University Squared: The Angry Years

by Frank Cho

Book by Cho, Frank

Genres: Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Comic Strips

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

The second of three children, Frank Cho was born in Seoul, Korea in 1971, but moved to the United States at the age of six and was raised in Beltsville, Maryland.

Cho received no formal training as an artist. He got his start writing and drawing a cartoon strip called University2 for The Diamondback, the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park. After graduation, Cho adapted elements of this work for use in a professionally syndicated strip, Liberty Meadows.

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm a Liberty Meadows fan from way back, but this collection disappointed me. It's hard to say whether the jokes haven't held up, or whether they were just never aimed at people in their 40s. It's Cho's early work, so of course it's less polished in both art and writing. I was surprised, though, at just how many of the best jokes eventually made it into Liberty Meadows. Ultimately I think it's for serious Cho fans (or UMD alums from the 90s) only.

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the story of a group of lab animals who accidentally end up enrolled in college. My favorite character was Dean, the male chauvinist pig (literally). This comic covers the wacky adventures the group gets into: joining a frat, buying beer, dating women, dealing with each other and telling "yo momma" jokes. Very funny.

[Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable and light. I'd have loved it if they had it in the Michigan Daily when I was a student.