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acknud's review against another edition
3.0
I found this mildly humorous in a sick demented kind of way. My favorite was about the Siamese twins. Hardly worth the money for how short it was. It consists mostly of cartoon drawings with only a few words on each page.
williamsdebbied's review against another edition
5.0
A collection of very short, illustrated stories, Creepy Susie is disturbing, funny, gross, and extremely twisted. Many of the kids I know will love it, but it's really an adult cartoon.
jessicabeckett's review against another edition
4.0
Blog | Twitter | Instagram | This is a rewrite of a review I'd posted on my old book blog back in 2007/2008.
When I was in high school, my art loving best friend brought me this book and insisted I'd give it a read. I remember looking at the time and skimming through it with an expression that could never be explained and was probably quite comical.
Yes, my initial thought was "why is she giving me this"? and "this looks so weird, how am I ever going to read it?" -- but I read it anyways. Because, why not? I like to give books a chance, even if they seem to not be my cup of tea; plus the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this twisted sense of humor may mesh well with mine.
And it did.
Let me tell you what you already know: this book is not meant for kids. Not really. It also isn't meant for someone who could be easily offended, if memory serves. Creepy Susie is certainly targeted at an older crowd, perhaps above the age of sixteen and the comedy in in this is something that will definitely entertain you throughout your day.
Angus Oblong's strange sense of humor and mind comes to life for us in the form of his stories and artwork. You'll find yourself laughing throughout the short book and become a fan, so long as bizarre sense of humor is your cup of tea. And if that's what you're looking for in a read, this collection of shorts such as "Creepy Susie" and "Emily Amputee" will sure be a real treat for you.
Afterall, how can one go wrong with this:
Your mother never told you these stories.
She didn't want to scare you.
But Angus Oblong is not your mother.
When I was in high school, my art loving best friend brought me this book and insisted I'd give it a read. I remember looking at the time and skimming through it with an expression that could never be explained and was probably quite comical.
Yes, my initial thought was "why is she giving me this"? and "this looks so weird, how am I ever going to read it?" -- but I read it anyways. Because, why not? I like to give books a chance, even if they seem to not be my cup of tea; plus the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this twisted sense of humor may mesh well with mine.
And it did.
Let me tell you what you already know: this book is not meant for kids. Not really. It also isn't meant for someone who could be easily offended, if memory serves. Creepy Susie is certainly targeted at an older crowd, perhaps above the age of sixteen and the comedy in in this is something that will definitely entertain you throughout your day.
Angus Oblong's strange sense of humor and mind comes to life for us in the form of his stories and artwork. You'll find yourself laughing throughout the short book and become a fan, so long as bizarre sense of humor is your cup of tea. And if that's what you're looking for in a read, this collection of shorts such as "Creepy Susie" and "Emily Amputee" will sure be a real treat for you.
Afterall, how can one go wrong with this:
Your mother never told you these stories.
She didn't want to scare you.
But Angus Oblong is not your mother.
enchanten's review against another edition
4.0
What to say about Creepy Susie.... Well its certainly a good book for cheering you up thats for sure.
When this book arrived i was thinking it would be a book of short warped stories so i was rather surprised to find it like a comic in the way it was told with illustrations and little quirky sentences.
Much like the Bunny Suicide books, the illustrations themselves were relatively simple and fit well with the short text that went with them. My favorite out of the bunch would be the sibling rivalry, it had me in stitches and I had to show it to a friend.
This book took only twenty minutes to get through but it is well worth getting if you're interested in warped little books of humour that are meant for brightening your day. If I had a coffee table this would be left there for anyone to read.
When this book arrived i was thinking it would be a book of short warped stories so i was rather surprised to find it like a comic in the way it was told with illustrations and little quirky sentences.
Much like the Bunny Suicide books, the illustrations themselves were relatively simple and fit well with the short text that went with them. My favorite out of the bunch would be the sibling rivalry, it had me in stitches and I had to show it to a friend.
This book took only twenty minutes to get through but it is well worth getting if you're interested in warped little books of humour that are meant for brightening your day. If I had a coffee table this would be left there for anyone to read.
amandajinut's review against another edition
5.0
Still the most irreverent and terribly hilarious book with pictures.
xterminal's review
4.0
Angus Oblong, Creepy Susie and Thirteen Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children (Ballantine, 1999)
First off, don't let the title of this little twisted gem fool you; Angus Oblong (who, according to the “About the Author” bit, does actually illustrate childrens' books as well) did not mean this book for kids. In any way, shape, or form. To give you an illustration of why, one of the funniest panels here is of a human hand offering a biscuit to a dog, who's thinking to himself, “fuck you.” (Note to self: asterisk that out for Amazon...) Perhaps it was meant as a jab to parents who buy books for their kids and don't flip through them first, but I'm guessing the lawsuit factor would eliminate that hypothesis. In any case, this is about as kid-friendly as is Tim Burton's The Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. By the way, you'll be hearing that comparison more than once in this review; the two are of a piece in many ways (and so you don't have to read to the end, I'll tell you now—if you liked that one, you're going to like this one, too). Possibly, depending on your attitude towards such things, appropriate for adolescents, but probably not for the kiddie crowd.
In any case, Creepy Susie... is fourteen very short tales, told in cartoon form, that display a mean-spirited, if very funny, brand of warped genius. All are structured in the same loose morality-play style of, say, Aesop's Fables, but with a (forgive me for using this phrase) postmodern sensibility and a viewpoint so downbeat that it borders on the nihilistic. For example, the moral of the first story: “the popular kids at school got you down? Disguise yourself, infiltrate, get invited to a slumber party, and dispatch them in their sleep.” Now, I'm one of those who believe that if you get ideas to go out and do very bad things from the books you read, you belonged in the asylum before you read those books, but I'm thinking you probably shouldn't be reading that one to your six-year-old at bedtime.
For discerning adults (and teens, perhaps), however, it's all in good fun. You have to have the kind of sense of humor (or revenge fantasies) that's going to click with Oblong's tales, but if you do, this is pure comedy gold. As I said, look to Burton as a guide, but Oblong goes farther in every direction, especially that of tastelessness. Actually, the closest thing I can compare it to is the web animation Salad Fingers, but Oblong is even more tasteless (and violent) than that. Needless to say (for those who know me, anyway), I loved it. There were a few tales that I think could have gone on for another few pages. Actually, given that the main draw here is Oblong's sense of humor, these could have been a collection of full-length graphic novels, and they'd probably be just as good. But a few are really spare, and I wanted more. Otherwise, though, find yourself a copy of this now-obscure treasure and laugh along. *** ½
First off, don't let the title of this little twisted gem fool you; Angus Oblong (who, according to the “About the Author” bit, does actually illustrate childrens' books as well) did not mean this book for kids. In any way, shape, or form. To give you an illustration of why, one of the funniest panels here is of a human hand offering a biscuit to a dog, who's thinking to himself, “fuck you.” (Note to self: asterisk that out for Amazon...) Perhaps it was meant as a jab to parents who buy books for their kids and don't flip through them first, but I'm guessing the lawsuit factor would eliminate that hypothesis. In any case, this is about as kid-friendly as is Tim Burton's The Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. By the way, you'll be hearing that comparison more than once in this review; the two are of a piece in many ways (and so you don't have to read to the end, I'll tell you now—if you liked that one, you're going to like this one, too). Possibly, depending on your attitude towards such things, appropriate for adolescents, but probably not for the kiddie crowd.
In any case, Creepy Susie... is fourteen very short tales, told in cartoon form, that display a mean-spirited, if very funny, brand of warped genius. All are structured in the same loose morality-play style of, say, Aesop's Fables, but with a (forgive me for using this phrase) postmodern sensibility and a viewpoint so downbeat that it borders on the nihilistic. For example, the moral of the first story: “the popular kids at school got you down? Disguise yourself, infiltrate, get invited to a slumber party, and dispatch them in their sleep.” Now, I'm one of those who believe that if you get ideas to go out and do very bad things from the books you read, you belonged in the asylum before you read those books, but I'm thinking you probably shouldn't be reading that one to your six-year-old at bedtime.
For discerning adults (and teens, perhaps), however, it's all in good fun. You have to have the kind of sense of humor (or revenge fantasies) that's going to click with Oblong's tales, but if you do, this is pure comedy gold. As I said, look to Burton as a guide, but Oblong goes farther in every direction, especially that of tastelessness. Actually, the closest thing I can compare it to is the web animation Salad Fingers, but Oblong is even more tasteless (and violent) than that. Needless to say (for those who know me, anyway), I loved it. There were a few tales that I think could have gone on for another few pages. Actually, given that the main draw here is Oblong's sense of humor, these could have been a collection of full-length graphic novels, and they'd probably be just as good. But a few are really spare, and I wanted more. Otherwise, though, find yourself a copy of this now-obscure treasure and laugh along. *** ½
realbooks4ever's review
4.0
Please read my full review here: http://realbooks4ever.tumblr.com/post/81233288155
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