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Oh shoot, I didn’t realize this was like tweeting

For my own personal betterment I don’t include comics, cookbooks (or other craft instructional material) to my year end lists.

Al Pacino has written the phrase “let’s face it” six gabillion times in this book. So far so good

Absolute comic insanity. Kevin Huizenga is up there with the likes of Scott McCloud and Chris Ware when it comes to the complete deconstruction and reassembly of the comic form.

So far this is a fun read, but for different reasons then I was expecting. Cliff Booth is so obviously who Tarantino wishes he was and it is so cringe inducing reading Tarantino's idea of a cool dude. The character is not the same Booth from the film, which has me excited.

This is one of those collection where its actually important that you read front to back rather than jump around. The first collection fully articulates a style and theme. Henry has a complete understanding of but full unwillingness to embrace functionality. It's full of small moments that Henry seems to derive tragedy from, while still being humorous. Ending the first collection on Bluebird is an absolute guy punch.