All My Friends Are Still Dead

All my friends... #2

by Avery Monsen, Jory John

From the authors of the breakout best seller All my friends are dead (more than 100,000 copies sold) comes a brand-new illustrated compendium of the humorous existential ruminations of people, animals, legendary monsters, and inanimate objects.

Genres: Humor, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction, Picture Books, Comedy, Childrens

108 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Avery Monsen is a writer, actor, and artist who lives in Los Angeles. He illustrated and co-authored the national bestseller, All My Friends Are Dead, as well as I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York and K is For Knifeball. He’s also written for the television shows, Billy On The Street and Trip Tank. His writing and drawings have been published in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Believer, and several newspapers around the country, and he was recently named one of the New Faces of Comedy at the 2017 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. As an actor, he’s appeared on 30 Rock, The Tonight Show, High Maintenance, Maron, Adam Ruins Everything, and Alexa & Katie.

Reviews

[Federico DN]

GoT meme made me read a book. Part II.

Can you believe there is a sequel to this amazingly awkward dark humor book? Not nearly as good as the first one, but still good.

Shortest duology ever.



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PERSONAL NOTE :
[2012] [108p] [2.5 ] [Comedy] [Not Recommendable] [Disturbingly Funny] [Dark Humor] [Cool Pictures] [Dangit]
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★★★★☆ All My Friends Are Dead [3.5]
★★★☆☆ All My Friends Are Still Dead [2.5]

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Un meme de GoT me hizo leer un libro. Parte II.

Podés creer que hay una secuela para este asombrosamente raro libro de humor negro? Ni de cerca tan bueno como el primero, pero igual bueno.

La duología más corta jamás.



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NOTA PERSONAL :
[2010] [108p] [2.5 ] [Comedia] [No Recomendable] [Perturbadoramente Gracioso] [Humor Negro] [Copados Dibujos] [Dangit]
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[karen]

look who's back!

this book was fun like the first one, although i tend to disapprove of sequels to books like these. i just bet that if you put your mind to it, you can come up with something else funny that you can extend into a short humorous book perfect for gift-giving. don't just trade in on the same joke again. impress me with your diversity! now!

having said that, there are still some cute drawings in here, and some good variations on the theme.



i like the manic expression on that worm, for example.

but no one bought me this as a gift, so i don't get to write a blissfully happy "thank you" and call it a book review this time, like i could with the first one.

i can afford to be a little sullen.

all my friends are books.
and book people.

and now i have to go and be responsible



i will miss you all...

come to my blog!

[Jakob J. 🎃]

Like when your nephew says something that genuinely makes you laugh and, emboldened by your response, he repeats it, thinking it will be even funnier the second time.
It's never funny to repeat a joke.

Never funny to repeat a joke!

The Hollywood sequel machine still hasn’t learned this, so why should the publishing industry?

[Matthew]

Not quite as witty as the first one, but still pretty funny! I think they tried a little too hard to make it the same, but not enough of a complaint to make me say it isn't good.

[Carlos De Eguiluz]

4.5

That robot, that pretty robot...

En serio, me encanta la diferencia que puede hacer un personaje, por más pequeño e "insignificante" que aparente ser.

"I was not programmed to understand the concept of friendship. And yet there is an emptiness inside me that I cannot explain. Let me try... Never-ending solitude."

"I think I smash buildings because my father was distant."

[Ladan]

All my friends are still books!

[Manny]

Not just a cheap sequel trying to cash in on the success of All My Friends Are Dead, don't believe the haters! Your kids will read this book over and over again! Worth it for the necrophilia jokes alone!

[Is this right? - Ed.]

[Cæsar]

Humorous!!!

So much fun as the previous book, super comical, high praises to Avery Monsen and Jory John!!!!
Avery Monsen, John Jory

5⭐️

[Kai Spellmeier]

Loved the first book, but this one was weak and not even funny.

[Doug]

More existential angst!

[Flo]

This guy did it again. A hilarious book that I wished it was longer (is that remotely correct?). Loved it. Loneliness is a serious matter, I should know, so you must have a dark and twisted kind of humor to really enjoy this. Big fan over here.

There's people and animals complaining about having all their friends dead. There's a bored angel complaining because all his friends are still alive. All sort of objects whining because they're pathetic friendless things waiting for some affection, or because their friends aren't exactly what they expected. Even poor Mr. Grim Reaper wants to connect with other people, but, sometimes, no matter how badly we want to be friends with someone, it's beyond our control and people can be severely injured...

There are some hilarious cartoons like this one:



Even if you consider someone your friend, that doesn't really mean they feel the same way. Learn how to detect your real friends, if you have any! If not, well, hmm, one less thing to worry about.


Nov 03, 13
* Also on my blog.
** Photo credit: Avery Monsen.

[Dee (on hiatus)]

Many thanks to my GR friend, Federico DN for putting these on my radar. The second is a bit darker & not quite as funny as the first, but still worth the brief time took to flip through it & have a chuckle

[Carrot :3 (on a hiatus)]

This one took another three minutes and was as good as book one. The robot is a precious little baby we must protect at all costs!

[Annet]

Ah, I remember reading the first one. All my Friends are Dead. Bought it in NYC, couple of years ago, in Borders I think, saw some lady laughing her *** off in a corner of the bookshop, leafing thru the book... and people walking away with multiple copies bought from the bookstore. Presents for everyone. And I thought... have to have it too! Recently found out about this sequel, All my Friends are still dead. Still pretty d*mn funny, those cartoons. :-)
Recommended for a tragi-comical laugh.

[Anya]

Since I'm an introverted person, this kind of really hit close to home. I mean, c'mon, my little doggie has more friends than I do. ;____;

[Dream.M]

جلد قبلی خیلی کیوت بود، این جلد رو انگار نوشته بودن که نوشته باشن
سعی کرده بودن اکوارد و دارک دربیاد که البته دراومده ولی فانی؟ گمون نکنم .

[Dannii Elle]

Here for all of the gallows humour! Whilst I still appreciated the tone of this little graphic novel, I found the wit a little punchier in the first volume. Still a delightfully dark read, however.

[fer]

esse é mais engraçado que o primeiro kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Shi2chi]

If you're desparately trying to find something that would help you better cope with the loss of your friends, this is NOT what you're looking for.
(Humour earned an additional star although it was uncalled for)

[Sad Sunday (Books? Me?!? NEVER!!!)]

A bit sad since it makes you realize how lonly some people/things are. Short, funny, but I doubt if you read it again.

[guille (littlebitmoody)]

lmao

[Kasia (kasikowykurz)]

Eee... Just no.

[HJ ✰]

this book = nobel peace prize award

[Nandakishore Mridula]

I am in a bit of a reading slump - and I have found that there is nothing to bring one out of it than reading a graphic novel. Well, this book and its predecessor are not actually graphic novels: rather books of black humour disguised as children's books. Very tongue in cheek - and some of the jokes are sailing pretty close to the wind, especially in this book, with its suggestion of necrophilia.

The theme is death, loneliness and cruelty. The running theme is one character talking about how all their friends have passed beyond the veil, and how he/ she is the only one left. The twist is brought about by the way this morbid idea is presented: for example, a tree saying how all his friends are end tables, or a pig saying how all her friends are bacon; and the bacon and the end tables actually replying. It's funny in an extremely dark way if you don't mind that sort of thing.

However, the jokes about the necrophiliac mortician may trigger some people. So look up these two books only if you have the same twisted soul that I have.

[سماح عطية]

قرأته تبعًا لجزئه الأول.

سخيف، خيال مريض؛
حتى الملائكة لم تسلم من قبح تفكيرهم!
أجعلوا الملائكة كائنات متلصصة على العرايا !
أهذا ظنهم !
قبّحه الله من خيال.

[STEPH]

What? Should a part 2 really meant to be published? Terrible.

I went ahead and opened up the second book literally minutes after reviewing the first one. Well, the first one was decent, made me laugh and all but this? Talk about sour face.

Maybe don't let your kids see this until they're old enough to understand. It's weird and that's coming from someone who likes weird things but this is not it.

Glad they didn't make a third book.

[Elif]

It has a dry humor and that’s why I liked it so much. If you like dark humor you will enjoy but if you are a more serious reader then stay away from this book and be friends with boring people 😁 Lollipop says ‘my only friends are suckers or caterpillar says ‘all my friends have really changed’ 😁 First book was more fun but I enjoyed reading this one too.

[Toni Rodriguez]

Retiro lo que dije del libro pasado, esto definitivamente no es para niños.

Lo entendí cuando el dinosaurio bebé hizo su aparición, me encanta, aunque espero mis sobrinos no terminen leyéndolo.

Súper divertido, me hizo reírme mucho.

No hay más que decir, es un libro sencillo, como esas historias de los libros de texto de primaria, casi como los que venían en el amarillo de primer grado (si viven en México), pero más retorcido.

Algo que mi yo de siete años amaría, el yo de veinticuatro lo hace.

4/5

[Adriana Scarpin]

Sem o frescor da originalidade do primeiro livro, é bonitinho, mas nada de mais.

[Erica Henry]

This one made me laugh so hard