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Is This The Right Color To Prove I Dont Have A Shitty Life
Irreverent and nihilist one-panel comics satirizing life’s pleasures.
Grim and hilarious explorations of the human condition. LOL at the ironic struggle of believing in yourself and wondering if you are making a difference while sitting in front of a computer for most of your life. Simply drawn with an elemental color palette, these sad and relatable drawings reflect on mundane and ordinary life with poetic defeat in a direct and biting dialogue.
Grim and hilarious explorations of the human condition. LOL at the ironic struggle of believing in yourself and wondering if you are making a difference while sitting in front of a computer for most of your life. Simply drawn with an elemental color palette, these sad and relatable drawings reflect on mundane and ordinary life with poetic defeat in a direct and biting dialogue.
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120 pages, Paperback
First published November 12, 2019
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January 7, 2020
.This is a weird comics.
It appears that it is written to be different from normal themes. It is dark and uncomfortable at points.
I could not relate to it. And I could not gain something from reading it.
Illustrations are random with amalgam of colours.
Only one thing you can guess is that author is trying to stand out by being different but I cannot recommend it to even most weird of my friends.
Thanks edelweiss plus and publisher for review copy.
It appears that it is written to be different from normal themes. It is dark and uncomfortable at points.
I could not relate to it. And I could not gain something from reading it.
Illustrations are random with amalgam of colours.
Only one thing you can guess is that author is trying to stand out by being different but I cannot recommend it to even most weird of my friends.
Thanks edelweiss plus and publisher for review copy.
July 16, 2022
A morose read peppered with small parts of light humor, this intentionally(?) poorly drawn comic book was more depressing than what was expected. A handful of comics made me laugh, but most made me cringe with the same macabre tone set on repeat.
March 17, 2020
Is This the Right Color to Prove I Don't Have a Shitty Life by Jon-Michael Frank is one of those books that make you wonder if civilization really is on the decline. Pointless, vacuous, and very few truly meaningful insights.
As someone who has suffered with depression and the many peripheral issues that come with it, I usually find work like this to be helpful and humorous, though mostly in the humorous because I can relate mode. There are, to be fair, a few (very few) such moments here. Most seem forced though I am hard pressed to understand for what reason. Sympathy? I wouldn't think so. To help others? Nothing forced is very helpful for anyone, so again, I don't think so. To get published? I don't know his history and based on the "drawings" and the words I have no desire to know it, so I just don't know. The book he did with another person is every bit as dreadful as this one, so I am at a loss.
There is a reason that art, as well as music, therapy is better of left in the therapist's office, it might be earth-moving for the patient but neutral at best to others. To have a picture of sprinkling salt on a snail with the words "do what you love" next to it doesn't represent depression or anxiety but something far more evil and sinister. To encourage such behavior is reprehensible at best. Therapy definitely has not helped in his case and perhaps the authorities should check for suspicious deaths wherever he has lived.
I don't recommend this, it has 2 stars instead of 1 only because the handful that seemed genuine were pretty good.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss.
As someone who has suffered with depression and the many peripheral issues that come with it, I usually find work like this to be helpful and humorous, though mostly in the humorous because I can relate mode. There are, to be fair, a few (very few) such moments here. Most seem forced though I am hard pressed to understand for what reason. Sympathy? I wouldn't think so. To help others? Nothing forced is very helpful for anyone, so again, I don't think so. To get published? I don't know his history and based on the "drawings" and the words I have no desire to know it, so I just don't know. The book he did with another person is every bit as dreadful as this one, so I am at a loss.
There is a reason that art, as well as music, therapy is better of left in the therapist's office, it might be earth-moving for the patient but neutral at best to others. To have a picture of sprinkling salt on a snail with the words "do what you love" next to it doesn't represent depression or anxiety but something far more evil and sinister. To encourage such behavior is reprehensible at best. Therapy definitely has not helped in his case and perhaps the authorities should check for suspicious deaths wherever he has lived.
I don't recommend this, it has 2 stars instead of 1 only because the handful that seemed genuine were pretty good.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss.
November 27, 2019
These single-panel drawings are a bit crude, but it is an amusing little book that highlights and exaggerates the ridiculous things depression can make you believe. It's clear the author had fun creating it, and that exuberance carries through to the reader.
[I received an advance e-copy of this book through Edelweiss.]
[I received an advance e-copy of this book through Edelweiss.]
March 22, 2020
The blurb about this book said it was humorous. I just found it sad and depressing. Only 1 panel made my chuckle. The rest either didn't resonate with me or felt sad. The drawings are supposed to be crude, and they definitely are. Overall I felt like this book didn't even try to be anything good.
I received a free review copy from Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.
I received a free review copy from Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.
January 26, 2023
This was a sad and funny graphic novel that had a series of very depressing vignettes, each one being equally sad and humorous. Sadly, I related to more of these than I would like to admit! I wish it had been a bit longer!
January 2, 2022
The color on the cover of my copy is different than the color on the goodreads cover photo so I don’t know how to answer the question
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