Hmmm maybe a better world would be chaos. And it’s commonly crazy unexpected… emphasis on crazy (and just to be clear that is on a slur on mental illness, merely commentary at the randomness of it all. You just have to strap in for a ride and expect the unexpected. I seriously wondered if I needed to hit the gym so I could finish reading this thing.Īs this is a collection of essays in aspect, and a mix of topics, there is not really any storyline, or plot, so you can do little to predict what is going on. I got the hardback copy which has thick paper stock and the pages have a reflective satiny feel. It is a true testament to her strength, even if she never feels that strength on some days. In fact I’m immensely impressed that not only did she get out of bed in the morning, but that she managed to craft another illustrated memoir at all. But knowing what the author was going through in her personal life white creating this graphic novel, I’m not surprised. It was highly entertaining… there was just something about the collation of everything that didn’t sell it for me like ‘ Hyperbole and a Half.’ There was something missing too – that intensity.

So too are her talents to craft comic strips and tell story snippets. The artwork is splendidly artistic and simple at the same time as being hugely expressive to convey emotion and subtext. I didn’t really laugh that much, and while the more serious topics were sobering, they didn’t drag the emotion out of me like the debut… maybe I’m now dead inside?

I will write things and people relate to them and … I think people wanted to, like, meet me and kind of have a personal connection with somebody who maybe said something that they related to and that was part of a fun thing.Where ‘ Hyperbole and a Half’ had me in tears of joy and sadness and brilliantly juxtaposed serious issues about mental health and loss with the random stupidity and innocence of youth ‘ Solutions and Other Problems’ tried to follow this roadmap, but just didn’t hit the turns right.

Mitchell Kaplan: What was the big deal? What did you understand was happening?Īllie Brosh: It’s hard to wrap my head around. What are you making a big deal out about here? Like what? It really drives it home. I feel like I get this thing like whenever I am out talking to a bunch of people, this feeling of being exaggerated, totally aware of my own unimportance. And for someone like you, who’s a bit more reclusive, that must have been difficult in and of itself.Īllie Brosh: It was very exciting. Mitchell Kaplan: I don’t know if other people had this this feeling when they read your book, and I know that you went on a very large tour or a very wide-ranging tour for Hyberbole and you met people face to face.

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