Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag (High School Chronicles of Ariel Schrag)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1416552316 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She divides her time between Los Angeles and New York. Ariel Schrag is also the author of the autobiographical comic books Potential, which was nominated for an Eisner Award, and Likewise.
With anxiety in excess and frustration to the fullest, Ariel dives in -- meeting new people, going to concerts, crushing out, loving chemistry, drawing comics, and obsessing over everything from glitter-laden girls to ionic charges and the constant pursuit of the number-one score. Awkward chronicles Ariel's freshman year, and Definition, her sophomore year. During the summer following each year at Berkeley High School in California, Ariel wrote a comic book about her experiences, which she would then photocopy and sell around school. Ariel Schrag captures the American high school experience in all its awkward, questioning glory in Awkward and Definition, the first of three amazingly honest autobiographical graphic novels about her teenage years. Totally true and achin
The artwork is simple and, yes, awkward, especially in Awkward, where the characters look like punk versions of the Peanuts cast. Each of the volumes in Schrag's series was created in the summer of the year it chronicles. But rather than being a drawback, the artwork is actually charming. Touchstone has started reprinting Schrag's comics chronicling her teenage years through the mid-'90s. Even at this age, she had already attained the ability to keep the storytelling smooth and fast-paced, even if the stories she's actually telling aren't remarkable. This book includes Awkward, about Schrag's freshman year, and Definition, which concerns her sophomore year. From Publishers Weekly Many memoirs both inside and outside the world of comics cover the author's high school years. It's clear that Schrag is pushing herself. The book is comfortable because it's s
"Love love love these books" according to Janice Erlbaum. I'd already read Ariel Schrag's POTENTIAL, so I knew how astoundingly talented she is -- how painfully honest and beautifully hilarious her work is. When I was finally able to get my hands on a copy of her first two graphic novels, I tore through them in an afternoon, then slumped over on my couch, dazed, dazzled, and wanting more. Heartbreakingly great!. Beautiful, rough, brutal, honest, awkward I happened upon this book by chance, and I'm glad I did. I felt almost like a voyeur while reading it -- it's basically the diary of a high school girl in comic book form.But I also felt a connection to the author. Though I went to high school thousands of miles away and a few years earlier than Schrag, her stories reminded me of my own experiences during that time.And these stories are brutally honest. One of the things that surprised me most was just how open the author is. In my personal experience most people that age are, as . Delightful memoir wiredweird This volume collects Schrag's first two efforts, cringeworthy descriptions of her freshman and sophomore years in high school. By itself, I'm only moderately fond of this book. Schrag's visual style is still developing (that said, it's truly exceptional for someone her age when she drew these), and there's just too much about high school years that begs to be forgotten.As the opening to her three-volume set (which includes Potential and Likewise), this takes on lots additional value. Together, these show Schrag's growth over those