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Title: Everything Can Be Beaten by Jhonen Vasquez, Chancre Scolex, Chancre Solex, Crab Scrambly ISBN: 0-943151-65-1 Publisher: Slave Labor Publications Pub. Date: 07 August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Content not packaging
Comment: Don't expect something huge and splashy. It's the idea and story that counts. Besides, it's made by Jhonen, and if you're a fan you'll NEED this.
Rating: 3
Summary: Gee, am I reviewing the book itself or the story inside it?
Comment: Once there was a girl named Heather, who loved to read hilarious, slightly sadistic, satirical-type things like Catch-22 and such. One day, during her usual frolic through the proverbial book-leaden pastures of Amazon.com, she happened upon a deliciously insightful little curiosity entitled "Everything Can Be Beaten," by Scolex and Scrambly. Intrigued, she clicked on the link and read the sparkling reviews by many a satisfied customer. "It must be fantabulous!" she concluded, and bought it. Eight long days later, a little brown package arrived. Ecstatic, Heather ripped open the box and pulled out a small, thin pamphlet that looked like it came in a happy meal. Her heart sank. This was no happy meal pamphlet-it was the book!
Needless to say, Heather was gravely disappointed. She was expecting a small paperback book, as the Amazonian product description puts it. Though it was surely made of paper, it was flimsy and hardly what one would call a proper book. "What type of binding?" one might ask... WHAT binding? It's stapled together!
As far as what was printed inside the book (which is really what counts), Heather was not disappointed at all. In fact, it nearly made her forget how sad the book's outside made her feel. However, she did ask me to mention that every single "e" in the book is printed backwards, which makes it very difficult to read. This taste of dyslexia, although a possibly valuable life experience, is hardly an enjoyable one.
Other than the book's disappointing construction and impossible font, Heather found no fault with it. "Read it!" she says, "But don't expect a high-quality library edition with a sewn binding and easily manageable text." Consider yourself aptly warned.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Everything" can be Fun!
Comment: I have been a big fan of Jhonen Vasquez's for a long time now. When I found out he had something new, I had to get it.
EVERYTHING CAN BE BEATEN follows the story of IT, a being who's sole purpose in life is to beat kittens. Until one day, when he notices a door in his 'beating' room that leads to... he doesn't know! So, he goes through it to find a cutesy, color-filled, squishy world of joy and happiness! Soon, however, he is saddened by the realization that he is useless in this world. Then, in a fit of despair and anger he discovers that everything CAN be beaten! And beat he does! He beats everything he can find, decimating everything! Then, he sits and waits for a million years or so. Then he does it again!
It's morbid fun with just a hint of philosophy. Not so much so that you think "Hey, this is just trying to teach me a lesson! BLAH! GET AWAY FROM ME!". It's more like "oooh! This is fun! I like it! AND it's educational!" Won't the parent's love that?!
I give it two mallets up!
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Title: Squee's Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors by Jhonen Vasquez ISBN: 0943151244 Publisher: Slave Labor Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Johnny The Homicidal Maniac : Director's Cut by Jhonen Vasquez, Jhonen Vasquez ISBN: 0943151163 Publisher: Slave Labor Publications Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Cat with a Really Big Head, and One Other Story that Isn't as Good by Roman Dirge ISBN: 0943151589 Publisher: SLG Publishing Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $2.99 |
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Title: Lenore : Noogies by Roman Dirge ISBN: 0943151031 Publisher: Slave Labor Publications Pub. Date: 11 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Lenore: Wedgies by Roman Dirge ISBN: 0943151317 Publisher: Slave Labor Publications Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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