Allie Brosh, creator of the online comic Hyperbole and a Half, recently published the book, "Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem and Other Things that Happened," based on her blog. This illustration, from her Hyperbole and a Half comic titled, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fthis-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">"This is Why I'll Never be an Adult,"</a> inspired a meme. Brosh said her illustrated version of herself is "not of how I look, but of how I am. Deep down, I'm this absurd, weird thing."
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Allie Brosh, creator of the online comic Hyperbole and a Half, recently published the book, "Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem and Other Things that Happened," based on her blog. This illustration, from her Hyperbole and a Half comic titled, "This is Why I'll Never be an Adult," inspired a meme. Brosh said her illustrated version of herself is "not of how I look, but of how I am. Deep down, I'm this absurd, weird thing."
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh/Touchstone Books
Brosh's dogs, a neurotic shepherd mix she refers to as the "helper dog" and a blissfully stupid mutt she refers to as the "simple dog," appear often in her comic, including this illustration from the post, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fdogs-dont-understand-basic-concepts.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving."</a>
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Brosh's dogs, a neurotic shepherd mix she refers to as the "helper dog" and a blissfully stupid mutt she refers to as the "simple dog," appear often in her comic, including this illustration from the post, "Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving."
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh/Touchstone Books
Brosh has written frankly in the comic about her experiences with depression and anxiety. "Some people have a legitimate reason to feel depressed, but not me. I just woke up one day feeling sad and helpless for absolutely no reason," she wrote in the post called <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F10%2Fadventures-in-depression.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Adventures in Depression."</a> It was a year-and-a-half before she posted a follow-up, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F05%2Fdepression-part-two.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Depression Part Two."</a>
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Brosh has written frankly in the comic about her experiences with depression and anxiety. "Some people have a legitimate reason to feel depressed, but not me. I just woke up one day feeling sad and helpless for absolutely no reason," she wrote in the post called "Adventures in Depression." It was a year-and-a-half before she posted a follow-up, "Depression Part Two."
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh/Touchstone Books
Brosh published the book, "Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem and Other Things That Happened," in October.
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Brosh published the book, "Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem and Other Things That Happened," in October.
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh/Touchstone Books
Allie Brosh launched Hyperbole and a Half in 2009, while she avoided studying for physics, she has said. "When I started writing, I was a bit frustrated to not have access to any of these comedic tools. Adding drawings fixed everything," she told CNN. "Suddenly, I had access to facial expressions, body postures, gestures, even implied tone."
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Allie Brosh launched Hyperbole and a Half in 2009, while she avoided studying for physics, she has said. "When I started writing, I was a bit frustrated to not have access to any of these comedic tools. Adding drawings fixed everything," she told CNN. "Suddenly, I had access to facial expressions, body postures, gestures, even implied tone."
Sarah Henderson