Miniature Sulk

Sulk

by Jeffrey Brown

The author of the autobiographical classics Clumsy and Unlikely takes a break from books about girls for this humorous short story collection featuring fiction, gags, and autobiography. Included are such gems as "My Brother Knows Kung Fu" and "Action Television Show."

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comix, Graphic Novels Comics, Memoir, Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

About the author

Jeffrey Brown was born in 1975 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and grew up reading comic books with dreams of someday drawing them, only to abandon them and focus on becoming a 'fine artist.' While earning his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brown abandoned painting and began drawing comics with his first autobiographical book 'Clumsy' in 2001. Since then he's drawn a dozen books for publishers including TopShelf, Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly, McSweeney's and Chronicle Books. Simon & Schuster published his latest graphic memoir 'Funny Misshapen Body.' In addition to directing an animated video for the band Death Cab For Cutie, Brown has had his work featured on NPR's 'This American Life' His art has been shown at galleries in New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and Paris. Jeffrey's work has also appeared in the Best American Comics series and received the Ignatz Award in 2003 for 'Outstanding Minicomic.'
He currently lives in Chicago with his wife Jennifer and their son Oscar.

Reviews

[Lizzy]

Not sure why, but this collection simply wasn't as engaging as some of his other work.

[Benny]

3.5. There are good bits and mid bits but the comic 'to wenatchee' got me good . Love me a comic about nothing in particular just the human experience

[Malbadeen]

From Somewhere Out There:
panel 1: "I know that the perfect girl for me is out there somewhere."
panel 2: She's smart and funny and beautiful..."
Panet 3: Right now she's probaby out there listening to YoLaTengo and reading comics..."

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA - obviously it doesn't have the same effect with out the drawings and there are 8 more panels to it but that panel is where I laughed so much that I felt compelled to grab the person next to me (Sarah - big surprise) and make her read it too.

[Billy Candelaria]

took a break on reading World war Z, and grab a copy of minisulk that i bought last week...This book is a series of comic strips that doesn't have a linear story line. just a snippets of Jeffrey brown's life.what struck is its candid potrayal of small moments of his life and his dabble of his earlier works. I recommend this to people who wants to take a break on reading serious and long book stuff.

[Eric]

Brown does a wonderful job of portraying awkward moments and hidden frustrations. I was first introduced to his work when a friend recommended "Clumsy" to me. Like "Clumsy" it is raw in its portrayal though lacking in as much of a singular focus. Still, there is no denying his ability to capture slice of life moments so truthfully that we can't help but relate.

[Camille]

Very good. Miniature Sulk is funny stuff. If you have a good sense of humor, and by good I mean if you share a sense of humor with me (which, if you are reading this odds are you do) then you will like this.

[J]

These hecka sweet vignettes sparked mad lols and cackles.

[Wes Young]

lots of very funny individual blips. They are mostly funny because they really don't deal with Brown's relationships at all - which keeps it aloof and un-whiny.

[Avery]

Cute as hell. Great silly one-panels toward the back.

[Vito]

Jeffrey Brown tipico: piccoli, piccolissimi lampi di vita, dall'infanzia all'età adulta, conditi con un po' di immaginazione.

[James Schneider]

Nice collection of short pieces by Jeffrey Brown.

[Eleanor]

A collection of short one-shots, all fast paced and different stories/ themes, but usually with the author as the central protagonist. It is small format print and that means a lot of text is really difficult to read. Alas, I like the linework and quick-fire narratives. Each individual comic is clearly titled, which isn’t always the case in small collections. I like the small format though, makes a nice change to the usual standard size.

[furious]

The genre, "b&w mini-comics creator is a sad sack loser who will never find love" used to be one of my favorites, but it bores me these days.

[reni]

bizarre and silly, funny

[Greg]

These were decent but I was a little bothered by not knowing which were real and which were fictional. I don't think that would matter if his other works weren't so obviously clear on that point and this one made a point of telling me up front that they weren't all true.

[James]

fake ninjas. real brothers.