How I Broke Up With My Colon by Nick Seluk
How I Broke Up With My Colon by Nick Seluk is a collection of 24 tales so unusual they border on unbelievable. Each story is told through comic frames, with different art styles. I worked in a hospital many many moons ago and came across my share of the strange and unusual. I LOVED this collection. I was spitting my tea and shaking my head. From a shell completely embedded in a person’s foot, to a scare with a swallowed needle, these stories will amaze you. Highly recommended for medical personnel!
***Many thanks to the Netgalley & Andrews McMeel for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Safely Endangered Comics by Chris McCoy
Safely Endangered Comics by Chris McCoy is a humorous collection of utterly random comics. Expect to find movies and videogames, modern technological ‘conveniences’, and social relationships, among other things, poked fun at in light-hearted manner. Many of these made my co-workers and myself laugh aloud, and two of them ordered the book from Amazon. My faves included the Legend of Zelda comic, the Star Wars comic, the land octopus (I spit my tea), and the stay at home super heroes. Great collection!
***Many thanks to Netgalley and Andrews McMeel for providing an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Her Infernal Descent by Zac Thompson
Her Infernal Descent is a modern retelling of Dante’s Divine Comedy. A mother journeys to the depths of the underworld in order to retrieve her family. Along the way, she comes across famous people, some who help, and others that thwart. She engaged in many, often ridiculous, trials in order to progress. I just wasn’t feeling this graphic novel. There’s such promise here, but it just didn’t live up to the promise. Divine Comedy is a rich philosophical, alchemic tale. It makes you think. Her Infernal Descent did not. There was a lot of telling, that would have been better shown, especially since illustrations could have been so impactful. This is a light, quick read. Don’t go into it expecting the emotional depth of Dante’s classic.
***Many thanks to Netgalley and Diamond Book Distributors/ Aftershock for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review
