Jellyfist by Jhonen Vasquez, J. Goldberg
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Book Reviews of Jellyfist
Book Review: THE ONLY REVIEW THAT MATTERS!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I think that Jenny Goldberg really did a great job on this book, too bad that Vasqueeze fellow drug her down with his mostly aweful writing. I mean a guy with a toaster in his head? Is that even writing? ..seems more like trying to fail if you ask me, and lets face it if you're reading this you are sorta asking me.
Also, Varsqueezin seemed to hog all the commentary giving Jenny only one or two lines on the page at times. Seems like he sort of talks to her instead of with her.
That said I like most of Jhonen Vasquez's work, and this return to darker comics is refreshing. I mean he went from Johnny then to Squee, then Filler bunny, then Zim. I thought Super Happy Hug Time Adventures was surely the next step on his quest for cuteness.
P.S. MORE SQUID!
Book Review: idk what you guys are saying, its great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first stumbled into this in an old comic book store months ago, unfortunately that store is now out of business, well my friend bought it and we read the whole freakin thing in one seating. It was just too good, we loved reading the commentary. and after like two hours of going through it i finally looked to see who where the people who made it. Surprisingly enough it was Jhonen Vasquez and Jenny Goldberg. Me being a fan of Jhonen's and my friend loving the work of Jenny and owning some of her infamous buttons, it was just so pleasing. since the book belonged to the friend and since she forgot where she put it, i decided to finally buy it. And it was totally worth the nine bucks.Book Review: More Madness from the Madness Master
Summary: 4 Stars
Jellyfist is a fun, quirky collection of nonsensical comics created by Jhonen Vasquez and Jen Goldenberg, with JV as the writer and JG as the graphic artist. While the comics themselves are somewhat hit-or-miss, the commentary provided on the right side of each page is actually pretty endearing.
Jellyfist is another one of JV's comic collections of complete nonsense, nonsense that would be grotesque if it weren't so innocently amusing. Jellyfist reminds me a lot of JV's Bad Art Collection, except the BAC was, as JV described (and I'll paraphrase), crappy comics that he originally drew on napkins. Jellyfist obviously has much more polish, but the original BAC concept was to create silly, insane comics for no other reason than to amuse, and Jellyfist fits that bill quite nicely.
But the meat and potatoes of the work is in the commentary provided on the sides of the pages, in which the two artists discuss their work. All the comics can be read-through in only a few minutes, and some are hilarious while others are meh and others are huh?, but the commentary provides the longest lasting, and for me, the biggest laughs.
It's one thing to read a comic of a man accidentally hurling his son through a window in an attempt to save himself from a sea of hobos flooding his home, but it's quite another thing to discuss it afterwards, especially when deprived of sleep and buzzed on Red Bulls with deadlines passing by...
Book Review: Poop, bees, and zombie hobos
Summary: 4 Stars
Well its been a while since Jhonen Vasquez has made a comic and after reading the book it was well worth the wait. Vasquez and Goldberg have delivered a mindless yet inventive short comics packaged in a 54 page book. Vasquez creates the stories while Goldberg draws the visuals. The stories themseleves are very random and while some are ridiculusly funny others are strange to the point were you sit puzzled thinking "...huh?" If your a fan of JTHM, Squee, or Invader Zim you will understand Jhonens spontaniously random sense of humor that he hasnt lost throughout the book. Surprisingly there is allot of sexual humor, something that Jhonen strayed away from in all of his other work. But breaking down that wall he will make you think of some sexual acts in ways you never wouldve concieved in your mind before. In conclusion if you like Vasquezs previous work you will dig this book.Book Review: disturbed
Summary: 4 Stars
Let me start out by saying that i did not make it entirely through this book because i bought it as a gift for my boyfriend and he took it back, but it is really freaking disturbing. Funny... but disturbing. Well, amusing maybe, i guess funny is the wrong word. i recomend it if you like kids with bees living in their skull and stuff (note that i gave it four stars).
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