Confessions of a Blabbermouth (Minx Graphic Novels) [Paperback]

Mike Carey (Author), Louise Carey (Author), Aaron Alexovich (Author)

Book Description

Series: Minx Graphic Novels | Publication Date: September 12, 2007

If blabbing were an Olympic event, Tasha Flanigan would blab for her country. When Tasha's mom brings home a creepy boyfriend and his deadpan daughter, this dysfunctional family is headed for a complete mental meltdown. It becomes not only a battle of the blogs, but a battle to the bitter end to get the school yearbook finished in one piece -- and keep a modern family out of prison -- compliments of Tasha's blabbermouth blog.

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About the Author

Mike Carey is a comics writer, novelist and screenwriter who lives and works in London, England. He is best known for his work on Vertigo's LUCIFER and HELLBLAZER series, and is the author of the novel The Devil You Know (Warner Books).

Louise Carey, daughter of Mike Carey, has written The Diary of a London Schoolgirl for the website of the London Metropolitan archive. She is a member of the Chicken Shed theatre company in London and has acted in their productions of Alice in Wonderland and Grimm Nights.

Aaron Alexovich was born in Chicago, Illinois, the year Elvis died. He currently sleeps the daylight hours away in Southern California. He contributed designs to Invader Zim and Avatar: The Last Airbender, and is the creator of Serenity Rose.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Minx (September 12, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401211488
• ISBN-13: 978-1401211486
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.4 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,068,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

AARON ALEXOVICH was born in Chicago, Illinois, the year Elvis died, but currently sleeps the daylight hours away in Southern California. After neglecting to graduate from the world-famous CALARTS, he took up space in the animation industry for a while, contributing character designs to Nickelodeon's INVADER ZIM and AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.

He likes making comic books much better, though.

SERENITY ROSE VOL. 1 was Aaron's first published work, but since then he's worked on KIMMIE66 (DC/Minx), CONFESSIONS OF A BLABBERMOUTH (written by Mike and Louise Carey, DC/Minx), SERENITY ROSE VOL. 2, and issue #64 of DC/Vertigo's 2000 lb. gorilla, FABLES. In progress: The third SERENITY book and ELDRITCH!, a Lovecraftian horror/comedy with art by Drew Rausch.

Aaron is the proud owner of two cats, one theremin, a Facebook account, and something called "the photic reflex," which makes him sneeze in bright sunlight.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ghostwriting, blogging and family vacations, November 9, 2011

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Brittany Moore "Reading Nook" (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Confessions of a Blabbermouth (Minx Graphic Novels) (Paperback)

Tasha's mom does not have the best taste in men. Not only does Tasha know this, but all of her blog followers do to. There's also this tough girl at school who wants to kill Tash know that she has been picked for yearbook. And her mom's new beau has a daughter who's a little weird. Tasha's just trying to not be beaten up at school and live a normal life but when she overhears a moment between her mom's boyfriend and his daughter. Tasha knows she has to find out more and help Tasha if she can.

Tasha is a little bit obnoxious, but not really too bad. I like the British-ness of the book, YAY England! ;) I was getting a little nervous about what could possibly be going on between father and daughter, and it turned out to be plenty weird. It was neat reading about a blogger, not that she blogs the same way but it was still fun. This story was a lot of fun and a lot of drama. It was totally worth the read and you should make sure you check this and all the other MINX books out soon. Happy Reading!

First Line:
"Tasha, are you out of your mind?"

Favorite Lines:
"They say a week can be a long time in politics. But some family holidays have been clocked with a time slippage of one to one thousand: that means each week feels like twenty year."

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book great series, September 20, 2010

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Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Confessions of a Blabbermouth (Paperback)

It was very humorous to find out that a story about a father ghostwriting for his daughter was written by a father and daughter team. This is not my favorite story in the MINX line, but it was a good read with strong female characters that learn to bond together. There are hints at abuse, bullying at school, issues of blended families. There are a lot of good topics covered in this book.

Tasha is headed for a breakdown. Her mother's new boyfriend is a writer who is spurring his daughter on to follow the family vocation. He is overbearing, obnoxious and pigheaded. His daughter starts attending Tasha's school and things get even worse. Then for the holidays they have to take a trip together to America; Tasha is about to lose it.

I loved Mike's first graphic novel in this series, and it provoked my tracking down the others. I was a little disappointed in this one, compared to the series as a whole, and especially compared to Re-Gifters. There are some good themes and topics but as a whole it just did not resonate with me the way some of the others have.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great choice for graphic novel collection, September 15, 2010

By 

Charlie Kelly (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Confessions of a Blabbermouth (Minx Graphic Novels) (Paperback)

Tash is pushed over the edge when her mother starts dating Jed Hazell and she meets his daughter, Chloe. Chloe transfers to Tash's school and Tash tries to be welcoming at first to Chloe without much success. Unfortunately for Tash, Chloe joins the yearbook club and this is too much for Tash to handle. Armed with her blog, Blabbermouth, Tash can unleash a war of words toward anyone who annoys her.

I enjoyed reading this book. The dialogue is funny and realistic. You can relate to Tash's and Chloe's dilemmas in both the dialogue and illustrations. The illustrations are powerful and show the emotions a young person can feel.