An interesting 2013 book by former (inactive? retired?) blogger Allie Brosh. Brosh was one of the biggest people on the internet in 2013 and her book got great reviews. One of my coworkers (according to another coworker) raved about her. Somehow I missed all that and had no recollection of this book until I found it while looking for another book in the Graphic Lit section during the pandemic. So I had no expectations, but I am glad now that I found it.
Brosh tells amusing stories about her childhood, her "flawed coping mechanisms" and her dogs. Most of her drawings of other people have stick arms, basic facial features and hair. Many of her drawings are more rudimentary; my 8-year-old asked, "what is that fish doing?" of Brosh's self-portrait. The book is dark at times, as when Bosh describes her bouts with depression, or delves into her own everyday pettiness, but the stories then veer back toward the gleefully absurd with descriptions of her childhood, letters written to her younger selves, and more descriptions of her dogs.
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