The Complete Emily the Strange: All Things Strange

This was a library hold I made on a whim because I hoped Emily the Strange would be a bit reminiscent of my own childhood - I was very much a preteen baby-goth and total outsider back in the day. The art style also reminded me of Invader Zim, which still holds a very special place in my heart.

Unfortunately, however, this collection is just boring and confusing to me. It starts with a fake interview between the author, artist, and character which contains spoilers and is overall just a little too cringe for me... and I say that as someone who partakes in play-by-post and tabletop (and video game) RPGs. It takes a lot to make me cringe at playful interactions between real people and fictional ones, but this managed to do it. After that, the actual comics were just... bizarre and nonsensical. And, frankly, boring.

I wanted to give this a try all the way to ten percent before coming to a conclusion, but my eyes were glazing over and I decided to go ahead and call it quits.