Dewey Edition23
Reviews* "[Emond] has mastered the voice of the awkward adolescent male... Happyface's journal is insightful, poignant, and hilarious, with illustrations bolstering an already strong voice and story about a character readers will come to love. ", Praise for Happyface: * "Comic artist Emond (Emo Boy) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel la illustrated diary... Whimsical, thoughtful, boyishly sarcastic, off-the-cuff... achingly beautiful.", Dark, funny, raw, and utterly real-- Happyface is a bitterly delicious book that will make you want to come back again and again., * "This epistolary novel of a young teen's reinvention of self is subtle and effective... [an] engaging and absolutely heartfelt tale.", Praise for Happyface : * "Comic artist Emond (Emo Boy) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel à la illustrated diary... Whimsical, thoughtful, boyishly sarcastic, off-the-cuff... achingly beautiful."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review, Praise forHappyface: * "Comic artist Emond (Emo Boy) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel la illustrated diary... Whimsical, thoughtful, boyishly sarcastic, off-the-cuff... achingly beautiful.", Praise forHappyface: * "Comic artist Emond (Emo Boy) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel à la illustrated diary... Whimsical, thoughtful, boyishly sarcastic, off-the-cuff... achingly beautiful.", Happyface emerges as dorky but not pathetic, awkward but not hopeless, and ultimately sympathetic and genuinely likable.
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisEvery winter, straight-laced, Ivy League bound Evan looks forward to a visit from Lucy, a childhood pal who moved away after her parent's divorce. But when Lucy arrives this year, she's changed. The former "girl next door" now has chopped dyed black hair, a nose stud, and a scowl. But Evan knows that somewhere beneath the Goth, "Old Lucy" still exists, and he's determined to find her... even if it means pissing her off. Garden State meets Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist in this funny and poignant illustrated novel about opposites who fall in love.