Drinking at the movies. Un anno a New York

Drinking at the Movies is far from flawless. Like a collection of newspaper strips that weren't meant to be read back-to-back, it often lacks narrative flow, becomes repetitive in places; its social critique is a bit on the shallow, unsurprising side; its protagonist, Wertz' unflattering alter ego,

I've been reading lots of superhero stuff lately, so this graphic novel was a nice, refreshing change of pace. Very indie style story about a girl in her twenties moving from SF to NYC. I haven't read Fart Party, her other work, but I really enjoyed the perspective, even though I wanted to throttle

This was basically everything I wanted in a graphic memoir about moving to New York City: nice, clean drawings, small and funny anecdotes about adjusting to the city with just enough meaning and nostalgia at the end to make me feel hopeful, but not enough to make this too heartfelt and cheesy. This

Come promettere il retro di copertina in questo graphic novel, Julia Wertz ci racconta la sua vita dopo aver lasciato San Francisco ed essersi trasferita a New York. Durante la lettura affrontiamo un paio di anni nella vita di Julia, tante micro scene quotidiane che compongono i capitoli-stagioni in Leggi tutto

Really super good. This year I've made it a point to look out for comics that are good alternatives to canon titles and that have good female characters. This one hits both. This book is a really great alternative to some of those titles like Persepolis or Blankets in that it's good comics, a simple s Leggi tutto

I got this book today at B&N. I just kind of grabbed it b/c it looked cute and I love graphic novels by oddball chicks, like Diary of a Teenage Girl and stuff like that. I guess I had the force with me b/c this book turned out to be the greatest thing. I stayed up all night reading it and now I feel Leggi tutto

Julia Wertz is that little voice in your head cracking wise during situations that are absurd or even borderline tragic. Where plenty of (boring) people have learned to silence it, or at least self-edit, Wertz spits out these bits of irreverent nuggets: "My life is the abortion Juno should have had," Leggi tutto

I appropriated this book from my fiancé during a brief vacation just to have something to read. I do enjoy New York stories, a lot, infinitely more than I do the actual city, but probably wouldn’t read this normally on my own accord. Nevertheless, it proved to be plenty entertaining. Lovingly prefac Leggi tutto