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This week we are reading: Little Things: A Memoir in Slices by Jeffrey Brown (Touchstone, 04/02)
Our reviewers this week are:
Eric Williams - 9
Patton - 9
Next week we are reading: Glamourpuss #1 by Dave Sim (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 04/30)
This week's companion thread: BB Review Group week 179 - The Damned: Prodigal Sons #1 by Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt (Oni Press, 04/16)
Upcoming: *MAY* The Education of Hopey Glass HC by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics, 04/30), Thoreau at Walden by John Porcellino (Hyperion Books/Centre For Cartoon Studies, 04/22), Papercutter #6 ed. by Alec Longstreth (Tugboat Press, please order here), Jessica Farm Vol. 1 by Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics, 04/30), *JUNE* True Story, Swear to God Archives Vol. 1 by Tom Beland (Image), Skim HC by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books), What It Is HC by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly), Displaced Persons by Derek McCulloch & Rantz A. Hoseley (Image), *JULY* The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 by Thomas Ott (Fantagraphics), Skyscrapers of the Midwest HC by Joshua W. Cotter (Adhouse Books), Chiggers by Hope Larson (Ginee Seo Books), *AUGUST* The Troublemakers HC by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics, 06/30), The Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics), Red Colored Elegy HC by Seiichi Hayashi (Drawn & Quarterly), Kramers Ergot 7 ed. by Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura Press),...
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Last edited by Andreas; 12-05-2008 at 01:31 PM.
As a complete coincidence, I just finished reading this earlier today.
Brown's memoir was delightful, to put it simply. The stories evoked the full range of emotions, and you could feel the sincerity on each page. The art style took a while to grow on me, but I've come to appreciate it, and how it contributes to the mood of the overall book.
A very good purchase, and a great introduction to Brown's work (I'm now on the lookout for Bighead, Clumsy, and the other novels in his "catalogue").
9/10
My deadline for this review isn't until a week from Monday so I'm not quite done with it, but I want to say it's gonna be about a 9 or a 9.5. I really enjoyed reading it and immediately wanted the "next volume" as soon as I got to the last page (which of course advertised the next volume.) Brown's all growns up.
Anyway, yeah, I think it's a 9.
Like a Little Things volume 2?
Nah, it's called Funny Misshapen Body.Originally Posted by blake4000
By the way, in the book Jeffrey gets a "big check from Dark Horse." Anyone know what he did for Dark Horse? I can't figure it out.
Well he did the Escapist story a few years ago. I think Dark Horse is doing the Change Bots figures too.
I forgot about Funny Mishapen Body! Sounds awesome!
Huh. I might need to check out The Escapist. And Change-Bots figures should be awesome.
Yeah, Funny Misshapen Body should be even better than Little Things just based on the "blurb" in the back.
I read the one issue that had his story in it. It was a good story, Paul Hornchmeier colored it.
I've read him talk about this book for so long, I'm glad it's on its way.
Little Things has tons of cameos from cartoonists. It's really neat. Paul pops up in almost every story. Seems like they live only blocks away from each other.
Has anyone read the recent Comics Journal with Brown in it? I was wondering if it was worth the 10-11 bucks.
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