffle's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this, but wanted less collage and text, more traditional comics panels. On the other hand, her artwork does come through as vibrant and colorful, and I appreciated photos to compare with her style of illustrating people.
sew's review against another edition
5.0
Self-indulgent, self-conscious, painfully honest autobiographical book from an underground comix pioneer. I would like to force feed this book to "chick lit" fans.
uncleflannery's review against another edition
5.0
This book is great! It's like hanging out with a best friend! Lately I've been thinking about friends of my mother that I haven't seen since the '90s, like Corinne with all the lawn art, or Deborah with the big butt, all unmarried artists with curly hair and a lot of jewelry. This book is the spiritual bridge between me and them. I can't tell you how much... that means to me...!
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