Customer Reviews

Creepy Susie: And 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children

5 star:		(36)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This book is quite cute. I thought it would be a little more ''weird'' but I enjoyed the simple and cute dark humor.

i ordered the book directly from angus himself and maybe the personalization he did for me has won me over but i think he is hilarious. the oblongs was genius and this book just furthers that hilarity. these stories are short and to the point. his style is like no other and the endings will always get you. angus also said i was his 14th favourite fan...so i'm sold. ha!

xoxo

There wasn't a dry eye in the house when I passed this book around. Sure, its twisted, but the cartoons are so comical and the situations so improbable that you just have to laugh at them.

Keep in mind, this is a cartoon book for adults only, it is far too violent for children; but come on adults...it's a cartoon book. It is not a portrayal of realistic violence in our society. The world was a less violent place back when the
Road Runner constantly trashed Wile E. Coyote, and perhaps the reason I found Creepy Susie to be so funny was that it breathed life back into the funny aspect of mortality.

My favorites would have to be The Debbies (treat yourself here and use the "Look Inside" feature of Amazon to read The Debbies), Stupid Betsy, Waldo & Bean, Narcoleptic Scottie, Rosie's Crazy Mother, and Jenny, Jenny, Jenny & Babette: The Siamese Quadruplets.

Whether snipping off tiny heads, shoving marbles in your butt, collecting Poo, holding slimy things, cross dressing, shaving cats and putting yellow sticky pads on them, offing your brother, or simply cooking up your parents; you will be sure to find humor not just in the written words but also in the comical and silly artwork here in Creepy Susie.

I would give it 8 stars if I could. Enjoy!

I LOVE THIS BOOK! I found it at my local Hot Topic and I got it for my brithday, and at first my dad didn't want me to have it cuz it was too dark! Well besides that, this is a funny book and it has become one of my favorites. My favorite stories are the first two, Matchstick Boy in Love and Robot Boy, just because the endings are hilarious. But yes, this is definately not a book you can read to a kid as they're going to sleep. I'm a big fan of Burton's work, and once again, he get five stars out of me!

A kid's book not for the kiddies. One of the funniest books I've "read" in a long time. Most of the humor comes from Angus Oblong's imagry, both funny (hilarious at times) and disturbing...in a funny way. Adults with a slightly twisted sense of humor such as my own will find this book amusing and refreshing. If the cartoon "The Oblongs" still is available in your area, I highly recommend that as well.

Simply stated, this book is not worth the money I spent. I got it in pristine condition and put it on my headboard until I had more time to read it. I then decided to just check out a few pages and see what was waiting for me. Twenty minutes later I had finished the book. Talk about an anti-climax. Sure, there was plenty of macabre humor via mediocre illustrations and lame word-usage, but overall I felt ripped off. If I ever read this again (note that jokes are never as funny the second time around), that will give me 40 minutes of entertainment for 12 bucks plus shipping. I could rent three DVDs, or go see "The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King" for a third time. When all is said and done, this book will be relegated to the bathroom, near the toilet, for when any guests need to spend some quality time in there.

I just received my copy of Creepie Susie about ten minutes ago, and I just FINISHED my copy of Creepie Susie about five minutes ago! It would have been nice if one of the reviewers had seen fit to mention that this is a $20 dollar book that is comprised of a little over 100 pages that rarely have more than two sentences per page. It's an odd experience reading a book whose page per minute/total expense ratio seems to be on par with your average 900# Psychic Hotline Rip off.

I will say however, the crudely drawn characters (Think Terrence and Phillip from South Park) and the short (so very short) stories of cruelty and insanity, were so strangely unique that you can't help laughing. Just expected a few more of those laughs for the price

I was laughing the entire time I read this thing. Absolutely random and pointless, it's very 'light' reading that should satisfy anyone who enjoys the bitterness of an episode of Daria.

OK, this is a dark and morbid collection of tales.

It is also incredibly funny.

To a certian extent, the writing and drawing reminds me of the stories and jokes that I tried to tell when I was in second/third grade. The difference here is that despite the crude drawing style, and simple writing, these tales are actually rather sophisticated, my stories and drawings were not.

The folks that are knocking this book probably think that Monty Python is just a bunch of cross dressing brits. There are twists to the words, and subtle things in the drawings that raise this miles above the average.

Well done!

If you weren't/aren't part of the "in" crowd, you will LOVE this book. If you were/are a cheerleader or a jock, go back to your stair-steppers and dumb-bells and find some other fluff to read (maybe Cosmo or GQ) because you probably won't think these short stories are funny at all. Tim Burton would be proud.