What's Your Sign, Girl?

by Robert Kirby (Editor), Delaine Derry Green, Kevin Budnik

Most people can say what sign of the zodiac they are, whether or not they know what the sign means or even believe in astrology. But the twelve alt-cartoonists in What's Your Sign, Girl? have something to say about their locations on the zodiacal calendar. With enthusiasm, skepticism, or dismay, the artists share how their signs impact self, relationships, and their places in the cosmos. Edited by Ignatz Award winner, Robert Kirby (Virgo).

Genres: Graphic Novels Comics

76 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2015

About the author

Rob Kirby's solo books include Curbside and Curbside Boys. His anthologies include two volumes of The Book of Boy Trouble; 3 issues of the Ignatz-nominated series THREE; the Ignatz Award-winning QU33R; What's Your Sign, Girl?, & The Shirley Jackson Project. His graphic memoir, Marry Me a Little, is now available from Graphic Mundi/PSU Press.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

My latest book is subtitled "Cartoonists talk about their Sun Signs," so that tells you what it's all about in a nutshell. To bring this project to life I gathered one cartoonist from each sign of the zodiac–six males & six females (because half of the twelve signs are "feminine" and the other half are "masculine")–and each of us did a personal story about our sign and/or astrology in general. The stories range from Delaine Derry Green's good-natured "Aries," and Cara Bean's adorable "I Am Majestic?, to Aron Nels Steinke's typically endearing "Aquarius" vignette, and the nervous energy of Kevin Budnik's "The Taurus is Stubborn." Added into the mix are the questioning/thoughtful approaches of Tyler Cohen's Cancerian piece "Walking Sideways," Rick Worley's "Libra" and Marnie Galloway's "Pisces," and the swirly, sexy surrealism of Eric Kostiuk Williams' "Scorpio Descends." There's also Whit Taylor's witty Gemini piece, "The Duality," and Annie Murphy's wonderful evocation of "Capricorn," which should make any Cappy reading it proud to be born under the sign of the Goat. Meanwhile, I took a more humorous approach with my story "The Virgo Thing," while Dan Mazur, our publisher and the proprietor of Ninth Art Press, actually got his chart done to do his piece on Sagittarius, which I found totally cool!

The cover art is by the awesome Michael Fahy, who did the covers to my last book anthology, QU33R
(Northwest Press, 2014). (Michael is a Cancerian, Fyi.)

All-in-all, I am very proud of this book and hope it finds its proper audience of astrology & comics loving readers.

UPDATE on 10/14/15: here's a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19g54...

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hot on the heels of Tablegeddon, Pratfall, and the Ignatz Award-winning QU33R , Rob Kirby edits another strong anthology, this time about astrological signs. The 12 cartoonists in this collection each do a comic about their sun sign and how they relate (or don't relate) to them. There's a wide range of points of views in here, and a healthy mix of belief and skepticism (often within the same story). My personal favorite was Marnie Galloway's soul-searching "Pisces" comic, which had me tearing up a little by the end. I also especially liked the stories from Delaine Derry Green, Cara Bean, Aron Nels Steinke, and Kirby himself (and my wife had a completely different set of favorites -- always a sign of a good anthology).

[MariNaomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rob Kirby does it again! There's some serious talent in this book. Such breathtaking art, such thoughtful stories, a few laughs. Not a bad one in the bunch.

I was somewhat concerned that, as a skeptic of astrology, I'd feel alienated by the subject matter, but I needn't have worried! Some of the stories were by skeptics themselves. And even the ones that weren't were fantastic reads.

Five stars!

[StrictlySequential ArtNarrative · Rating 4 out of 5]

One Canadian contributor.

[J.T. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well curated anthology with an interesting theme.

[Akiva ꙮ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Astrology is deeply annoying to me, so I really shouldn't have bought this at SPX 2015. But I'm a huge fan of Marnie Galloway's work. And indeed, her piece (the very last one, Pisces) is gorgeous and beautiful, so I guess that was worth it.

One star for how much I like the book overall, four for the 1/12 I enjoyed, so I don't know how you average that.

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very pleasant! I was impressed. It was short and light, but exactly what it presents itself to be, so can't complain.