Pear Shape

by Nick Thorburn

A good old fashioned underground comic for our current a heady bouillabaisse of humor, philosophy, profanity, absurdism, and existentialism.

From the pen of multi-talented indie musician (Islands, Unicorns) and cartoonist (Penguins) Nick Thorburn comes this perfect object of the comic book form. A 64-page color one-shot menagerie of interconnected comic strips that smartly channels the tradition of underground comix. Find out why those smarty pants at The Believer magazine say, "Thorburn makes sharp social commentary through a series of dark humor vignettes that revolve around macabre body horror, dalliances into the absurd, and the sociopolitical intricacies of human existence." Full-color illustrations throughout

Genres: Comics

64 pages, Paperback

Published June 16, 2026

Reviews

[Clint · Rating 2 out of 5]

This has all the abrasive provocation I’d expect from an edgy alt comic, but very little of the original insight or fresh humor to justify it like the best examples of the genre. The end result feels gratuitous and juvenile, and relatively toothless.

[Jesse Grubbs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Somewhere in the asshole of my eye there’s a muscle which relaxes when you cry

Consider me relaxed

[Glendover Park · Rating 5 out of 5]

I fucking loved this. Give me more of this.