Reviews

Powdered Milk: Collected Stories by Keiler Roberts

papertraildiary's review

4.0

Keiler has great comedic timing in her comics, this was a fun read! And it's cool that she includes very serious subjects too though, such as postpartum depression and bipolar disorder.

sizrobe's review

4.0

Pretty good autobiographical slice of life comics. A lot about pregnancy and motherhood.

dogunderwater's review

3.0

Keiler's first volume of auto0bio comics, covering mental health, pregnancy, and the general banalities of life. She's got a great eye, but this is definitely rougher than her later work -- the rhythm just isn't quite there yet.

pdestrienne's review

funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

Having read other collections of Keiler Roberts, I was looking forward to more deadpan depictions of her life as a comics writer/artist and as part of a family. I appreciate the brusqueness that she brings to observing and reacting to life. This is a collection of comics focused on when she was pregnant and right after giving birth, and I thought that seeing such an honest navigation of weird post-partum feelings and depression was great. I also was sad to see the ingrained fatphobia that popped up many times, and it's not like it was pointed or even consciously intended, rather that Roberts equates fatness with badness as a given, and that makes me feel tired. It's like when you hear a friend make a disparaging remark about someone just because of their body and suddenly you know exactly how they see you. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Mental illness

sandphin's review

4.0

Slice-of-life comics about family, pregnancy, care taking, and life in general. Some great observational humor and some discussion of serious things, including post-partum depression. I liked the realistic line drawings.

I included the disability tag for the discussion of mental health subjects.

It ends a bit abruptly.

Recommended if you like Julia Wertz, John Porcellino.