Giant Days #1

Giant Days (Single Issues) #1

by John Allison, Lissa Treiman (Artist)

WHY WE LOVE John Allison is well known for his funny and intelligent webcomics Bad Machinery and Scary Go Round. His story of three friends at university lightly flavored with the occult features some of the best dialogue in comics, and we couldn't help but think it's like Monty Python goes to college. Sign us up! WHY YOU'LL LOVE John Allison's daily webcomics are hilarious, the kind of strips where every panel makes you laugh out loud. As a result, John has earned a large, loyal following of readers that have followed his work daily for the past 12 years. This is a series fans of things like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scott Pilgrim, or Gunnerkrigg Court will not want to miss. WHAT IT'S Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends because their dorm rooms were next to each other. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, "personal experimentation," influenza, mystery-mold, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of "academia," they may be lucky just to make it to spring alive.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction, Contemporary, Comic Book

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 18, 2015

About the author

John Allison is the author and artist of the British webcomics Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery.

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Reviews

[Noura Khalid (theperksofbeingnoura) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recommended by Meowpoff Moony!

Sometimes you need to read some funny and light comics. This one is definitely one of them. It’s only the first issue but I have a feeling I’m going to like it!

[Heba Tariq · Rating 4 out of 5]

so nice

[Darinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in Giant Days, Vol. 1.

Chapter 1 - Introduction of characters, three young women (Susan, Esther, and Daisy) who meet during their first weeks of college and become friends.

Fun, sassy, humorous, and real.

[The Artisan Geek · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was so incredibly boring to me. I read this after reading 7 volumes of The Lumberjanes back to back and this comic felt so mundane in comparison. There was no action, nothing that made me laugh and I didn’t find any of the main characters to be interesting. I was planning on reading the first volume but stopped after this one.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Denna serie har humor, roliga händelser och bra illustrationer. En tonårs liv som det ska vara.

[Kristína · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mne za jebe. Ja som totiž sto rokov za opicami a až teraz som objavila čaro komixov a toto je MEGA. Výška aka ja...

[Holly Letson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to love this, but just couldn't. The art was alright, I suppose, but the story was boring and hard to get through. Maybe I'll read a few more issues later, but not anytime soon.

[Melody (theliteraryowl) · Rating 5 out of 5]

YES YES YES. This was exactly what I needed. It's fun, light and totally adorable. The friendship between the girls is #GOALS and I'm completely smitten with the art. And the storyline is interesting too -tho nothing really happens here. It's 'just' a contemporary graphic novel about the lives of 3 uni students. Also, Susan mentions FEMINISM and the BECHDEL TEST, so obviously this makes me beyond happy. This is definitely a new favorite.

[Sandra Dussault · Rating 5 out of 5]

Moi : Je vais regarder sur le site de la bibliothèque s'ils ont les numéros suivants de cette super BD féministe que je viens juste de découvrir.
Moi : Cool ! Ils ont les numéros 1 à 6 !
Moi : Je vais regarder sur Goodreads combien de numéros existent pour cette série.
Morale de cette histoire : toujours vérifier AVANT de commencer une série. Parce que je ne pense pas pouvoir acheter les numéros 7 à 54 + les numéros spéciaux si je veux toute la lire...

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes!!!

Omg!!! I just love these girls!! They are fun and on point with real life events. I want to be in college with them!!

[Moony (Captain Mischief) MeowPoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This serie seems like fun!

[KAYA · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.0*

[Paulina ෂ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Woooow.... Entiendo que sea el primer tomo pero ¿No por eso tendría que ser de lo más interesante? Mínimo para que el lector se interese en leer el tomo 2, pero este lo único que ha logrado es que no me quiera acercar a nada relacionado con Giant Days en mi vida entera nunca más. Simplemente aburrido a morir.

[Christine (KizzieReads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this. I wanted to see what all the fuss has been about with this series. I love the friendship between the girls so far and I'm intrigued to see all their backstories. I just felt like I was missing a bit. Like I jumped into a story that was missing the first chapter.

[Paige (pagebypaigebooks) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately this just wasn't for me. The characters didn't' grab my attention and the plot felt very slow paced. I won't be continuing with the series.

[chvang · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good intro to what will mostly likely turn out to be a sweet and slightly surreal story. It does this by focusing on the characters, two of three college roommates: Esther and Susan. Esther is some sort of walking drama field that causes outrageous Rube Goldbergesque things to happen. Susan has a mysterious nemesis. And the final roommate, Daisy. She's ... adorable? Her name's apt, 'cuz she's like some sort of quirky flower child.

[Tammy Kesteloot · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well... I enjoyed the Art style. But the characters and the story line just fell flat for me. I didn't find myself really caring about it. Friends told me this was a funny comic but honestly I didn't laugh once. And coming from someone as easily amused as I am, that is saying something.

Nice comic, but not for me.

[Elizabeth B · Rating 4 out of 5]

One review for the whole series: a witty and offbeat comic series that has endearing - and realistic - characters. While the storyline ebbs and flows with the issues, vacillating between a 3 and 4 star review, I genuinely enjoy reading the series (I read the first 12 issues in a day, so...), and often find myself laughing out loud at the antics and situations.

[Grace Love · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was fairly mediocre and rather hard to follow, but there's many a more volumes to go so hopefully it picks up!

[Carina Rosas · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like 3.5

I have fun reading this. But, is not my favorite.
The art is good. Some characters look so old though.
Anyway, I will keep reading the comic.

[Joansie · Rating 2 out of 5]

While it looks cute it's mostly just a waste of dead tree particles.

[Karolina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mój zachwyt nad komiksami wydawanymi przez debiutujące Non Stop Comics trwa. Tym razem sięgnęłam po Giant Days - dzieło, które najpierw było komiksem internetowym. Historia skupia się na losach trzech przyjaciółek, studentek brytyjskiego college'u. Jak to zwykle bywa w tego typu opowieściach, dziewczyny różnią się od siebie tak bardzo, jak tylko można to sobie wyobrazić. Eshter to mistrzyni wpadania w kłopoty, która za maską quasi-gotyckiego stylu ukrywa swoją emocjonalność. Daisy jest pozornie dziecinną nastolatką, której ogromne serce zjednuje towarzyszy. Susan sili się na dojrzałość i jakoś próbuje okiełznać to studenckie życie, ale w środku kisi ogrom problemów. Dziewczyny łączy wspólna cecha: mają niezwykłą zdolność do pakowania się w przedziwne i przekomiczne historie. Poza tym, taka mieszanka charakterów sprawia, że są dla siebie wspaniałymi przyjaciółkami.

Pierwszy tom Giant Days składa się z krótkich historyjek, które przedstawiają nam bohaterki. I tak, mamy trochę o dramatach młodzieńczych, trochę o złamanych sercach, trochę o imprezach i trochę o chorobach - wydaje się, że jest to standardowy zestaw z młodzieżowego filmu, prawda? Cóż, może i tematyka opowieści jest mocno typowa, ale sposób jej przedstawienia już nie.

Niezbyt często śmieję się w głos, podczas czytania czegokolwiek. Owszem, zdarza mi się wybuchać śmiechem na filmach, albo kiedy zobaczę jakiś śmieszny obrazek, bądź viralowy filmik, ale słowo czytane nigdy jakoś nie potrafiło aż tak zawładnąć moimi emocjami, aby wprawić mnie w napad szaleńczego śmiechu. I oto dochodzimy do momentu, w którym sięgam po pierwszy tom Giant Days - od tej pory mój śmiech niesie się po mieszkaniu co kilka minut.

Bohaterki są napisane w sposób interesujący, ich dialogii aż kipią inteligencją, dużą dozą znakomitego humoru oraz sarkastycznym zacięciem. Nawet najzwyklejsze sytuacje oplata atmosfera czegoś wyjątkowego. John Allison umiejętnie prowadzi nas poprzez życia studentek, doprowadzając ich przygody do granicy pomiędzy realizmem a absurdem. Wszystko jednak napisane jest w lekki i zabawny sposób. Dzięki temu nie mamy wrażenia, że czytamy coś wtórnego, bo owszem, kultura przemieliła już wiele opowieści o studentach, ale Giant Days odbija się od tej grupy właśnie dialogami.

Graficznie jest to typowa kreskówka. Przez większość kadrów mamy do czynienia z dosyć szczegółowymi kadrami, ale co jakiś czas Lisa Traiman pozwala sobie na wprowadzenie scen fantastycznych - szczególnie w zobrazowaniu myśli: kiedy ma nastąpić opowieść o przeszłości Susan, cały kadr wypełniony zostaje słowem flashback, albo wpadająca w kłopoty Estsher dostaje do potrzymania kartkę, która zmienia się w napis Drama.

Giant Days to świetna lektura na luźniejszy wieczór lub weekend. Jest to również znakomite lekarstwo na gorszy dzień, albo złamane serce. Autorzy gwarantują wybuchy śmiechu i ciekawe dialogi. Fakt, nie jest to zbyt rozbudowana fabuła, ale gwarantuję, że nie będzie to Wam przekazać.

Recenzja pierwotnie opublikowana na moim blogu: http://www.geekkochanajmocniej.pl/201...

[Oreo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I dunno... The artwork, while certainly visually appealing, leaves something to be desired. The transition from scene to scene (and even conversation to conversation or joke to joke) is often jarring. It makes it difficult to enjoy the story. Also, some scenes seem to get cut off early. It's as though the author had a limited amount of pages and a lot of content. It feels like a lot was left on the cutting room floor.

The characters are interesting though. So, there's that.

Maybe it'll get better... Hopefully. I'm gonna give it one more try.

[Mariah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this comic, but I felt it to be slow paced and rather boring. I heard this was a spin off comic, where if I read the original comic, maybe I would like this? I can appreciate why someone would like this series, but its not for me.

Daisy, Esther and Susan went to university together and now Esther lives in London where these two girls named Cressida keep following her around. They gaslight her to do their work for her.

Good LGBTQIA+ relationship in the comic with Daisy.

Overall, this isn't for me. It's a shame because this looked like a series I would like.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Susan, Esther, and Daisy are all first-year university students and have all become fast friends. This first issue of their adventures has drama-queen Esther attempting to go 3 days with no drama, sarcastic Susan seeing her enemy from home on campus, and innocent Daisy being interrupted while doing ... something.

While this issue largely introduces the characters with not much else happening, it is a great introduction and I definitely want to read more of these comics. In addition to great characters, the illustrations are wonderful and do a good job of supporting the story.

[Blake · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is literally British humor when dealing with a group of college students.

I absolutely loved this graphic novel not only for the main character's personality. Also just for the fact that she seems to have a great hater/lover situation with a guy from her hometown. I'm sure that that relationship is going to work out just the way it should in the end but, until then I will continue to read the story and see how it unfolds.

[Letande D'Argon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like many others here, I didn't really enjoy this one. Artwork looks cute and I love such stories from time to time, but there was, like... nothing special about it. Like, literally, nothing. Characters were pretty generic, the story was way too boring and predictable... It's just a generic something about young girls and their lives. There's no impact. No zest.

[Allie Krause- HPL · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this graphic novel series, and I've purchased the first copy for our public library. The series chronicles 3 new freshman at university as they navigate friendship, school expectations, roommate situations, and prospective love interests. John Allison's humor drives the stories and makes Susan, Esther, and Daisy relatable for teen and older audiences.

[amaris · Rating 3 out of 5]

La ptrotagonisra es deamasiafo bella!! Ehhh con estos libros voy a llegar al reto en 2 minutos. Mmmm no lo entiende 10p00 por 10ñ00 bien, pero esta bien, sin más. No tiene mucha historia..... este ha hablado de el drama que rodea a Esther

[Sophie Carbone · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was cute! Definitely felt like I was missing something at the start, but as I got further into the story I definitely am interested to continue. I can see some of the characters’ rampant quirkiness getting a bit on my nerves though….