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Our Super Adventure Vol. 1

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Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
Our Super Adventure is an auto-bio comedy about a geeky couple and their cats. Sarah's cute art style compliments her toilet humour—it's a fun and funny read. I particularly enjoyed seeing the original and redrawn strips from when the comic first came online.

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For fans of the "Our Super Adventure" web comic this collection is bliss. Having so many creative, funny and entertaining comics at your fingertips is the best.

I've read a few of these online and had nit had the chance to read so many of them in one sitting. While hitting the "share" button is harder in book form I now have the perfect gift idea for quite a few people in my life who are also fans.

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Our Super Adventure is kind of cute though there isn't much to the plot. It was very random. I recommend reading this graphic novel if you're in a reading slump and need a not-so-serious book.

Thank you for the opportunity to read Our Super Adventure.

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I have always loved Sarah Graley's are style. It's super cute and comfy looking. Whenever I look at her art I feel like I am drinking a cup of hot chocolate. But this collection itself is comfortable. The relationship between Sarah and Stef is adorable and works wonderfully with the art. this is a perfect read to disconnect from the stresses of life and just relax to.

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This book of comics illustrates the writer's daily life with her partner and the occasional friend plus a house full of cats. While there is no particular plot, we do get to see a lot of different slices of life. Some are sentimental, a couple are funny. These short artistic vignettes invite the reader into what is usually private life. That said, I found the content a bit too saccharine for my tastes. There didn't seem to be a single panel that offered much depth. Would have loved to see the characters become more,.

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I follow Sarah Graley on Instagram and Webtoon and her comics have always been super cute and silly. This graphic novel is a great compilation of them and was a quick read. I also love that there is a page featuring her and Steph's cats. They're so cute!

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I've read Sarah Graley's Kim Reaper before and I like that comic book series. When I saw this new or improved comic book compilation of her drawing from her webcomic posts in Our Super Adventure, I got pretty excited to see what is all about. Some of the comic panels included are quite cheesy; perhaps I just cannot relate to them because I'm single, thus I found the stories about their cats funnier than Sarah and her boyfriend's.

Well, I guess this collection is suitable for those who enjoy toilet humor and who are chummy with their partner. Not my cup of tea, but I still recommend this to who are fans of this comic artist and follow her drawings in Our Super Adventure online.

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Although I agree that this collection, and the author, is comparable to Sarah Andersen, I find a sort of charisma to be vitally absent.

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Utterly adorable diary comics from the creator of Kim Reaper. I say 'adorable'; if your own home life doesn't include this much fond mockery of your partner's tendency to behave like a cat, or quite such heavy pizza consumption, then you might well find it sickening rather than relatable. But your questionable life choices are hardly my problem.

Seriously, though, it is so incredibly refreshing to read sketches from a couple's life which find the humour in them being obviously really into each other, as against all those columns which rely on bickering for laughs and just make you wonder weekly why they've not split up yet (mentioning no names, Tim Dowling. There was a small but measurable improvement to my quality of life once I realised I could just skip past him in the Guardian mag).

There's also a significant amount of farting.

(Netgalley ARC)

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Loved the graphics! Any couple can relate to all of them, my husband and I could not stop laughing. Overall such a cute cook and well put together.

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I first came across Sarah Graley's work on Instagram and I also briefly met her at NY Comic Con. She and her partner are super sweet and I love her stories and her comics. She's a very fun comic artist and animator.

That said, this was not a page turner nor did it compel me to keep reading. I think Instagram is a good format because these comics seem better on their own - as individual comics. All in a row, they seem redundant.

I would say this is a medium book. It's a great little book of comics to read on a lazy Sunday.

Disclaimer: Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of Light From Other Stars in exchange for an honest review.

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A collection of wonderfully drawn and brightly colored comics setting new goals for relationships. Purfect for all cat lovers and pizza lovers (which, I hope includes everyone), people in relationships, comic lovers, life lovers, world lovers, oh and space lovers too! (...did I miss anything?) . At the end some comic strips by Sarah are shown which were made a few years back along with their redrawings which greatly indicate how her style has bloomed and flourished.
It was a lovely read. I tried to focus more on details after Sarah pointed out how it should be done in one of a comic strip.

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Our Super Adventure is a wonderful selection of comics. It is funny and often relatable, an awesome collection.

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Our super Adventure its full of small moments of laugh , however i find the story a bit confusing, and also hard to put together some events that happen. Love the graphics really good ilustrated.

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This was alright. It's the kind of thing a lot of people will like, especially I think if they're in a long term relationship, then this might be more relatable. For me though I didn't relate to a lot of it (though at one point Sarah does get really excited about the idea of cute couples cosplay and starts coming up with ridiculous suggestions for couple cosplays that aren't couples and that's 100% me).
I liked the focus on cats, I'm a cat person so that's nice, but if you're not a cat person that might not be fun to read about. The art was alright, not really my kind of thing, but definitely not bad and I think it added to the comics. The comics were generally not that funny to me, I didn't laugh at any of them, and I think they're meant to be funny because some of them seem like they have a punchline at the end, so that kind of failed for me.

Overall, not really for me. If you already like Sarah Graley's stuff though I think this would definitely be worth reading, and I think the more you relate to the comics in here, the more enjoyable you'll find the whole reading experience.

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Adorable and funny and so charming--this will absolutely have to be a book I purchase for my own collection. This is one of those books that can be a small antidote on the bad days, and a friend when you feel like you need one. I adore this book!

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It was a fun read though unfortunately, I didn't fully enjoy some comics. I found some comics not my type (farts, belly buttons, poop (!) etc...). On the other hand, seeing the artists' style changing over the years was interesting.

Worth reading? If you are not into such jokes as I mentioned above, it is not your book.

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Me, starting this book: Aw yiss this is right up my alley, this is everything I've ever needed, yisssss
Me, 30 pages in: Oh no, my perpetually single-and-absolutely-not-willing-to-mingle self cannot relate to all these relationship-joys :(((
Me, shortly after: Snort, oh man wow this is so wonderful, these folks are so good to each other and those cats, YES CATS, and also FURRY LEGS YES
Me, upon finishing: This is everything I have ever needed. Yes.

This is pretty darn tootin' good.

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I received a free eARC from NetGallery in exchange for an honest review.

I was already a fan of Sarah Graley's work, so I got very excited when I found out about her book! I was not disappointed!! I adore this comic look into her and Stef's life and found myself frequently poking my husband saying "Look! It's us!"
She captures the oddities in their comfortable relationship so well, I think every couple can see a bit of themselves reflected.

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I am possibly the easiest mark in the world for autobio comics, so this was right up my alley. It's a great everyday diary comic about the relationship between Sarah and her partner Stef, as well as their assortment of adorable kitties. Much as in life, I was surprised at how many farts were contained in this book. Adorable and a lot of fun.

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