![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I got the hardback copy which has thick paper stock and the pages have a reflective satiny feel. It is a true testament to her strength, even if she never feels that strength on some days. In fact I’m immensely impressed that not only did she get out of bed in the morning, but that she managed to craft another illustrated memoir at all. But knowing what the author was going through in her personal life white creating this graphic novel, I’m not surprised. It was highly entertaining… there was just something about the collation of everything that didn’t sell it for me like ‘ Hyperbole and a Half.’ There was something missing too – that intensity. So too are her talents to craft comic strips and tell story snippets. The artwork is splendidly artistic and simple at the same time as being hugely expressive to convey emotion and subtext. ![]() I didn’t really laugh that much, and while the more serious topics were sobering, they didn’t drag the emotion out of me like the debut… maybe I’m now dead inside? Where ‘ Hyperbole and a Half’ had me in tears of joy and sadness and brilliantly juxtaposed serious issues about mental health and loss with the random stupidity and innocence of youth ‘ Solutions and Other Problems’ tried to follow this roadmap, but just didn’t hit the turns right. ![]()
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