Random Life

by Judy Horacek

Genres: Humor, Graphic Novels

224 pages, Paperback

First published July 3, 2017

About the author

Australian cartoonist, illustrator and writer.

Reviews

[Infamous Sphere · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my favourite Horacek collection but still pretty great. Cartoons with a side of sadness this time! More than ever! I first started reading Horacek in the 90s and it's pretty funny to think that there I was, a 10 year old girl, into feminism (my mother had always been explicit about what feminism is, and why we need it) reading all these comics about being a woman who exists in society, and thinking "I relate" even though I'd never had to make a presentation in the corporate world in front of a bunch of men who'd only think my idea was good if it came out of someone else's mouth and that person was a dude specifically. But I definitely recognised the injustice of it. Out of all the newspaper cartoonists, Judy Horacek always felt like the one whose cartoons were closest to my actual life, and the life I saw myself having. Also, Where Is The Green Sheep is damned cute. Let's hope Judy continues to get work in this fragmented world.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Judy Horacek is my favourite political/ climate change cartoonist. This is another of her bright and poignant collections that still pack a punch.
I'll borrow it again from the library sometime when I need a dose of her humour.

[Blair · Rating 4 out of 5]

Appealing whimsy from Horacek. A fair amount of the work touches on political subjects, but many of the cartoons are just silly in a good way. I love Horacek's style (and the intro from John Clarke, which he must have written just before he died).

[Romany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silly and sad in equal measure.