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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
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Thank you NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for giving me an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
I do love graphic novels and I really enjoy a good “adult” read every now and then. I enjoyed this book and would say it is along similar lines to Sarah Anderson’s Adulthood is a Myth, but it fell flat in a lot of ways. Some of the humor was not my kind of humor and some of it felt really jumbled. There wasn’t a clear theme to the comics. However, I did find a few entertaining and am happy I read it.
I do love graphic novels and I really enjoy a good “adult” read every now and then. I enjoyed this book and would say it is along similar lines to Sarah Anderson’s Adulthood is a Myth, but it fell flat in a lot of ways. Some of the humor was not my kind of humor and some of it felt really jumbled. There wasn’t a clear theme to the comics. However, I did find a few entertaining and am happy I read it.
Me every time:
Alright, Pete, these are short comics, so you GOTTA spread them out over a few days, maybe even a week. Otherwise, the baseline level of wackiness goes up, stays high, and that high level becomes the new bar for wackiness. You'll enjoy this WAY more if you give it some room.
Also me every time:
Fuck it.
Alright, Pete, these are short comics, so you GOTTA spread them out over a few days, maybe even a week. Otherwise, the baseline level of wackiness goes up, stays high, and that high level becomes the new bar for wackiness. You'll enjoy this WAY more if you give it some room.
Also me every time:
Fuck it.
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
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I got an ARC of this book.
I have seen this comic around for a while, but I couldn’t have told you the name of it until now. The main ones I had seen were of Death and Slutty Witch. So it was really nice to read more than a comic every few weeks.
There is no cohesive plot through the comics. So reading straight through the collection is not necessary. You can read this any way that you like. You can skip to all the Death comics and just enjoy Death doing what Death does (I may slightly promote this way of reading since the comics with Death were the ones that made me laugh the most). I did laugh out loud multiple times while reading, which hurt since I have this weird cold. This book was worth that pain.
Some of the jokes were clever, others were more subtle. There was a sort of joke for everyone. Other comic collections I have read recently focused more on fart jokes or low brow humor, there wasn’t as much variety. So I have to appreciate that the jokes here ranged and didn’t become repetitive.
Slutty Witch is amusing, but I am not sure why she is slutty. I first saw her in an asexual group, because there is a comic where she says she has no underwear and the guy takes her home to give her a blanket and something hot to drink to prevent a cold. So maybe her name is just silly and has no real bearing on her? I have no idea. I would like to see more of her and find out where the joke goes.
I got an ARC of this book.
I have seen this comic around for a while, but I couldn’t have told you the name of it until now. The main ones I had seen were of Death and Slutty Witch. So it was really nice to read more than a comic every few weeks.
There is no cohesive plot through the comics. So reading straight through the collection is not necessary. You can read this any way that you like. You can skip to all the Death comics and just enjoy Death doing what Death does (I may slightly promote this way of reading since the comics with Death were the ones that made me laugh the most). I did laugh out loud multiple times while reading, which hurt since I have this weird cold. This book was worth that pain.
Some of the jokes were clever, others were more subtle. There was a sort of joke for everyone. Other comic collections I have read recently focused more on fart jokes or low brow humor, there wasn’t as much variety. So I have to appreciate that the jokes here ranged and didn’t become repetitive.
Slutty Witch is amusing, but I am not sure why she is slutty. I first saw her in an asexual group, because there is a comic where she says she has no underwear and the guy takes her home to give her a blanket and something hot to drink to prevent a cold. So maybe her name is just silly and has no real bearing on her? I have no idea. I would like to see more of her and find out where the joke goes.
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was hilarious! I found myself laughing so hard at some of the comics in here! It’s a fun and sometimes morbid tromp into humanity and it was awesome.
The only reason why it isn’t a full five stars is because of all the suicide jokes which could be deemed harmful to some people. This contains a lot of dark humor, so if that isn’t your sort of thing then I wouldn’t recommend it to you.
For all those who like dark humor and don’t take it too seriously you will probably really enjoy this and find it just as a funny as I did,
The only reason why it isn’t a full five stars is because of all the suicide jokes which could be deemed harmful to some people. This contains a lot of dark humor, so if that isn’t your sort of thing then I wouldn’t recommend it to you.
For all those who like dark humor and don’t take it too seriously you will probably really enjoy this and find it just as a funny as I did,
Originally published on my blog Nonstop Reader.
War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers is a collection of webcomics produced by Jonathan Kunz and Elizabeth Pich. Originally published on their webcomic War and Peas, this collection, due out 3rd March 2020 is 160 pages and will be available in paperback format.
The art is deceptively simple. The single page comics are in 4 panel format, with many recurring characters (Death shows up quite often, for example). The humor is ever so slightly off-kilter and is surreal with elements of magical realism, nerd culture, absurdism, and irony. About half of them elicited a smile or giggle from me.
This would be a good selection for current fans of the authors' work online, or for fans of webcomic style 4 panel art in general. It's a very fast read with appealing quirky art with a modern (somewhat nihilist) aesthetic.
Three and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers is a collection of webcomics produced by Jonathan Kunz and Elizabeth Pich. Originally published on their webcomic War and Peas, this collection, due out 3rd March 2020 is 160 pages and will be available in paperback format.
The art is deceptively simple. The single page comics are in 4 panel format, with many recurring characters (Death shows up quite often, for example). The humor is ever so slightly off-kilter and is surreal with elements of magical realism, nerd culture, absurdism, and irony. About half of them elicited a smile or giggle from me.
This would be a good selection for current fans of the authors' work online, or for fans of webcomic style 4 panel art in general. It's a very fast read with appealing quirky art with a modern (somewhat nihilist) aesthetic.
Three and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
Thank you netgalley for the chance to review. I absolutely loved this book! Each of the comics are 4 panel with some that are 2 panel. The jokes were both cute and hilarious. I'd definitely recommend this to a friend.
This was my first read on NetGalley and it was such a fun way to start! I had seen a few of these comics online before, but there were definitely some hilarious surprises! I will be keeping my eye out for future War and Peas comics!