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A Mess Of Everything (2009)

by Miss Lasko-Gross(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1560979569 (ISBN13: 9781560979562)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Fantagraphics

review 1: Not a likeable character, but that's not the point. She is a typical (and fully realized) teenaged character. Not fun to read, but it is very good at characterizing this kind of (suburban) teen girl... Not a picture of innocence, but of a certain kind of vulnerability, a kind of desperation to fit in, be okay... and NOT "normal," she would say, like deliberately "alternative"... I can't say I "liked" HER all that much, but IT is very good at what it sets out to do...
review 2: This is an autobiographical comic by a woman artist and writer put out by Fantagraphics. When I realised I had just been reading lots of comics by men earlier this year I went and added all the (non superhero) comics by women that I could find. I ordered a copy of this from the library an... mored it took MONTHS to show up. When it did arrive I sat and read it in one evening. It was quite brilliant. Little vignettes about growing up in high school and not fitting in. Being a loner, a stoner, and just generally odd. There was SO much here that could have been developed and turned into a 5 page graphic novel series, as it was the relationships and the years seemed to change really quickly but the little glimpses into life made it more intense and as such it is definitely one of my favourite comics in this genre. I've already gone and added both her books to my wish list and if I wasn't not buying anymore books this year I would probaly already have bought them! I also really liked the art. It was very stylised and such a refreshing change after the traditional American comic art of the swamp things. Definitely a book I'd recommend. less

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