Bughouse

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Summary: Gimme some Bug Juice!
Review: This graphic novel is great! The Booklist reviewer above compared Lafler's anthropomorphism to that of Maus. Not a bad sound bite, but while this book lacks the gravitas of Maus, it is thoroughly enjoyable as a Jazz age tale of addiction and redemption. Lafler's dialogue is spot-on, and his drawings are fantastic. He really sucks you into this alternate world and leaves you wanting more. The storyline(s) are nothing novel (substitute heroin or alcohol for bug juice and almost any addicted musician for the bugs and you get a familiar true life story) but his telling of the tale is fantastic. Once again, Top Shelf has given us something really worthy of addition to any collection of alternative comix. Buy this!