Sylvia on Sundays

Sylvia

by Nicole Hollander

Reprints SYLVIA Sunday pages.

Genres: Humor, Cartoon

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1983

About the author

I am best known for writing and drawing the syndicated cartoon strip, SYLVIA, which appears daily and weekly in more than 30 newspapers across the country, including The Boston Globe, The Berkeley Daily Planet, Women’s e News Online and The Houston Chronicle (online). Sylvia strips appear on BadGirlChats as well. I am represented by the Tribune Media Services Syndicate.

I continue to write and draw Sylvia at Badgirlchats.com, a blog composed of original writing, comments and reactions to what's in the news.

I am currently teaching college courses at the Art Institute in graphic novel writing as well as storytelling and memoir workshops at Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, but I still love speaking at events and book readings.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

How much I loved Sylvia back in the day! I read her in the paper in the 80's and 90's and even cut some of the ones out that I liked and saved them. ("At the sound of the beep, tell me, is it all hopeless or what?")

This took me back. Now, reading these early 80's comics, I can see they are a bit dated. Not surprising as this is a popular medium that expresses what is happening in the world around us in the artwork/humor/conventions of the times.

Still, I had a few laugh out loud moments.

I started reading Sylvia in the late 80's so there wasn't any mention of the fairy godmother or Julio Iglesias in this compilation. They may be later jokes. I plan to keep reading and get my Sylvia fill.

Fun!

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is yet another superb collection of Sylvia cartoon strips, featuring Sylvia's friends (I think I'm in love with bartender Harry) and figments of her imagination, like Pavlar, the space gossip columnist. Of course, there are a lot of cats and a few dogs on the premises, too.

[Michael P.]

I used to have a rule. No stars for books I did not finish and one for books I did not like but had enough going for them that I finished. I hereby break my rule. The writing and art are extraordinarily bad throughout, I would even say both are at a non-professional level except that these cartoons are published in small numbers. I finished the darn book in the hope that I would somehow "get" why a publisher thought this work was worth submitting to the public. I have read every word and examined each panel, but I have no idea.