by Roz Chast
First published 1990
Roz Chast presents sixty comic narratives in extended multipanel format. Each story unfolds across multiple frames, allowing characters and situations to develop beyond single-panel gags. The collection showcases Chast's skill at sustained storytelling through comics. Poets walk picket lines in "Poets on Strike." Extraterrestrial domestic workers arrive in "Maids from Space." "The Magic Mountain" offers another complete narrative. These longer works demonstrate how sequential art can build dramatic tension and character development. The stories blend everyday anxieties with absurd scenarios. Chast transforms mundane situations into comic adventures that reveal deeper truths about modern life.
Genres: humor, graphic-novels, comics, graphic-novels-comics
Vibes: thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: absurdist, mundane-to-comic
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
Hardcover · Random House Value Publishing