Name: Drinking at the Movies
ISBN: 9781927668269

Julia Wertz

Julia Wertz is the anti-Bridget Jones; her diary comics are filled with life s real and often really hilarious moments."

Drinking at the Movies

Presents a reflection on early adulthood in which the author moves from San Francisco to Brooklyn at the height of Obama's election frenzy and endures a series of minimum-wage jobs, local competitiveness, and problems back home.

Maggie Gordon

Of all the Wertz books I've read, Drinking at the Movies is my least favourite. Not because it is a terrible book. All of Wertz's humour is on full display and quite enjoyable. However, I appreciate how much she dug into her problems more in other books such as The Infinite Wait. Drinking at the Movies is in conversation with her other work, but this part of the narrative is one I am less drawn to. Perhaps this is partially because this was originally a book published by a mainstream publisher? It feels a lot safer than her other books. In any case, if you're a fan, you will undoubtedly enjoy Drinking at the Movies, and it fills some of the blanks in left uncovered by Museum of Mistakes and The Infinite Wait. It makes for a good, perhaps less weighty introduction to an excellent comic artist!

Drinking at the Movies

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