People seem to be having a hard time with the slightly listless plot in this one, but I approached this one more as a short story than a novel, and thPeople seem to be having a hard time with the slightly listless plot in this one, but I approached this one more as a short story than a novel, and that helped with my deep enjoyment of the narrative.
The pleasure in this one is in the details– as always, Mariko is so good at picking out the real subtleties of queerness in a way that's often hilarious and touching. She's captured the squirmy intensity of the girls' age range so well. Jillian's art is perfect, surprise surprise....more
So proud of my beautiful friend. It's such a pleasure watching Tommi's work change over the years and see them hone in ever-sharper on the particularlSo proud of my beautiful friend. It's such a pleasure watching Tommi's work change over the years and see them hone in ever-sharper on the particularly twisty intimate details that make up so much of their stories.
this story is surprisingly funny, despite taking such a devastating and disturbing trajectory. ...more
love the visual humour and the devotion to the comics world in this one <3 i also found the depiction of stale, well-worn intimacy in the domestic rellove the visual humour and the devotion to the comics world in this one <3 i also found the depiction of stale, well-worn intimacy in the domestic relationship to be really beautifully (painfully) done.
i struggle a little with pacing myself through stories that are so thoroughly committed to their focus on the ego of a narcissistic, self-sabotaging dude (thinking too of adrian tomine's latest), but this feels more a matter of taste than anything. as with tomine's 'loneliness of the long distance cartoonist', the humour got me through this. ...more
i've been fascinated with this story since reading the first instalment several years ago.
probably the well-crafted & extremely tense storyline will gi've been fascinated with this story since reading the first instalment several years ago.
probably the well-crafted & extremely tense storyline will get a lot of airtime in the reviews, but i just want to throw in my appreciation here for conor's excellent command of naturalistic dialogue. it gives the characters so much depth and heightened my investment in the story tenfold.
also, the art is killer. so happy to own this book and revisit it regularly. ...more