false 3261275 1 Acclaimed novelist Jonathan Ames writes his first comics work with the original graphic novel <em>The Alcoholic</em>, illustrated by <em>The Quitter</em> artist Dean Haspiel. <P> This touching, compassionate, ultimately humorous story explores the heart of a failing writer who's coming off a doomed romance and searching for hope. Unfortunately, the first place his search takes him is the bottom of a bottle as he careens from one off-kilter encounter to another in search of himself. 3296572 book 9 9 2008 The Alcoholic total:383|5:88|4:158|3:101|2:30|1:6| 383 1441 567 102 4 11 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 00:20:33 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 23:33:46 -0700 2009 4 2 false false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 09:27:44 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 28 12:21:25 -0700 2009
Anyway, I like Jonathan Ames. You like Jonathan Ames, right? We all like Jonathan Ames. Just like all of us, he grew up in New Jer...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Oct 13 12:15:40 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 12:26:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 03 18:47:11 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 16:31:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 16:13:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 16:33:56 -0800 2009
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...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:25:26 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:37:08 -0800 2009 Bored to Death. Both star flawed, fictionalized, stunted versions of the author. Drinking ruins their lives. They like mystery novels and pine over ex-girlfriends. Colonics orbit their lives. Brooklyn's the st...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 14 07:23:14 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 07:23:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 14:34:09 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 07:02:12 -0800 2009 I know t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 04 12:53:56 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:03:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 true false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 11:35:01 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 14:26:42 -0800 2009 1
"The Alcoholic," which is actually written by Jonathan Ames and drawn by Dean Haspiel (stupid Web site people), is about Jonathan A., a young man who starts drinking at the age of 15, really enjoys drinking, a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 18:03:44 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 08:34:04 -0800 2009 1 Jonathan Ames before picking this up. The book came highly recommended through more than one comic book podcast that I follow.

The book is allegedly an autobiography - apparently a lot of the people and places aren't accurate, but Ames claims that it'...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 14:55:11 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 14:58:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:19:57 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:10:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 04:55:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 05:03:05 -0700 2009
The alcoholism stuff was interesting, but it was the relationship stuf...more...]]> 5 0 false true Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 15:01:56 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 15:04:43 -0700 2009
Jonathan Ames spares no detail in the story of his downward spirals into alcoholism--o...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Dec 08 15:13:03 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 14:32:17 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 15:13:03 -0800 2008
Looking for a graphic nov...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 08 08:47:43 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 26 12:23:06 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 08:47:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 21:09:07 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 21:18:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3261275