Dead Forever

by Meredith Gran

Octopus Pie is an ongoing comic series, started in 2007, about two women living in Brooklyn, NY – their jobs, social circles, and some problems.

Octopus Pie: Dead Forever includes the following chapters from the webcomic:
Moving On
GO Team Willary
OCTOPUS DIE
Brownout Biscuit
Follow Your Friend to Work Day
It Could've Been a Brilliant Career
Basement Full of Buddies
Fired, Walk With Me
Stranger Into Starman
Metadater
Octopie Wall Street
Itch You Can't Scratch
Simple Breakfast

http://www.octopuspie.com/

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Genres: Comics

200 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2014

About the author

Meredith Gran lives and work in Brooklyn as a freelance comic artist & occasional animator. She's been drawing the webcomic Octopus Pie since 2007. She teaches a weekly webcomics course at the School of Visual Arts. She also wrote and drew the Eisner-nominated Adventure Time comic book spin-off, Marceline & the Scream Queens.

Reviews

[Joshua · Rating 5 out of 5]

Octopus Pie continues to be my favorite webcomic. This doesn't change in book form.

[Arnela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume covers chapters 25 to 28 of the webcomic. The pages are in black and white, and in this case the paper quality is simple pored white paper, not the smooth sort of matte comic paper we're used to getting in comics today. Meaning be careful, don't have too many liquids near this cause this paper will soak it up, get dyed whatever color your swallowing, and then wrinkle on you.

The comic is wonderful as always. It's just a little weird cause it's very long but short, and it doesn't match There are no stars in brooklyn, and it MOST DEFINITELY does NOT match the new printed versions of octopus pie [ESPECIALLY number 4, and 5, when 5 comes out].

It's almost hilarious how much the sizes don't match. It almost feels like Hanna had a hand in sizing them. How am I supposed to display these nicely on my shelves when NOTHING MATCHES??

Whatever. The story is fun, everyone is awesome. And these are the chapters where Gran's art style has evolved towards it's more nuanced form. And by nuanced I just mean she's her style has grown into itself. I'll admit it's a little more cartoony in a way, with it's more rounded shapes and softer corners, but it's still very pleasant.

[Joseph Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is bound to appeal to 20-30 somethings working as interns or in coffee shops or other low end jobs, who (still?) like going out to bars with their friends, and have little long term prospects. We follow the main character as she tries to figure out who she is and what she wants to do with her life, while her friends also have their own issues.

This book is quite relatable, and full of insight and lessons, though many of the lessons you hopefully have learned by your mid-20's. Much like a sarcastic 20-30's something, shots are taken at bros, hipsters, with the most poignant shots being taken at the main characters. Quite enjoyed this book.