the main plot was that there was a guy, and he fought lots of things. Brosh wanted to be an author from age eight, and described writing a book at age nine or ten, saying, "It was this epic monstrosity that filled three whole notebooks. Her depression led her to withdraw from the internet and her blog for several years.īrosh was raised in small towns-first in Auburn, California, then near Sandpoint, Idaho-which she says let her "be a little bit weirder". She has published two books telling stories in the same style, both of which have been New York Times bestsellers.īrosh lives with severe depression and ADHD, and her comics on depression have won praise from fans and mental health professionals. While there, Brosh started Hyperbole and a Half in 2009, on which she told stories from her life in a mix of text and intentionally crude illustrations. before attending the University of Montana. īrosh grew up in small towns across the U.S. *These are lies.Allie Brosh (born May 18, 1985) is an American blogger, writer and comic artist best known for her blog in the form of a webcomic Hyperbole and a Half. Stories about things that happened to other people because of me So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative-like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it-but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written.īrosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh.
Touching, absurd, and darkly comic, Allie Brosh’s highly anticipated book Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices.
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