Erin Nations
Paperback | Pages: 160 pages Rating: 3.94 | 272 Users | 50 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 1603094318 (ISBN13: 9781603094313) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Gumballs #1-4 |
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Discover the pioneering new comic from transgender cartoonist Erin Nations! Called by critics "funny, sincere, and just generally brilliant," Gumballs is a one-man variety show spanning graphic memoir, observational comedy, razor-sharp character studies, and so much more.Gumballs dispenses an array of bright, candy-colored short comics about Erin's gender transition, anecdotal tales of growing up as a triplet, and fictional stories of a socially inept lovestruck teenager named Tobias. The wide-ranging series is filled with single-page gag cartoons, visual diaries of everyday life, funny faux personal ads, and real-life horror stories of customers at his day job. Gumballs offers a variety of flavors that will surely delight anyone with a taste for candid self-reflection and observations of humanity.
Gumballs tips its hat to the classic alt-comic tradition of Eightball, Optic Nerve, and Box Office Poison, but speaks with a delightfully fresh voice for the modern age.
This book collects Gumballs #1-4, plus 32 pages of brand-new content!
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| Title | : | Gumballs (Gumballs #1-4) |
| Author | : | Erin Nations |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | July 17th 2018 by Top Shelf Productions (first published May 30th 2018) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. LGBT. Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Adult |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 272 Users | 50 ReviewsWrite Up About Books Gumballs (Gumballs #1-4)
This is a very uneven short story collection. I really like the sequences about Nation's gender transition and youth as a triplet, but offsetting those were the constant interruption of rather mediocre customers-are-awful gags, tedious personal ads, and dull visual diary entries. Also, the creator and publisher experimented with an odd color coding system to let you know about the subjects of the stories scattered throughout the book instead of just gathering all the like material into their ownBeen reading lots of manga(Yuri) lately so it was kinda refreshing to read some indie/alternative comics again.Nice interesting collection of various comics. My favorites all dealt with Erin. There is a comic talking about male privilege that was so relatable!I love that Erin referenced Morrissey. As someone who has listened to Moz on a few Valentines Days I found this bit pretty humorous. Actually there are many pop culture references that made me smile.I really enjoyed this and will be
I had the pleasure to meet the author at ALA 2018 New Orleans and I had to read this first out of all the books I received there because he was such a sweet quiet guy and I wanted to know his story. I try to be as kind and supportive as I possibly can to all the Trans people I meet but I didnt really know much about their daily life and struggles. This book was such an eye opener to the little things I never thought about being a problem. It was a joy to read and definitely helps one understand
This is an engaging collection of short comics pieces dealing with various topics. Nations has helpfully provided a color key for those topics on the table of contents--for example, all stories about Tobias have a pink dot next to the title. If, like me, you simply ignore this key and dive in, reading everything straight through, it's still an enjoyable experience. But, when I was collecting my thoughts prior to writing ths review, I thought about how the stories each seem to fit into one of
Oh my gaaahhhh!!!! Oh man these are PERFECT I love them so much and only want more. More more moooore.
This is an engaging collection of short comics pieces dealing with various topics. Nations has helpfully provided a color key for those topics on the table of contents--for example, all stories about Tobias have a pink dot next to the title. If, like me, you simply ignore this key and dive in, reading everything straight through, it's still an enjoyable experience. But, when I was collecting my thoughts prior to writing ths review, I thought about how the stories each seem to fit into one of
3.5 stars
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