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andrewduckerI just reread Too Much Coffee Man's Parade of Tirade.
At the end of it I felt quite hopelessly depressed. I really, really ought to stop reading things which remind me of pointlessness and futility. On the other hand, they work so well for me because they reflect (one of) my view(s) on life.
Here's a taster of what it's like.
The book's fantastically structured, consisting of three interwoven stories, one of which is TMCM himself, engaged in surreal and ridiculous adventures that poke fun at comics and life. The second thread follows the adventures of the author, as he goes from producing photocopied comics for his local store, to discussing the merits of selling out with a fellow cartoonist. The third thread follows a local teen as he plunges into nowheresville. Both TMCM and the teen remain unaware of the author, who slaves over his work and then watches the people in his local comic shop as they browse through his comic and then replace it unbought.
Very, very well written. Not to be read in the wrong frame of mind though.
At the end of it I felt quite hopelessly depressed. I really, really ought to stop reading things which remind me of pointlessness and futility. On the other hand, they work so well for me because they reflect (one of) my view(s) on life.
Here's a taster of what it's like.
The book's fantastically structured, consisting of three interwoven stories, one of which is TMCM himself, engaged in surreal and ridiculous adventures that poke fun at comics and life. The second thread follows the adventures of the author, as he goes from producing photocopied comics for his local store, to discussing the merits of selling out with a fellow cartoonist. The third thread follows a local teen as he plunges into nowheresville. Both TMCM and the teen remain unaware of the author, who slaves over his work and then watches the people in his local comic shop as they browse through his comic and then replace it unbought.
Very, very well written. Not to be read in the wrong frame of mind though.
