Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag (High School Chronicles of Ariel Schrag)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1416552316 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Totally true and achingly honest, with every cringe-inducing encounter and exhilarating first moment documented -- Awkward and Definition is an unflinching look at what it's like being a teenage girl in America.. 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. Some friends thrilled to see themselves in the comic, others not so much, but everyone was interested. With anxiety in excess and frustration to the fullest, Ariel dives in -- meeting new people, going to concerts, crushing
Janice Erlbaum said Love love love these books. 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 Eric C. Williams 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 I was, rather guarded and self-conscious. But Schrag lays everything on the tab. "Delightful memoir" according to 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 four chaotic years. In this book, Schrag and her peers often appear as small,
From Publishers Weekly Many memoirs both inside and outside the world of comics cover the author's high school years. (Apr.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The typical teenage concerns of sex, drugs, drama with friends and the importance of music are all covered. Far fewer are actually written during those years. It's hard not to notice that the books were written and drawn by a young artist. Each of the volumes in Schrag's series was created in the summer of the year it chronicles. 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. It's clear that Schrag is pushing herself. This book includes Awkward, about Schrag's freshman year, and Definition, which concerns her sophomore year. Touchstone has st
. Ariel Schrag is also the author of the autobiographical comic books Potential, which was nominated for an Eisner Award, and Likewise. She divides her time between Los Angeles and New York