Self-Esteem and the End of the World by Luke Healy review – male anxiety hilariously meets global crisis
by The Guardian
The Guardian— A painfully funny cartoon about a neurotic graphic artist deftly explores the themes of self-obsession and ecological disasterEnter the Faber/Observer/Graphica graphic short story prize 2024I’ve read Luke Healy’s new graphic novel twice: first, on screen last October (which was long before we asked him to be a judge of this year’s Faber/Observer graphic short story prize) and then in hardback a couple of weeks ago. The mark of a truly good book is that it’s even better second time around, and...
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