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Minimum Wage: Book Two is a thoroughly enjoyable twentysomething slice of life. Even though this is the second collection of Bob Fingerman's Minimum Wage stories, it reads well as a stand-alone volume: all of the characters are properly reintroduced and are distinctive enough to immediately engage new readers. The first two of the five chapters deal with protagonists Rob and Sylvia looking for an apartment together in New York City. Anyone who's had a hard time looking for a place to live or who hates to move will find plenty of humor in these pages. The fourth chapter, which centers on a comic-book convention (Rob is a cartoonist), is chock full of funny scenes and comics-industry cameos, which can be pretty darn funny if you're in on the jokes (if you're not up on comics convention humor, though, the chapter may not be as engaging). The volume ends slightly anticlimactically, leaving room for a third book, but don't let that deter you. Minimum Wage is great reading.
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...graphic novel form with the sort of earthy realism so often missing from conventional prose novels. -- Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker
Minimum Wage: Book Two is a thoroughly enjoyable twentysomething slice of life. Even though this is the second collection of Bob Fingerman's Minimum Wage stories, it reads well as a stand-alone volume: all of the characters are properly reintroduced and are distinctive enough to immediately engage new readers. The first two of the five chapters deal with protagonists Rob and Sylvia looking for an apartment together in New York City. Anyone who's had a hard time looking for a place to live or who hates to move will find plenty of humor in these pages. The fourth chapter, which centers on a comic-book convention (Rob is a cartoonist), is chock full of funny scenes and comics-industry cameos, which can be pretty darn funny if you're in on the jokes (if you're not up on comics convention humor, though, the chapter may not be as engaging). The volume ends slightly anticlimactically, leaving room for a third book, but don't let that deter you. Minimum Wage is great reading. -- amazon.com
Minimum Wage: Book Two is a thoroughly enjoyable twentysomething slice of life. Even though this is the second collection of Bob Fingerman's Minimum Wage stories, it reads well as a stand-alone volume: all of the characters are properly reintroduced and are distinctive enough to immediately engage new readers. The first two of the five chapters deal with protagonists Rob and Sylvia looking for an apartment together in New York City. Anyone who's had a hard time looking for a place to live or who hates to move will find plenty of humor in these pages. The fourth chapter, which centers on a comic-book convention (Rob is a cartoonist), is chock full of funny scenes and comics-industry cameos, which can be pretty darn funny if you're in on the jokes (if you're not up on comics convention humor, though, the chapter may not be as engaging). The volume ends slightly anticlimactically, leaving room for a third book, but don't let that deter you. Minimum Wage is great reading. -- amazon.com
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Bob Fingerman authors both graphic as well as straight prose novels. His books include the critically acclaimed graphic novels BEG THE QUESTION (a reworked collection of the comic series MINIMUM WAGE) and WHITE LIKE SHE (both Fantagraphics). Other books include YOU DESERVED IT and RECESS PIECES (both Dark Horse Books), and the illustrated novella, CONNECTIVE TISSUE (Fantagraphics).
His debut prose novel, BOTTOMFEEDER, was published in 2007. From Fangoria's Book of the Month review: "If, like me, you've been looking for the balls that have been torn from the modern vampire, you need to pick up this book."
His newest graphic novel FROM THE ASHES (IDW), a satirical "speculative memoir" set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of NYC will be released in March 2010. Bob's next novel, PARIAH, will be released by Tor in July 2010.
He lives in NYC with his wife, Michele.
His debut prose novel, BOTTOMFEEDER, was published in 2007. From Fangoria's Book of the Month review: "If, like me, you've been looking for the balls that have been torn from the modern vampire, you need to pick up this book."
His newest graphic novel FROM THE ASHES (IDW), a satirical "speculative memoir" set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of NYC will be released in March 2010. Bob's next novel, PARIAH, will be released by Tor in July 2010.
He lives in NYC with his wife, Michele.
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