The Acme Novelty Library Vol. 17 & 18 Perhaps I should have started with vol. 15, which has the first mention of the character Rusty Brown, but I just picked these two up at random at the library, so here is where I begin. Starting with volume 17 seemed fine to me. The narrative introduced me t...
I really really liked the collection of historical forwards than most of the actual comic material. The forwards captivated me because it delves into the controversial topic of Herriman's race. Herriman was described as "colored" on his original birth certificate and defined as parent's of a "mulatt...
A collection of interwoven graphic stories meant to be shuffled and read in random order, Ware's Building Stories has gotten a lot of attention in 2013 as comic writing continues to sidle awkwardly past puberty like a wimpy kid hoping to get past a group of dicks with their hats backwards before the...
Reading Building Stories is an interesting experience. I liked looking through all the pieces but I didn't necessarily like the story. I'm glad I read it because now my curiosity has been satisfied.
This "book" is kind of brilliant. What I find most interesting about graphic novels in general is the unusual ways they are able to tell stories. Building Stories takes that to a whole new level. Each piece in the book brings to light a new snippet it the character's lives, so eventually the whole p...
The stories collected in this book are supposed to demonstrate the role of character in fiction. Some of the stories indeed masterfully bring to life vivid, vibrant, unforgettable characters. And then other stories are mildly irritating or seriously boring and pretentious. The quality of the stories...
I chose this book for a buddy read since it looked interesting and had good reviews. It was interesting but I just didn't enjoy it too much. It wasn't bad, but I think I was not in the right mood for it and I was speeding through it a bit. The book was also more depressing than what I was probably i...
An incredible and complex examination of our lives of quiet desperation, told from the points of view of a bickering couple, an old landlady, a woman with a missing leg, an industrious bee, and the building that collects them all together. It's an intimidating object - the size, the price tag, the ...
Completely captivating and almost completely cheerless, Building Stories is so uniquely and beautifully put together that it's hard to knock it too much for its hopelessness. I even almost want to add a fifth star.I read from smallest to largest piece, went back and read the last page or few panels ...
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