DATM final pages
Friday, March 4th, 2011buy Drinking at the Movies from me ($25 gets ya the book, panel and mini comics)
or you can buy some Fart Party volumes as well, and bigger orders come with more extra junk. details in the store
buy Drinking at the Movies from me ($25 gets ya the book, panel and mini comics)
or you can buy some Fart Party volumes as well, and bigger orders come with more extra junk. details in the store
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March 4th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Just a little curious here - why these oft repeated disclaimers that your life’s totally changed and all? The number of times and the insistence with which you’ve claimed this in all the excerpts from DATM isn’t in keeping with free, relaxed, easy tone of the rest of your work.
Or am I just thinking too much?
March 4th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
because i want to make it as clear as possible to my audience that this book represents a time in my life when I, and external circumstances, were very different from what they are now. Honestly, I still get a lot of emails, letters and comments about the glorification of drinking, even though I’ve posted and talked openly about how I don’t drink anymore, and the disclaimer is my way of trying to put a stop to that. I worked hard to get where I am not, and dammit, I’m gonna drive the point home.
March 4th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
After the setup involving the [hot] make-out session with the stranger, I thought little cartoon Julia was going to make-out with the man from Kentucky. I think Hitchcock defines this as ’suspense.’
March 4th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
For what it’s worth I don’t think those people are justified in accusing you of glorifying alcoholism. Your life in DATM is hardly like an issue of fucking Vice (thank goodness). I like how it gains greater and lesser significance in the comic as it would in reality. Sometimes it’s just a beer and sometimes the beer is indicative of something else.
I’m making no sense. I need a bottle of awesome-fun-time-party-water obvs.
March 4th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
yes, well, I did not tell a lot of what was actually going on with that in DATM. I left a lot out of that book. The next book is more thorough, and while I certainly dont expect anyone to just guess that after reading DATM (which is tame in comparison to actual events) but I did note at the end of that book that I quit drinking, yet I still get emails from people who read the book and the emails are all about how awesome booze is. It’s become a source of contention with me and I’d rather it wasn’t, because I do love getting emails and letters, but not when they’re about that.
March 4th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
holy WHAT, shingles on your ass? please tell me you didn’t have to deal with that while sober
March 5th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
From what I have seen from your work so far and your comments on the topic, it is pretty obvious you had a serious drinking problem that your successfully solved. This is a major achievement and might inspire others. Do you want to share your experience in some way with your audience? Or is it a chapter you totally left behind and let’s just forget about the whole shit?
must be sometimes difficult to share your life with strangers
March 5th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
I’m making a book about it, due out next year. But it won’t go online.
March 6th, 2011 at 2:07 am
Those last two panels are the best thing ever.
March 7th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I am in favor of the “not drinking” lifestyle change but “not making out with strangers” any more? Dang, just my luck.
March 8th, 2011 at 3:56 am
i’ve taken the amtrak from one union station to the other (chicago to LA) a few times and it’s always been a hell of an adventure. and it’s always been an alcohol-soaked experience. as such, i got that this was from the past because of the content. i’ll admit i didn’t read the disclaimers until afterwards. i guess my eyes have been conditioned to automatically ignore whatever text is in bold or flashing and begging to be read.
i don’t drink anymore either, and while i was never at the level you were, i still get a lot of shit for not drinking (especially in the town i just moved to, where it is the culture here and the even the english would consider them alcoholics).
i’m not going to claim any kind of maturity or anything, because i simply found another intoxicant to replace it, but i’m in favor of you doing what you feel is best for you. i don’t presume to know you on any level other than what you’ve let all of us know, but i don’t believe you’re the type of person to make a change unless you really feel you needed to. so good for you.
fuck the naysayers and the fake fans. if they just want a comic about drinking and being retarded, i’m sure there are many other options for them to choose from.
March 8th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Damn fine bit of reading that DATM’s one.
Next buy I will buy direct though rather than amazon.
March 9th, 2011 at 2:59 am
Ahh, the joys of extended Amtrak rides. I recently took a train from Boston to LA and I acquired a buttload of stories. You meet some of the most ridiculous (and the most interesting) people on those trains.
March 9th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Goodbye Fart Party. But HELLO MUSEUM OF MISTAKES! I’ve always liked that name, even before it took over as the main name. Conjures images of framed portraits of disastrous one night stands and bronzed break-ups.
March 9th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
unfortunately (or fortunately) there won’t be any of those things on there
March 10th, 2011 at 12:55 am
Haha. Yeah, definitely on the fortunately. When you’re reading an auto-bio comic, there’s only so much fucked-up woe you want the character/author to have to endure, no matter how comedic.
March 10th, 2011 at 10:59 am
Hi Julia, I just finished reading my copy of Drinking at the Movies (a fantastic surprise gift from my boyfriend, who didn’t know to order directly from you, sorry) and I wanted to let you know I completely loved it! It was great to see the snippets you’d posted online come together in one story, and some of the art is so detailed and impressive on the physical page (as compared to seeing it on a computer screen). Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with your readers; as a twentysomething just making it into the real world myself, I certainly found it relatable and somewhat reassuring!
Looking forward to your next book!
March 11th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
So I ordered a copy of DATM as I got fed up being a fan of your art but not supporting it financially. Looking forward to buy the new book when it’s out, until then it’s visiting the Museum
March 13th, 2011 at 4:53 am
Why would anyone question the disclaimer? Because people are idiots and will eat that little silica packet unless you specifically tell them not to.
March 13th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Ever wonder what would happen if you DID eat a silica packet?
http://wondermark.blogspot.com/2008/03/394-thats-what-happens.html