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Johnny Wander #2
Johnny Wander, Vol. 2: Escape to New York
Johnny Wander is about life after college, striking out on your own, moving to a new city and all the moments in between the adult stuff. This volume collects the second year of comics, along with additional material including "an advice column for the internet age."
152 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2011
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November 24, 2012
This couple is freakin' charming.
Continuing the saga of their life in various living spaces in cities on the east coast, they chronicle food, pets, entertainment, and other misadventures in this spottily autobiographical comic.
As I said in my review of the first volume, they feel like they could easily be friends of mine. Reading both of these comics were a great way to think about setting tone in comics. It is not at all strictly biographical - they are filtering their content and delivery through a very particular lens. A charming one. :)
Continuing the saga of their life in various living spaces in cities on the east coast, they chronicle food, pets, entertainment, and other misadventures in this spottily autobiographical comic.
As I said in my review of the first volume, they feel like they could easily be friends of mine. Reading both of these comics were a great way to think about setting tone in comics. It is not at all strictly biographical - they are filtering their content and delivery through a very particular lens. A charming one. :)
July 14, 2017
My opinion still stands from my review of the previous volume:
For some reason I had never thought of this, but damn is it a great idea. A webcomic autobiography. Genius. Hilarious characters, or should I say people. The conversations/scenarios are very reminiscent to me and my own friends, so it a was a very enjoyable read.
For some reason I had never thought of this, but damn is it a great idea. A webcomic autobiography. Genius. Hilarious characters, or should I say people. The conversations/scenarios are very reminiscent to me and my own friends, so it a was a very enjoyable read.
July 11, 2012
Still a great comic, now with cats!
April 24, 2019
If you day is a bummer,
And you can't wait for summer,
Go over yonder
With a copy of Johnny Wander.
And you can't wait for summer,
Go over yonder
With a copy of Johnny Wander.
May 6, 2013
While the first volume was quite good I think with this second volume the autobio adventures of the Johnny Wander crew really hit their stride. There's also a good mix of the comics' topics and layouts so that the material doesn't drag. It goes by too quickly though; I only wish these collected paperbacks were longer. The goings-on of the Johnny Wander crowd in this volume isn't so different from the last volume, however; I suppose life doesn't vary to that great a degree, but they are moving to new areas and meeting new people, so it would be nice to see that degree of change somehow mirrored in the comics -- perhaps comics also having to do with life in the area they are in rather than just their lifestyles in general.
December 23, 2011
Completed the day it arrived.
Johnny Wander continues to make me grin on pretty much every page.
There is so much subtle charm and expression in every human (and animal) Yuko draws, and the illustrations meld with Ananth's dry whimsy perfectly.
This series is brilliant at highlighting the moments of everyday life and how much wonder they can bring, even for adults. No longer do we need to associate a loss of wonder with growing up - Yuko, Ananth and co all show us beyond a doubt that adulthood can be every bit as wonderous as childhood.
Johnny Wander continues to make me grin on pretty much every page.
There is so much subtle charm and expression in every human (and animal) Yuko draws, and the illustrations meld with Ananth's dry whimsy perfectly.
This series is brilliant at highlighting the moments of everyday life and how much wonder they can bring, even for adults. No longer do we need to associate a loss of wonder with growing up - Yuko, Ananth and co all show us beyond a doubt that adulthood can be every bit as wonderous as childhood.
June 24, 2013
I liked the first volume a lot better. I think I could relate more to the characters in that one, when a lot of the comics were housing related. This one was a lot of jokes about comics and a lot about cats.
February 23, 2013
Rook arrives in this second collection of Johnny Wander.
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