pickMy sense is that the author lives in the a-little-over-the-top gear in her own head, and this works well for finding joy and weirdness in new experiences and bursting to share a myriad number of thoughts on the page in written and drawn form.
I think the majority of the articles included were about food, but there are a number of tangents and random moments, some of which were amusing, some of which felt like stumbling on someone's stream of 1/?
I love when creatives mess with the copyright pages.
There is much that is silly, naughty and kinda gross in this collection, but there are also some beautiful paintings, I love the focus on food, animals and the choice of colours.
so-so81/100 Did I need to read yet another Thanos story where he courts Mistress Death and seeks the meaning of life? Not really, but I'm a big fan of Jim Starlin, as writer and artist, so I went in for another round. Typical Thanos, seeking power and coming with a new perspective as to what he really wants. The art was excellent, especially the more psychedelic parts, but the story was only so-so. 3.25/5 ⭐ #Read2025
I feel like the most genuine comments around food are often uncouth. If you love it enough to skip the doggy bag and risk your purse contents, you REALLY loved it. Also: Bachelorettini, pfft. 🤭
The #ToB crew is hosting a horror pop-up in which 16 classic horror novels will be set up against one another in the usual way.
https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/welcome-to-the-horror-popup
I don‘t think I‘ll participate (too many books too little time) but I do love that tob is alive and kicking and can‘t wait for them to follow up with the #ToB26 longlist!
I've been reading all of these collections while I have free KU; this is the first, and though the drawing technique isn't as polished as in the later comics, my favorite. I think it's because while they're all pretty much the same -- cute, relatable vignettes about coupledom -- this is the one in which Chetwynd really lets her freak flag fly. 😂
pickAnother banned/challenged book for our local library‘s “Read for Your Rights” book club. This is a graphic memoir of the author‘s life growing up in Tehran until age 14, during the late 1970s/early 1980s —a period that covered the fall of the Shah, the rise of the Islamic state and Iran‘s war with Iraq. I don‘t read a lot of graphic novels; I‘m glad I read this one. It was the perfect format for Satrapi‘s story.
