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Miseryland by Keiler Roberts (Paperback / softback, 2015)

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With this strong entry in the autobiographical comic genre, Roberts is unafraid to show herself looking bad, such as when she's frustrated when her daughter, Xia, calls her-only to find out it's to say "I love you.".

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Includes volumes 9-14 of the series Powdered Milk Ignatz award for Outstanding Series in 2016 Publisher's Weekly -Roberts shares her life as a mother living with a young child just learning to push boundaries in this collection of her Ignatz Award-minated Powdered Milk minicomics. With this strong entry in the autobiographical comic genre, Roberts is unafraid to show herself looking bad, such as when she's frustrated when her daughter, Xia, calls her-only to find out it's to say I love you. In the comic's best pages, Roberts and Xia struggle with toilet training ( That already happened, Xia beams when she is warned to keep her butt out of the bowl), and Xia abuses her swearing privileges. The linework on the characters is detailed while retaining a sketchiness for backgrounds that makes the figures feel raw, rather than polished. The simple, direct art makes for an intimate, personal journey through Roberts's life as a mother and creator.Alex Hoffman, Sequential State, 5 June, 2015 -Roberts' comics primarily explore her relationship with her daughter Xia and husband Scott, as well as her interactions with friends and extended family. These are classic slice-of-life comics, and Roberts uses sometimes panels, sometimes full pages to capture the essence of certain moments. Xia is growing up and learning about the world around her, and the strange internal logic of toddlers gives Miseryland much of its charm. Slice-of-life comics can often be cute or endearing, but Miseryland is funny, laugh out loud funny, mostly due to the inanities and bad behaviors of its youngest cast member and Roberts' deadpan reactions. Importantly, Roberts isn't writing a kids say the darndest things comic; as panels and pages fall into place throughout Miseryland, these small stories paint a picture of Roberts as a melancholy, anxious mother living with bipolar disorder and trying to find the best way to raise her daughter. Xia is oftentimes the access point to these feelings, pointing out the hidden in ways that make it seem obvious. Miseryland isn't a tell all, either - even when things like Roberts miscarriage come up, the stories told are more a remembering than an exposure. We find Roberts at high and low points throughout the book, and while these moments coalesce into a larger vision, Miseryland has time to explore the way creative processes and personal time are changed after you have children. Some of these comics are certainly a part of the book because Xia wasn't napping when Roberts was drawing, just as some are there to illustrate Roberts fears and frustrations.printed with the assistance of Koyama Press

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Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
150780475x
ISBN-13
9781507804759
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216331377

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Author
Keiler Roberts
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Graphic Novels: Non-Fiction & Literary

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Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Author Biography
Keiler Roberts' autobiographical comic series, Powdered Milk has received an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Series and was included in The Best American Comics 2016. Her work has been published in the Chicago Reader, Mutha Magazine, Newcity, and several anthologies. keilerroberts.com
Date of Publication
22/01/2015
Country of Publication
United States

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