[I spoil one of the comics inside the book.]
I was actually gifted this book by my editor, which means I am a terrible friend to take so long to go through it. Really, I just have a hard time with bad jokes. This book is full of them. Some of them are extremely hard to understand. They just baffled me and hurt my head.
Make no mistake, this book is pain. Some of the jokes are genuinely funny, but the majority of them are jokes that will just make you groan really hard. I mean groan so hard that it hurts your chest. That was clearly the idea. The writer/artist wanted to hurt his reader. It is safe to say he succeeded.
I do want to point out that this book may look like it is for children, but it really isn't. Ignore all the cute, cuddly little animals. This entire thing was intended to hurt adults. I don't think it would be particularly damaging to kids, but they probably would not understand 75% of what's inside. It really takes an intelligent adult mind to comprehend most of this, which is ironic. He actually turns people's intelligence against themselves. That's insane.
My favorite part of the book was a single-page comic called "Little Bunny Wuffy and Tee Wee." It is about an extremely adorable bunny and a bird who goes around trying to cheer up other animals who are having remarkably terrible days. (I mean REALLY terrible. The worst kind of soul crushing days that can lead to suicidal thoughts or worse. I'm not joking.)
The problem with Little Bunny Wuffy is that when people have days like this, they don't want to see smiles and laughter. They want to be hugged and possibly helped. All Little Bunny Wuffy does is just spout off silly poetry about how they should just smile and get over it. Hilariously, the bunny gets eaten by a wolf at the end which nobody mourns.
One last thing about the Little Bunny Wuffy comic! There may possibly be a "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" reference. The bunny comes across a mother mouse who had her house destroyed and her children eaten up by rats. This is possibly the worst outcome of that story, and the bunny just teases her that she'll easily be able to make more children since mice are so prolific. Yeah, it was probably good that Little Bunny Wuffy got eaten. That was incredibly cruel.
That's all I want to say. I guess I will recommend the book purely on the grounds that it entirely accomplished what it set out to do. The art is good, and the man behind it is clearly insane. If you are a masochist who wants to destroy your brain, buy this book.
This blog was written on December 25, 2024. Merry Christmas!
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Wallace Tripp undoubtedly loved all the feel good nonsense the mainstream touts for children to hear... only to grow up and find himself worse for it. This comic is his revenge. It is also an homage to the cutesy things that he still loves.
ReplyDeleteIf any word describes this book, "revenge" sure seems like a good one.
DeleteThose who are in misery will benefit little from someone who tells them to cheer up. Even if you can do nothing else, a listening ear can be quite helpful. Combine this with real concern to show them you care.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah.
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