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Life with Mr. Dangerous Hardcover – May 24, 2011
| Paul Hornschemeier (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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Amy has a job she hates, a creep boyfriend she’s just dumped, and a best friend she can’t reach on the phone. But at least her (often painfully passive-aggressive) mother bought her a pink unicorn sweatshirt for her birthday. Pink. Unicorn. For her twenty-seventh birthday.
Gliding through the daydreams and realities of a young woman searching for definition, Life with Mr. Dangerous showcases acclaimed cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier’s gift for deadpan humor and dead-on insight with a droll aftertaste—an unlikely but welcome marriage of the bleak and the hopeful.
- Print length160 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherVillard
- Publication dateMay 24, 2011
- Dimensions7.21 x 0.75 x 9.29 inches
- ISBN-100345494415
- ISBN-13978-0345494412
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“If other comics are easy chairs, his work offers the pleasure, and the pain, of reclining on a psychiatrist’s couch.”—Time
“Cringe and laugh and cringe some more—Life With Mr. Dangerous has it all. Also, you will cringe.”—Patton Oswalt
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- Publisher : Villard; F First Edition (May 24, 2011)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 160 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0345494415
- ISBN-13 : 978-0345494412
- Item Weight : 1.17 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.21 x 0.75 x 9.29 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,463,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,127 in Contemporary Women Graphic Novels (Books)
- #4,943 in Romance Graphic Novels (Books)
- #4,985 in Literary Graphic Novels (Books)
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Paul Hornschemeier is the author and artist of the graphic novels "Mother, Come Home," "The Three Paradoxes", the New York Times Best Seller "Life with Mr. Dangerous," as well as various short story collections and art books. His prose and comics –which have been translated into multiple languages and garnered international awards – have appeared in publications ranging from Life Magazine to The Wall Street Journal. He served as Creative Writing faculty for The University of Chicago and has lectured internationally on narrative and art creation. His animation and artwork appear on IFC’s “Comedy Bang! Bang!” He has written and directed multiple live action and animation short films and developed a variety of television projects. He lives with his wife and two children in Pasadena, California where he continues work on film, television, and book projects.

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by Sharon Love Cook, author of the Granite Cove Mysteries
I was really excited when I saw this graphic novel at the local bookstore. When I picked it up and flipped through it I thought the artwork looked interesting and that the description of the story sounded unique. I mean I came close to buying it on the spot. But...while it's a good story it's just more of the same that you already see from people like Daniel Clowes, Chester Brown, Jeffrey Brown and others. I just get tired of reading the same type of story time after time, of a lovelorn something year old that's working a dead end job and just doesn't seem to get out of it or have hope in their world. I want something different and this just doesn't have it. While it's a semi-realistic story, it's just depressing on the whole to read and there are only so many of them that I can read.
The writing style and the artwork both remind me of Daniel Clowes, especially in the color choices with the solid colors, and no real shadows to the figures. The artwork is solid and has some nice character design, and the color choices used are interesting. But...while it isn't bad there just isn't anything that stands out to me as being different or great, other than a few scenes depicting Mr. Dangerous.
It's not a bad book, but after reading it I'm not as excited as I was when I first picked it up. And I would recommend just picking it up from your local library for a read.
At times this book, which went by way too fast, made me want to crawl in a box and close the lid. It had me feeling so tight for Amy, the lead, that I also wanted to turn into the barrette which held her hair back just so I could see from her view what her life is like. Such a great read, that it mostly left me wanting more.
Paul, kudos on a fantastic novel and I can't wait to pick up more of your work.
Non particolarmente divertente, ma sicuramente mi ha fatto riflettere. Comunque non lo consiglierei a tutti....


