Sophie Crumb's Belly Button Comix #1
By Leroy Douresseaux
February 5, 2004 - 13:49
Fantagraphics Books
Writer(s): Sophie Crumb
Penciller(s): Sophie Crumb
Cover Artist(s): Sophie Crumb
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If you’re Crumb’s daughter, you just do your own damn thing. Sophie Crumb’s debut comic, BELLY BUTTON COMIX #1 (originally published in The Netherlands), is a curious mixture of personal stories and bizarre fantastical fictions. Though a bit uneven, it’s quite fun to read. Where her father’s work is often funny because it’s bizarre, subversive, and the product of a seemingly alien mind, Sophie’s work is humorous because she’s apparently a keen observer of people and interpersonal relationships, and she captures the often-accidental humor that comes from that.
Belly Button, which is similar in tone to work by Jason and Peter Bagge, is the call of a young talent who has a lot to say about life, love, and friendships, and we’re lucky she’s going to say it in comics. [DRECK, DULL, READABLE, VERY GOOD, EXCELLENT]
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