A Softer World: Second Best Isn't So Bad

A Softer World #2

by Joey Comeau, Emily Horne

As you might guess, this is a volume two - book full of the A Softer World comics. It is 244 pages. For extras, there are a bunch of the original, super-crappy photocopied ASWs that Joey & Emily made at the all-night Kinkos in 2002 -- with commentary! That sections called Pretty Good for a First Try, you should get it just for that.Contains all the alt-texts from the site!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Webcomic, Humor, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction, Comic Book

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Joey Comeau is a Canadian writer. He is best known for his novels Lockpick Pornography and Overqualified, and as co-creator of the webcomic A Softer World (with Emily Horne).

Comeau currently resides in Toronto, Ontario. He has a degree in linguistics.

Reviews

[Science For The People]

Featured on Skeptically Speaking's special episode "Smart Comics for Smart People" on September 7, 2011, during an interview with comic author Joey Comeau. http://skepticallyspeaking.ca/news/we...

[Mellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Books like this are always going to get a high rating, because you've already read all of the content online, but you want to own and hold it. You can't just walk into (many) shops and pick this up, you have to really want it. Boy, it's worth getting though. I love it.

[Alexa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This comic does a great job of alternating between wistful romanticism and anarchist sensibilities, with just enough bitterness to surprise you now and again. Wry without being detached, honest without being saccharine - what can I say, I'm a fan.

[Rowena · Rating 5 out of 5]

the only problem i have with this is that the cover prominently features verdana

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Same as the last: I found many of them dark and morbid and depressing. Matt calls them satirical and sarcastic.

[Jenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I either love or am totally confused by each and every comic in this series. (In that confused-puppy-head-tilt sort of way).

[Kevin Hogan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Softer World really starts to come into its own in this volume (the second). Funny/poignant/creepy/sad. Hard to explain in terms of anything else.

[Kandise · Rating 4 out of 5]

So 2009.