{"id":30982,"date":"2024-11-27T18:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=30982"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T18:54:24","slug":"kids-are-still-weird-and-more-observations-from-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2024\/11\/27\/kids-are-still-weird-and-more-observations-from-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Are Still Weird – and More Observations From Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Jeffrey Brown<\/strong> (NBM)
\nISBN: 978-1-68112-344-8 (digest TPB) eISBN: 978-1-68112-345-5<\/p>\n

Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Fabulous Family Fable \u2026 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s never too late to find a treasure or have a good time. Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown certainly knows that, as a glance at any of his painfully incisive autobiographical mini-comics, quirky literary graphic novels and hilarious all-ages comedy cartoons will show.<\/p>\n

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1975, Brown studied Fine Art at the Chicago Art Institute but abandoned painting to concentrate on comics. His intense, bizarrely funny observational strips garnered him fans amongst in-the-know consumers and fellow creators alike: all finding something to love in such varied fare as his 4-volume \u201cGirlfriend Trilogy\u201d (Unlikely<\/strong>, AEIOU<\/strong> and Every Girl is the End of the World For Me<\/strong> and opening shot Clumsy<\/strong>), Bighead<\/strong>, A Matter of Life<\/strong>, Little Things<\/strong>, Funny, Misshapen Body<\/strong>, Undeleted Scenes<\/strong>, Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations<\/strong>, Little Things <\/strong>or Sulk<\/strong>. If he\u2019s new to you and you\u2019re looking for a new multi-ranging talent to follow, other career treats include the Lucy & Andy Neanderthal<\/strong> series, slyly satirical all-ages funny stuff for The Simpson\u2019s Treehouse of Horror<\/strong>, Marvel\u2019s Strange Tales<\/strong>, Incredible Change-Bots<\/strong>, and similar visual venues.
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\nHappily, unlike so many creators with such an eclectic oeuvre, Brown also achieved a measure of mainstream success thanks to a keen artistic sense and lifelong love affair with the most significant popular arts phenomenon of the last 45 years. In 2012 Brown created a breakout best-seller with an hilarious exploration of soft, nurturing side of the Dark Lord of the Sith. Wondering what might have been, Brown had the most dangerous man (more or less) in the Empire spend a little quality time with his missing offspring.
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\nThe hilarious pre (Jedi) school experiences of Darth Vader and Son<\/strong> (as would have been seen in Star Wars – Episode Three and a Half<\/strong>) were followed by Vader\u2019s Little Princess<\/strong>, Star Wars: Jedi Academy<\/strong> and more, investigating deliriously daft and telling snatches of Skywalker<\/em> domesticity – like baseball practise with light sabres – and was utterly irresistible.<\/p>\n

No fan of the all-conquering franchise could possibly do without those deliciously sweet treats and those superbly subversive cartoon confections fully inform this stunning collation of similar kiddie hijinks which exploit the best thing about being a cartoonist with children… ready-made, constant gag ideas just waiting to be shared…
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\nA follow-up to 2014\u2019s Kids are Weird<\/strong>, here Brown and wife Jennifer<\/em> reveal more things Oscar <\/em>– and his little brother Simon <\/em>– do and say that make sense to them but cause hidebound adults to gasp, splutter, spit-take and reach for notebooks. It\u2019s a world of froot loops and green poops, toys (soft and so not) and declamatory statements, books read and trips misremembered and a package of experiences designed to prompt the response \u201cyeah, but mine went…\u201d<\/p>\n

Both delicious and agonising in their forthright simplicity, these non-sequential pictorial snippets reveal how we\u2019ve all been there, or somewhere quite near. Packed with joyous wonder, Kids Are Still Weird<\/strong> is a magical delight for all engaged in raising the next generation and an intoxicating examination of what makes us human, hopeful and incorrigible…
\n\u00a9 2024 Jeffrey Brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jeffrey Brown (NBM) ISBN: 978-1-68112-344-8 (digest TPB) eISBN: 978-1-68112-345-5 Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Fabulous Family Fable \u2026 9\/10 It\u2019s never too late to find a treasure or have a good time. Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown certainly knows that, as a glance at any of his painfully incisive autobiographical mini-comics, quirky literary graphic novels and hilarious … <\/p>\n

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