Tina's Groove: A Cartoon Collection by Rina Piccolo

by Rina Piccolo

The shrewdly self-aware and empowered Tina boldly shatters the stereotype of 30-something single women as neurotics obsessed with high-powered careers or with marriage. Self-assured waitress Tina is the star of the strip Tina's Groove by cartoonist Rina Piccolo. Readers can follow the adventures-in her personal life and as she works at Pepper's restaurant-of this single, smart, attractive woman in her 30s. Supporting players include Tina's best friend, Suzanne, a fellow waitress with a busily buzzing social calendar and a penchant for offering unsolicited advice; Carlos, a man's man who talks a good game; Monica, a spacey, distracted hostess at the restaurant; Rob, the straitlaced restaurant manager; and Claud, the outlandish, storytelling, truck-driving Pepper's regular. Tina's Groove is sure to appeal to independent working women in their 30s who are hungry for a character to whom they can relate. In syndication for more than three years, the strip appears in such newspapers as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , the Cincinnati Enquirer , the Arizona Republic , and the Toronto Star .

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2006

Reviews

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chronique cocasse et toujours juste, Tina's groove est le récit des aventures de Tina - jeune célibataire, intelligente et séduisante - dans sa vie personnelle et au restaurant Pepper's diner où elle travaille comme serveuse. Epanouie et fine mouche, Tina est aux antipodes du cliché de la " célibatante " maladivement préoccupée de sa carrière et de son mariage à venir. Tina a trouvé son équilibre et elle prend comme elles viennent la vie et les personnes que le hasard la fait rencontrer. Avec un sens grand sens de la psychologie, Rina Piccolo a su créer une galerie de portraits uniques qui s'impriment durablement dans nos mémoires

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got to meet Rina Piccolo at TCAF this year where I procured this book and even got her to sign it with a picture of Tina for me! She was fabulous and this book is great. Share it with everybody!