Nick Seluk has produced another entertainingly illustrated collection. Using some of your favourite characters from Heart and Brain he illustrates a collection of anecdotes of the weird conditions and situations presenting in the doctor's clinic. As an Awkward Yeti fan I enjoyed Seluk's style, but felt it missed some of the whimsy of his comics. 4 stars.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The minute I saw this comic I was interested in it. I´m in med school so a book about bizarre health stories was right up my alley and I´m very happy that I picked it up. This comic has small “chapters” in which we follow different true health stories. The author manages to turn horrific medical events into something funny and lighthearted while also being informative and real.

This comic was so funny, adorable and informative and I had a great time reading it. I was reading this while I was in class and I actually interrupted my teacher to ask if he had seen something like this (ops). My favorite part had to be when the author couldn´t draw a representation of what the patient said so he simply wrote “above the artistic abilities of the creator”.

Overall, if you are looking for a short fun comic that will make you laugh and also teach you some things, this is perfect for you. I am definitely going to keep an eye out for other Awkward Yeti comics.

Thank you so much to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Leave it to Nick Seluk, aka The Awkward Yeti, to bring medical mysteries to life in such perfect, hilarious ways.

I have always loved the Heart and Brain comics, which highlight so well our inner struggle between the rational, responsible path (Brain) versus the fun, follow-your-emotions path (Heart). Seluk has also done several other comics in which he brings other organs and body parts to life (who doesn't love Gall Bladder trying so hard?!).

This book is sort of an extension of that, but it's full of tales of bizarre yet fascinating (and usually horrific) medical issues that real people have faced. Seluk makes them fascinating (and I guess, kind of palatable?) through his humor and unique storytelling method. Part of that includes anthropomorphizing various organs and inanimate objects.

I'm not sure I'll ever love his other work as much as I love Heart and Brain but this was still an enjoyable collection and I'd check out anything new he creates.

Note: I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love medical mysteries and stories like that.
And to read it in comic form?
This was awesome and sooo funny!

I love these books.

Sadly almost none of the stories were fascinating and bizarre. Like literally this book felt like they did a call for crazy medical stories and only got 15 replies and then they just had to include them all even though most of them were just very normal not crazy at all medical stories. These stories felt like they would be good for elementary schoolers, but it was also kinda vulgar at times so it obviously ages it up. SOOOOOO who is this for? This is not what it thinks it is and I was so disappointed.

Fantastic graphic novel about medical oddities. I've experienced some weird ones myself, so I could relate- as could my son, another sufferer of anosmia. I never thought I'd think a cartoon rendering of a colon was adorbs, but it totally was.

Seluk's latest publication is a combination of comedy and true medical stories. Now, blood and gore doesn't bother me. And, as you can see, I find cute little body parts misbehaving absolutely hilarious. These twenty-four stories of real medical are half quotes taken from real storytellers and half commentary from the cast of characters created by Seluk. Little Gallbladder made an appearance and my joy knew no bounds.

The whole collection is cleverly done and deeply funny. I finished it and immediately flipped back to the beginning to read it again. Even as a big fan of Seluk's work I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this latest work.

Body humor is just as funny to me as when I was eight. But, I know, for some people these medical stories can hit too close to home. I do have someone near and dear to me who has Crohn's Disease and I still thought the chapter on Ulcerative Colitis was funny. I just laughed and laughed. I think it is the way Seluk draws these characters. There is no malice or negativity, rather they feel like well intentioned (occasionally insightfully brilliant) children.  

And, while I feel that Seluk provides that perfect balance of humor, information, and caring in his strips, others may not. To see if this is your style I recommend checking out a series of strips he has written. I really love this series on anxiety.

Meanwhile, I'm going back in for a third read-through. I just cannot get enough of these comics!

Thank you to Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book. I received this copy in exchange for an honest review!