The Alcoholic (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (Paperback)

from nsblumenfeld

THE ALCOHOLIC is a fictional(ized?) memoir of self-absorbed narrator Jonathan A.'s lifelong problem with alcoholism, effectively rendered by artist Dean Haspiel (though it's frequently talky enough that you may be forgiven for wondering if it wouldn't have made more sense for Ames to stick to pro...

from CstSnow

I wanted to love The Alcoholic, I really did, and at times I was close but in the end I merely liked it. Which in itself isn't a bad thing of course but is a bit of a letdown when you go in with such high expectations. Ames's story sucked me in right away, I was hooked after just a couple pages, ...

from diovival

Once I began it became impossible to put this book down. The illustrations complemented the story beautifully. The light and dark tones of Jonathan A's story were reflected in the simple black and white drawings. I also appreciated how not distracting the illustrations were. The story was the foc...

from invisiblelizard

My inclination is to compare The Alcoholic to Alison Bechdel's Fun Home simply because they are both (presumably) auto-biographical, highly personal, and oddly (and darkly) comic. But that's not really fair to The Alcoholic. Fun Home being a far superior effort, The Alcoholic pales by comparison....

from savageknight

The one thing that really struck me while I was reading (and thoroughly enjoying this book) is just how much more difficult and uncomfortable it would have been to read it without Dean Haspiel's art. Dean's style is such that the depraved antics of Jonathan A are easier to swallow since the bruta...