Customer Reviews

The Road to Bliss: A Bliss Collection

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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.

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.

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!

This comic strip was a absolute favorite with my boyfriend at the time and me. We actually subscribed to the newspaper so that we could read it! When said boyfriend became my husband, The Road to Bliss was my wedding present, and he couldn't have done better. The humour of the strip has been so appropriate for us, and we refer to the strips that we long ago memorized all the time. The comic takes very realistic situations and gives them a funny, sarcastic and loving spin. I highly recommend it for anyone, but it would make an especially lovely present for a couple. And take it from me, it makes a great wedding present!