Jellyfist by Jhonen Vasquez Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Jellyfist
Book Review: Poop, bees, and zombie hobos
Summary: 4 Stars
Well its been a while since Jhonen Vasquez has made a comic and after reading the book it was well worth the wait. Vasquez and Goldberg have delivered a mindless yet inventive short comics packaged in a 54 page book. Vasquez creates the stories while Goldberg draws the visuals. The stories themseleves are very random and while some are ridiculusly funny others are strange to the point were you sit puzzled thinking "...huh?" If your a fan of JTHM, Squee, or Invader Zim you will understand Jhonens spontaniously random sense of humor that he hasnt lost throughout the book. Surprisingly there is allot of sexual humor, something that Jhonen strayed away from in all of his other work. But breaking down that wall he will make you think of some sexual acts in ways you never wouldve concieved in your mind before. In conclusion if you like Vasquezs previous work you will dig this book.Book Review: THE ONLY REVIEW THAT MATTERS!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I think that Jenny Goldberg really did a great job on this book, too bad that Vasqueeze fellow drug her down with his mostly aweful writing. I mean a guy with a toaster in his head? Is that even writing? ..seems more like trying to fail if you ask me, and lets face it if you're reading this you are sorta asking me.
Also, Varsqueezin seemed to hog all the commentary giving Jenny only one or two lines on the page at times. Seems like he sort of talks to her instead of with her.
That said I like most of Jhonen Vasquez's work, and this return to darker comics is refreshing. I mean he went from Johnny then to Squee, then Filler bunny, then Zim. I thought Super Happy Hug Time Adventures was surely the next step on his quest for cuteness.
P.S. MORE SQUID!
Book Review: Skip this one.
Summary: 1 Stars
Alas, Jhonen missed on this one. Most of the commentary on the side of the book is interesting... though the majority of it is the writer complaining about work. That's... not a good sign. There is one amazing comic featuring what frat boys do best, but aside from this, the comics come up dry. This is incredibly sad to say, because Mr. Vasquez' mind is great... absurd, intelligent, and ready for social commentary. Unfortunately, it mostly misses the mark - you WISH you could laugh (or recoil) from the brilliance, but, except for a few (the hobo comic the other reviewers reference, for instance), it leaves you with an "eh" feeling. Might as well skip this one.Book Review: More Madness from the Madness Master
Summary: 4 Stars
Jellyfist is a fun, quirky collection of nonsensical comics created by Jhonen Vasquez and Jen Goldenberg, with JV as the writer and JG as the graphic artist. While the comics themselves are somewhat hit-or-miss, the commentary provided on the right side of each page is actually pretty endearing.
Jellyfist is another one of JV's comic collections of complete nonsense, nonsense that would be grotesque if it weren't so innocently amusing. Jellyfist reminds me a lot of JV's Bad Art Collection, except the BAC was, as JV described (and I'll paraphrase), crappy comics that he originally drew on napkins. Jellyfist obviously has much more polish, but the original BAC concept was to create silly, insane comics for no other reason than to amuse, and Jellyfist fits that bill quite nicely.
But the meat and potatoes of the work is in the commentary provided on the sides of the pages, in which the two artists discuss their work. All the comics can be read-through in only a few minutes, and some are hilarious while others are meh and others are huh?, but the commentary provides the longest lasting, and for me, the biggest laughs.
It's one thing to read a comic of a man accidentally hurling his son through a window in an attempt to save himself from a sea of hobos flooding his home, but it's quite another thing to discuss it afterwards, especially when deprived of sleep and buzzed on Red Bulls with deadlines passing by...
Book Review: Another gem - but an odd one - from Jhonen Vasquez
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a big fan of Jhonen Vasquez (and now Jen Golberg as collaborator), and it's primarily because instead of rushing to get a ton of merchandice on the market, he takes the time to create something memorable. Jellyfist harkens back to his Bad Art Collection more than the still-excellent Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut or Squee's Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors and it is pretty random. Make that VERY random. There's no central story, so if you're a fan of plots and charactization, this one might not be for you. But there's genius in some of the non-sequiturs and the art is very reminiscent of the B.A.C. but much more polished. I hope Jhonen Vasquez hasn't stopped drawing entirely but thankfully the art but Jen Goldberg fits the mood nicely. Any Jhonen-o-philes will love the liner notes, I'm still working my way through them.
If you have knee-jerk reactions of fear and hatred when an artist or writer does something different from their previous work, don't write a whiny review, just wait for him to do a JTHM follow-up. And while I love Jellyfist, it is not for anyone who doesn't fall over laughing at the prospect of flinging a baby at approaching hobos. Enough said.
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