A review by heykellyjensen
The Infinite Wait and Other Stories by Julia Wertz
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.