Ullman, Robert – Grand Gestures

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Grand Gestures

It’s about time this guy got published. I should just say that it’s $3.95 and you should go buy it, but you probably want to know what it’s about or something… Fine. There are three main male characters. One of them is in love with a girl who works at a bookstore and takes some interesting means to get to know her, one of them is an unapologetic womanizer, and one of them is trying to get out of his relationship but just can’t work up the nerve to leave. The thing about a book like this is that it has to make you sympathetic to these characters, even when there’s not that much to be sympathetic in their characters. Without giving anything away, he pulled that off beautifully with everyone in here. Trust me when I say that if you are now or ever were in your 20’s and confused about women in some way or another, you’ll get a lot out of this book. Females could probably easily identify with some of the trampled women in this comic too, although probably not in a good way. My only problem with this is that he’s calling it a graphic novel on his website and it’s only 48 pages long. Call me a stickler for detail if you want, but that’s just too little. Graphic novella maybe? How about just “comic book”? I like that one…