Revenge of the Librarians: Cartoons by Tom Gauld

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His world of teetering book towers and solitary beings hunched over writing desks is comforting and reassuring.”—Dmitry Samarov, Vol. 1 Brooklyn Overall, this book didn't seem to have the fun, campy atmosphere the first one did. I debated DNFing; however, I was curious about the ending. If there is another book, I doubt I'll be reading it.

Revenge of the Librarians: Words and Pictures with Tom Gauld

Perfect cheer-me-up”, is how a reader describes Revenge of the Librarians, Tom Gauld’s latest collection of comic strips, on an online forum. As a succinct critique of everything he does, it is a description that is hard to fault. It also reflects a statement of purpose he admitted to a few years ago, when he described his aim as “just to entertain people and hopefully take their minds off their worries for a few minutes.” I was going to give it three, then I started writing this and realized I couldn't take any of it seriously. It was pretty ridiculous. Some people will totally dig the sense of humor but it was just meh for me. I didn't read the first book but also didn't feel that I was missing out on anything. It could also be that the whole summer camp setting is not my niche, especially not a drama camp setting. I'm not sure about the 'revenge' part, but this is a delightful collection of bookish and writerly comics that had me laughing out loud a few times, and snorting a bunch. The book is full of strips showcasing Gauld at his inventive best. Like clever new German words for readers (“buchverlusterliechgterung” = relief upon finding that you have lost your copy of a book that you weren’t really enjoying), Further Instalments of the Famous Six Word Short Story “For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn”, useful abbreviations like tl;dr - “rb/gb = Read a Bit, Got Bored”, and Summer Reading for Conspiracy Theorists: Slaughterhouse 5G, The Old Man and the CIA. Hilarious and smartly written, this sequel did what few sequels can achieve ... and that is to be as good as the first story!Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the author Cyn’s narrative and voice are probably the most compelling parts of the novel. She is funny and smart and just thoroughly entertaining and relatable. Her voice and snippets that often break the fourth barrier with expert construction. She is a fun character, a strong character who makes many mistakes believing she is doing what is best for everyone. Cyn does believe she can do this on her own, but she does not want to, and that is part of what makes her a great character. She is a flawed hero, a girl who wants to keep the people she loves safe, who does not want to ask for help on the risk that they are hurt or lost. Moreover, Cyn’s funny quips that Knudsen inserts into the text bring to life her personality only further serve to make her more relatable. I read Evil Librarian in a day, gushing about the juxtaposition of high school theater, swoony crushes, and hardcore best-friend rescuing. It continues to be one of the books I use to describe everything I love about reading. I have been anxiously awaiting this sequel since I learned of it's existence. I wanted to badly to get that same rush. I was not disappointed.

Revenge of the Librarians - The Comics Journal

The stage is set for a fiendishly dramatic summer at theater camp for Cynthia and her boyfriend, Ryan. With no demons at all. Right? Ryan and Cyn are together and going to camp together which is lovely until it becomes a love triangle...or rather square. As the title suggests the evil librarian tries to get his revenge with some help from his brother. Cyn is trying to win an award for best set design, dating Ryan, being jealous, having guilt over someone else, getting dragged to hell, being guilty for lying to Ryan as well as a big battle with the former librarian. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist's signature brand of humour, hitting high and low. terve raamatutäis raamatuteemalisi koomikseid, miks need meeldima ei peaks, ikka meeldivad! raamatukoguhoidjatest on siin küll kõvasti vähem juttu kui kirjanikest ja toimetajatest, aga ei saa eitada, et pealkiri on hea. Gli stessi schemi si ripetono in continuazione all'interno del libro: ricorrono spesso espedienti identici e, fondamentalmente, viene utilizzata sempre un'unica dinamica umoristica. Molto simile alle due raccolte precedenti, "Baking with Kafka" e "Department of Mind-Blowing Theories", anche per le idee di alcune strisce, con la sola differenza che questa, forse, si rivolge ad un target più ristretto, considerando che una gran parte dei jokes siano riferiti alla categoria degli scrittori.Perfect amount of horror to make things creepy at times but not overly scary and not overly done. Also a bit of a nice romantic touch involving Cyn and Peter and Cyn and Ryan. Gauld comes up with some ingenious bits like generators for eccentric families for novelists to write about and thriller concepts that work really well. The “choose your own adventure”-style strips are fun, as is the Great Book Festival Race board game and the maze puzzle for helping a new book find its place in the market. The infographics (My Reading Year) are brilliant and amusing - some of these non-traditional strips were among the best in the book. Tom Gauld's latest collection is a delight for book obsessives with plenty of observations and often sharp commentary on the wide world of books. There are perhaps not enough panels on the actual title theme of libraries and librarians, but book lovers won't be disappointed.