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Ew, It's Beautiful: A False Knees Comic Collection
by Joshua Barkman
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
*I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.*
Review
This book is about animals and how they spend their days for each season of the year. It is characterised by humour and different art styles that change every now and then throughout the book.
The most beautiful aspect of this book is how the art style changes every now and then and it looks quite unique from what I usually see (probably 'cause I don't see that often drawings of birds and insects). I mean, the art style on the cover made me decide that I wanted to read this book. The way the colours are also evenly matching eachother for each panel is satisfying to look at.
Even though, I don't really enjoy all of these art styles, I still like how it changes and isn't the same all the time throughout the book.
I didn't really find anything that was supposed to be funny actually funny except the panel where the bird said 'trust the process' and it ended up looking not right at all, this was funny and later on when the cat decided to have a puke.
This book is totally random and the jokes are either based on relatable stuff or on some really odd things that are so odd that they are funny again. For me, the jokes didn't land, but they weren't really awful, I just expected the jokes to be a bit different before I started reading but that's alright, I was still happy to see animal drawings.
End note/Final thoughts
Thank you Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy of Ew, It's Beautiful by Joshua Barkman
Started the book: 04. July 2025
Finished the book: 04. July 2025
Wrote the review: 04. July 2025
Review
This book is about animals and how they spend their days for each season of the year. It is characterised by humour and different art styles that change every now and then throughout the book.
The most beautiful aspect of this book is how the art style changes every now and then and it looks quite unique from what I usually see (probably 'cause I don't see that often drawings of birds and insects). I mean, the art style on the cover made me decide that I wanted to read this book. The way the colours are also evenly matching eachother for each panel is satisfying to look at.
Even though, I don't really enjoy all of these art styles, I still like how it changes and isn't the same all the time throughout the book.
I didn't really find anything that was supposed to be funny actually funny except the panel where the bird said 'trust the process' and it ended up looking not right at all, this was funny and later on when the cat decided to have a puke.
This book is totally random and the jokes are either based on relatable stuff or on some really odd things that are so odd that they are funny again. For me, the jokes didn't land, but they weren't really awful, I just expected the jokes to be a bit different before I started reading but that's alright, I was still happy to see animal drawings.
End note/Final thoughts
Thank you Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy of Ew, It's Beautiful by Joshua Barkman
Started the book: 04. July 2025
Finished the book: 04. July 2025
Wrote the review: 04. July 2025