Awards
2001 Eisner Award winner for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition
2001 Ignatz Award nomination for Best Reprint or Collection
2002 Harvey Award nomination for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work
2002 Firecracker Award nomination for Best Graphic Novel
2002 Eisner Award nomination for Best Graphic Album Reprint
Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Drawn in a cartoonish but nuanced graphic style that manages to balance both hilarity and emotional depth...a convincing, absorbing and satisfying fictional portrait of post-college life in mid-1990s New York City." Publishers Weekly
Review
"[A] salute to comics, an exploration of the human condition, and a solid, absorbing, and riotously snide tale about at least half of the things that make life important..." Tasha Robinson, The Onion AV Club
Review
"Robinson's expertly crafted characters are as complex and full of surprises as any you'd find on prime time. He also knows how to spin a yarn, keeping the ongoing story, well, going, while providing rich rewards for even casual readers. (Grade: A)" S. A. Bennett, Comics Buyers Guide
Review
"Compellingly voyeuristic...problems of dead end jobs and roommates could be boring as hell, but Robinson spins it into an engrossing saga without being melodramatic..." Beth Hannan Rimmels, Long Island Voice
Synopsis
This epic story of Sherman, Dorothy, Ed, Stephen, Jane, and Mr. Flavor is not to be missed. Alex Robinson's completely natural and inspiring knack for dialogue has made his story of dreary jobs, comic books, love, sex, messy apartments, girlfriends (and the lack thereof), undisclosed pasts, and crusty old professionals one of the most delightful and whimsical graphic novels to hit the stands in years.