This is my new comic book addiction, I just know it.
In this slice-of-life, first-year university friends and roommates Susan Ptolemy, Esther de Groot and Daisy Wooton have plenty to teach us about friendship, relationships and comedic timing. Also, holding grudges against moustachioed men.
In this story of doom and wonderful drama, Esther de Groot teaches us how to be goth as fuck.
In this adorable comic book by acclaimed comics creator, reality is rendered in a chortle-inducing way, thanks to likable leads whose vastly different personalities give birth to no end of misadventures. I am 99% sure that Esther is my long-lost, two-dimensional twin sister, with all the doom and gloom I’ve ever had at my disposal, and then some.
Esther is so much fun.
SO.
MUCH.
FUN! …And did I mention that she can also infiltrate the middle classes when she’s not busy melodramatically dying of some virus?
Esther is brilliant. Every single panel with her is gold. Ohyesitis! But! And this is real important — Susan and the other one are just as cool!
Okay, almost. I like wotshername, flower girl–Daisy, that’s it!– I like her drug-seeking behaviour. Strong role-models are important in these difficult, divisive times!
I love Polish medicine, too, Daisy. But be careful, once you run out of them–oh, no. Oh, it’s too late, innit?
At least the penguin ain’t talking back, is it?
And Susan?
Susan’s got that sly wit I’m crazy about. She’s the one with her feet firmly parted on the ground, the realist who looks out for her baby girls like a mama pigeon – hah, topical! – and she does a wonderful job of it.
…Most of the time.
It’s remarkably difficult not to fall in love with these three friends – and I, for one, have fallen head over heels for them and their whacky adventures. I’ll be digging into the next several volumes of Gone Days, and with everything else John Allison has done.
Also, the art is ace. Every panel is gorgeous.
I might be using Giant Days to work through some coronavirus-related ennui. Thanks for bearing with me.
The Grimoire Reliquary 