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7th out of 11 books
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Angry Little Girls
by
Lela Lee
This hilarious collection introduces the online comic started by Lela Lee when she was a sophomore at U.C. Berkeley in 1997. The comic now has a dedicated following of thousands of fans, and "Angry Little Girls" products are showing up everywhere as hot new licensed merchandise.
At the center of "Angry Little Girls" is Kim, the little Asian girl who's so angry she shakes....more
At the center of "Angry Little Girls" is Kim, the little Asian girl who's so angry she shakes....more
Hardcover, 80 pages
Published
April 1st 2005
by Harry N. Abrams
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In Lee’s childishly-illustrated graphic novel, we are introduced to the Angry Little Asian Girl, the Disenchanted Princess, the Crazy Little Latina, the Fresh Little Soul Sistah, and Gloomy Girl. They all take turns interacting with each other, and they families and other friends, in short snippets of events and sometimes just one frame. There is no real story here; just commentary on what it is like to be a girl disguised as humorous shorts. Each character represents a personality type: the Ang...more
This book is wonderful! Everyone BUY IT!
All growing up, my friends didn't have the heart to 'not let me be korean too' hehe and even though i'm still hopelessly white and I should have grown outta the resistance to accept own racial background...to this day they all still let me pretend...'i'm korean toooo' (la la la)
Thanks to all the halmunees and umas for 'washing' my kimchi and putting hot dogs in my kimbap! MmmMmmm love...
Thanks to Lela for writing this book!
ps cats are way better
All growing up, my friends didn't have the heart to 'not let me be korean too' hehe and even though i'm still hopelessly white and I should have grown outta the resistance to accept own racial background...to this day they all still let me pretend...'i'm korean toooo' (la la la)
Thanks to all the halmunees and umas for 'washing' my kimchi and putting hot dogs in my kimbap! MmmMmmm love...
Thanks to Lela for writing this book!
ps cats are way better
Rating: 3/5
Summary: A humorous comic about five angry little girls.
Review: It was cute and funny but lacked a bit of a punch. Lee could have pushed it further. She plays up on various stereotypes and some of the strips were just ingenious but others fell a little flat. I will definitely read more though; this book was a bit of an introduction to the girls so I am hopeful she pushes the boundaries a bit in the subsequent editions. Just so we are clear, despite my negatives critiques it was funny...more
Summary: A humorous comic about five angry little girls.
Review: It was cute and funny but lacked a bit of a punch. Lee could have pushed it further. She plays up on various stereotypes and some of the strips were just ingenious but others fell a little flat. I will definitely read more though; this book was a bit of an introduction to the girls so I am hopeful she pushes the boundaries a bit in the subsequent editions. Just so we are clear, despite my negatives critiques it was funny...more
Simplicity, a little South-Park-ish, diverse characters, sharp humor, short vignettes with repetitive themes of insecurity, mother-daughter relationship with generational/immigrant conflict, plays off clichés and stereotypes. Definitely not for middle schoolers but for more mature teens and adults.
At first glance, you might think this is a childrens book, but it most definitely is not. Lela Lee's cute but hilarious characters are sure to give you a laugh and remind you about times you experienced in life. I look forward to reading the rest of Lela's Angry Little Girls books
I liked it best when the characters really felt human, a la Peanuts, but a lot of the time they were just stereotypes. Also, some of the comics just weren't very funny, which maybe ups the impact of the audaciously funny ones. Uneven, but I still like it.
this is the cutest little picture book. it has funny text. and i really relate to the angry little asian girl!
So very, very cute in an offbeat sort of way:) You identify with all of them at some point.
AMAZING ALERT!!!!!!! This book is seriously so funny! looking for the others now =]]]
Goofy little jokes. It might be a good gag-gift to a funny friend.
a mixed bag. some of the little bits cracked me up, some seemed tired.
Fantastic! Very cute, very angry. @$%& you with cute hair.
Read this and keep thing in perspective...
Didn't like this one - just a lot of angry little girls with no real point I could see. Sorry!
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Made me laugh.
Too funny!!
Cute and hilarious, if only mildly distasteful to those of the more proper mindsets. However stereotypical the portrayals of these little girls may be through the seeming application of racial labels or stereotypes, nonetheless, one has to admit that the portrayals are remarkably accurate. Particularly apt, I thought, were the portrayals of Kim as well as her mother, possibly stemming from the author's own Asian background.
Aug 06, 2008
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
All the angry little girls out there who like to shake their fists and scream cuss words!!
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HILARIOUS!!! Everyone should read this and tell me what kind of angry little girl they are: disenchanted princess, pissed off Asian, "fresh" soul sistah, the crazy girl who talks to the sun..
This little graphic novel was sitting on my roommates bookcase and provided me with an hours worth of laugh-out-loud good times...and when you're living with 6 other girls, you take that wherever you can get it :).
This little graphic novel was sitting on my roommates bookcase and provided me with an hours worth of laugh-out-loud good times...and when you're living with 6 other girls, you take that wherever you can get it :).
Uneven: from not funny to very funny. I found parts of it somewhat offensive. I think possibly more of the same and I might have actually enjoyed it more. It’s possible I was also in the wrong mood to read this, but I was disappointed because I felt it had potential but it wasn’t as good as I expected. Overall, it was just okay.
Turns out I'm a disenchanted type angry girl.
Even though its a relatively simple (although probably not a kids book), it was really refreshing to see female anger be represented in a nonjudgmental way and even presented as normal.
Even though its a relatively simple (although probably not a kids book), it was really refreshing to see female anger be represented in a nonjudgmental way and even presented as normal.
Katie and I found this book at Kinokuniya in San Francisco's Japantown over Thanksgiving weekend. We love the attitude and its therapeutic value!
"Motherly Love
YOU UGLY. THAT WHY YOU HAVE NO FRIEND.
ALL DAY RONG YOU DO NOSHING! DO SOMESHING!"
Need I say more?
YOU UGLY. THAT WHY YOU HAVE NO FRIEND.
ALL DAY RONG YOU DO NOSHING! DO SOMESHING!"
Need I say more?
I thought this book was kind of dumb. I was really glad I had borrowed it from the library and not bought it.
So cute...and angry! Who would've thought I most identified with the fresh little soul sistah!
A children's book for adults. Kind of like Peanuts, if all the characters were variations on Lucy.
If you don't like this book, well, get lost, moron!
Lela Lee is hilarious!
Lela Lee is hilarious!
Angst. Japanese American Character/issues. Seattle Author.
Kind of silly and also adorable comics.
I learned that two wrongs can make a right.
Awesome. Makes me smile everytime I read it.
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