The Road to Bliss: A Bliss Collection [Paperback]

Stephen Hersh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

Bliss is a microscopic look at childless coupledom. It is a contemporary look at married life that, in little more than a year, has been acquired by nearly 100 daily and Sunday newspapers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Pub (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836267486
• ISBN-13: 978-0836267488
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,285,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful, unfortunately short lived comic, April 27, 2000

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Shade_Jon "shade_jon" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Road to Bliss: A Bliss Collection (Paperback)

Bliss has already come and gone, but hopefully the sequel to this book will also be forthcoming.

The strip was an absolute riot; Stephen has a sharp incisive wit. Almost every strip is phrased just so precisely, yet so familiar to those going through the wedded ups and downs of middle class.

A definite must buy if you like comic strips such as Adam, Stone Soup, or For Better or For Worse.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Warm Sarcasm and Humor, March 5, 2006

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R. Hollomon "bookkitten" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Road to Bliss: A Bliss Collection (Paperback)

I am rather a connoisseur of comic strips. This one shows awesome humor, such warm and gentle teasing, a truly spectacular series about a couple with a loving relationship full of accepting but pointed humor. I wish I had this kind of marriage! Five stars, yes indeed. The strips published AFTER this book became more bitter, probably because Hirsh was *trying* to be funny, and the couple lost the warm closeness. But this collection is perfect, very homey and welcoming humor. The couple truly loves each other, and their bickering/nattering is so infused with appreciation and self-awareness that it warms the heart. NOT smarmy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A witty, wonderful strip for couples everywhere, August 2, 2005

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David Harper (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Road to Bliss: A Bliss Collection (Paperback)

A comic strip about couples? It's been done before - but rarely has the couple been so natural, so human, and so witty. Dana and Steven come alive by the end of the book; you feel like you know them, like you invite them over for drinks and gently poke fun of each other with them! It's a real shame this comic never made it big; the author retired it at the millennium in a touching strip - I would dearly love to own a second collection of Bliss, but the first is a rare gem that any newlywed couple, or anyone who likes to watch "Friends", would enjoy owning. Snatch it up if you see a copy for sale - they make great presents at weddings!