The accompanying text tells stories that we can all relate to on some level. She conveys disappointment, rage, and happiness with just a few well placed lines. E.V.E.R.īrosh has an uncanny talent for nailing feelings and emotions using what appear to be childishly crude drawings. Of course, God of Cake will always be one of the funniest things I have read. I had already enjoyed some of the material included in the book on Brosh’s website, but Simple Dog and Helper Dog travel well from interweb to book. I had the same feeling as I read the much anticipated Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh. I remember laughing until it hurt as I read it, then feeling totally jealous of her talent for crafting such hilarity. Jaws, which was constructed on a type of MadLibs concept, but using song titles.
When my sister and I were kids, she wrote this hilarious story called Mr. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness! Read more Stories about things that happened to other people because of me So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative-like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it-but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written.īrosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations.Įvery time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices.
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