This book combines the writing style of a women’s fashion magazine (one of the authors used to work for Teen Vogue), with the “I’m so crazy! I work a corporate job and have a lot of sex!” mentality of, say, The Real World.
This book combines the writing style of a women’s fashion magazine (one of the authors used to work for Teen Vogue), with the “I’m so crazy! I work a corporate job and have a lot of sex!” mentality of, say, The Real World.
Peanuts: 1959-1960 is the latest in a twenty-five-book collection, published by Fantagraphics. When they’re done, Fantagraphics will have reprinted, in order, every single Peanuts strip, starting with 1950, in beautiful hardcover editions.
While I would hesitate to label Booked “ingenious”—as they do in the press release that came with the book—it is without question a voyeuristic treat.
Kozik, in his ten-sentence foreword, hopes that the reader will consider Panda Meat a healthy alternative to “normal” design bibles
like a Whitman’s Sampler of classic Vonnegut-isms
I generally thought he was usually just trying to talk his way out of being a shithead.
The Enchanters, though drunk on cough syrup when they’re above legal drinking age, and wearing orange face paint and football helmets, actually come off as believable and relatable, which is no easy feat.
I just think that the author needed to spend less time quoting Pennywise songs (in their entirety) and more time working on a more level-handed and fact-checked book.
He honestly seems to be one of those mythical, near guru-like figures who managed to have a kind word of encouragement to say to everyone...
It’s hard to describe it as anything but cute.
This guy is like the Dick Butkus of Team Anti-Establishment
As it stands now, Panda Meat’s a pretty decent coffee table for me and a nice bit of portfolio work for the artists involved.