![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How to Be Happy is fearless and fantastic, unafraid to break rules or to make new ones. And what art it is: there may be nothing Davis can't beautifully illustrate. She presents, in short, a more realistic picture of what it means to be a human, with our ever-present mind/body tug-of-war, than almost anyone else out there making art. stories often feature tremendous longing and sadness, but they also lushly suggest what a blessing it is to be alive and in the world. Empathy is knowing both sides of the world, shouldering them and carrying on, searching for the still unblemished parts of the soul.-Paul Arrand Rodgers "Heavy Feather Review" And also worthwhile sometimes touched by light, sometimes full of music. The stories here know the world is often heavy and intolerable. Davis' clever and sometimes jaw-droppingly beautiful artwork makes stories feel real.-Dan Kois "Slate" How to Be Happy is an argument for empathy, but not of the call-and-response kind. is an inspired and inspiring collection of short work clearly establishing Davis as a leading cartoonist of the Tumblr era. Instead, the story that emerges from them forms a cryptic play on society's expectations for happiness.-Amber Hage-Ali "Columbus Alive". Don't be fooled by the title, though you won't find the key to happiness in these illustrations. How to be Happy an imaginative collection of graphic literary short stories. ![]()
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