You don't have to be a parent to enjoy and crack up at the hilarious comics in these collections.

In fact, if you're childless, you enjoy them even more. You get to cackle in a mighty evil way.

I'm not a parent have never wanted to be one but what I am is an aunt and honorary aunt to many many kids. Reading this comic I could place my friends and siblings in place of the characters easily. It was a hoot and I now have a new gift to give to friends with kids on the way or on their second child. Parenting is a pit fall of whoopsies and didn't expect that and so many things, but what it is, or should be at least is fun. It's an adventure raising kids, being around kids, and this comic expresses it heartily.

I don't generally read comics or graphic novels but I just LOVE Fowl Language! Any parent will appreciate the honesty that is portrayed on each page. My absolute favorite has got to be the "Bathroom Rules". Completely spot on and hilarious take on the everyday struggles of parenthood. I would definitely buy for all my friends with kids and first time parents.

I laughed so many times. I am a teenager who writes book reviews and I can’t imagine what it is like for parents to raise their kids, I know for sure I did plenty of those things that the kids did in this graphic novel. I’m just laughing at how my parents and most guardians and view their kids. It was a definite eye opener for me because I am so young and have never experienced any of the situations in the novel but it was highly entertaining and I think if I was an adult whp had children it would be more relatable.
It is amazing the effort that went into this book as the artist acknowledged his patreon supporters and it is humbelling to know that even if you aren’t published by a big publishing house or self published, there will always be a community for you to join and support you. technology brings a wide variety of people together and that is also brought this book to life.
Aside from that, I do recommend this book to new parents and anyone who has children, but also for teenagers because, yes there is fowl language but it is extremely funny.
3.5/5

Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real by Brian Gordon is a collection of comics about parenting, some were already published by Fowl Language online while some of it is brand new. Fowl Language is a comic for any parent or caregiver. The joy, frustration, wonder, and misery that are all part of caring for the next generation told via cartoon ducks. I follow the comic on Facebook, so I already had seen a few, but for some reason they never get old.

Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real is funny, sometime poignant, and almost always relatable. I love that Gordon includes the moments that we struggle with it all as well as the moments that make it all worth while. Anyone that enjoys the online comic will want to at least take a look at the book, but adding it to the home library might help get through the harder nights. This would also be a great gift to new or expecting parents, and those sending their kids out into the world on their own.

Hilarious and so relatable. Also, the ducks are a pretty unique character for this style of book!

I thought this book was hilarious. I’m not a parent myself, but I can only imagine this is what they go through. The constant chattering and energy that kids have must be tiring. I think that this is very relatable for a parent if they were to read it.

if you have the internet I am sure you have seen a comic or too and giggled. I don't have kids yet I just imagine all the struggles parents run into .. because kids just make messes, cry and want mac and cheese for dinner and I totally get how frustrating that is. This book shouldn't be available in an E edition but if so its best viewed on aikiko(free app) but I recommend buying the book for any parent with a good sense of humor out there!

Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real by Brian Gordon is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. I think I laughed, smiled, or smirked with each and every cartoon because I could relate after having four boys! The expressions and situations were hilarious and so on target with what parents are feeling and what they go through! I don't normally enjoy ever single cartoon in a book so I was pleasantly amazed when I was entertained by the craziness of this fun family. Thanks!

This collection of comics can be started at almost any page in the book. The comic is an internet based one and easy to find. But this collection is perfect to give to someone you know that has kids or knows what it is like to live with small children. There is some potty humor in here but it all really appropriate. I was certainly giggling at more than one panel in this book.

Funny at times but not for me as I do not enjoy filthy language which I did not realize this book had a lot of.

Reading Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real has made me dread on what if I became a parent in the future. I'm not sure if I can handle the HUGE responsibility as well as the bickering and whining of kids. I think I was born without any ounce of patience, hence I didn't became a teacher and arts instructor because I know I cannot tolerate uncontrollable students. What's more if I became a parent?!?! THE HORROR! hahaha!

Browsing the comic strips here, whether a parent or not, will certainly make readers laugh their head off. It is also funny how the author, Brian Gordon, personify his kids as ducklings. I guarantee that once you flip through the pages of this book, you will absolutely enjoy and crave for more.

Funny, but kind of cheesy. Not my type of humor. Also, probably slightly more relatable to those with kids. Wasn't for me, but may be for you!

Funny insights into the many predicaments parents find themselves in and things they have to deal with. Apparently the first and biggest mistake anyone makes is thinking they know what they're doing! Less actual foul language than you would expect.

I really like the art of this one, its really well done, and I like the whole Duck thing - it makes it funnier. I'm not a parent (obviously) and it will probably be funnier to you if you are, but I have lots of cousins and a much younger sister - so I felt I could relate to it.

I enjoyed it.

Brian Gordon hits the mark with Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real. This collection of comics takes as its subject parenting, namely the situations that can make parents crazy.

The humor is both laugh out loud good and also spot on in portraying many of the situations. Who knew ducks experienced the same parenting obstacles that humans do? Amazing!

Highly recommended for anyone but especially parents and, in my case, grandparents. Seems the longer time since parenting young children makes the humor so much less painful.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.

As the title hints, this is a comic strip about a family of ducks, mostly the father, and how he copes with his ducklings, which is to say not very well but always funny.
Unlike most comic strips, which usually appear every day, this one doesn’t have a set schedule, and sometimes goes weeks without new material. That gives this collection extra appeal. Also unlike most comic strips, if you read this on the gocomics website they’ll be a link below for an extra panel/punchline at the strip’s website; thankfully those are included here.
“Maybe he’s just screwin’ with ya” is indeed the answer to why kids do anything. Also “I think he’s buffering.”
“I don’t like the way planes taste either!” Genius.
Not as much “laugh out loud” this time, though.

I've been a fan of Brian Gordon's comics ever since I stumbled upon a strip on Facebook back when I just had my baby. Being a first time mom, I cannot even stress out how REAL the struggle was. I have always been in control of my life when I was single. I knew how to take care of my body, my finances, my time, my relationship, everything! I could schedule things in a snap of my fingers and not break a sweat.

Enter motherhood and I was completely out of my zone! When my husband and I decided we wanted to try having our first baby, I was excited. I planned everything I need, from food I was going to eat while pregnant, to how we where going to raise our first child. But at the start of my pregnancy up until I gave birth, and way into the first months of having my daughter, I was an emotional wreck! During pregnancy, I couldn't control my weight due to GD, during labor, my baby's heartbeat started to drop and I had to get a C-section. The first month with having my baby I couldn't properly get up because of my stitches, but my baby needed to be fed, to be changed, to be bathed. And sleeping patterns where still in the works. I did not like that I wasn't in control of anything!

Suffice to say, this comic strip had eased up some of the baby blues. Because it made me feel that I wasn't alone in feeling so out of place with this new job. As a parent, this is absolutely relatable. It's a funny way to let out some frustrations about every day life raising tiny human beings, because let's face it, being a parent may be the most rewarding job of all, but it's also one of the hardest and most challenging jobs to fill. So to us parents, kudos!

This book was a surprise for me. I expected to really like this book but not to adore it as much as I did. Brian Gordon has become popular online for his Fowl Language comics on his website: https://www.fowllanguagestore.com/collections/book
This is his second collection of his comics and they are highly enjoyable. Most of the comics in the collection not only made me laugh but laugh out loud.

I used to love reading comics such as Garfield and Mother Goose and Grimm when I was a kid and this reminded me of the humor that I enjoyed in those books. All of the humor was directed at jokes about the author's children or parents and their children. I do not have children of my own but I could still relate to the jokes in this collection of comics. They were funny and some were very touching.

If you love comics, great humor, or have heard of Brian's comics I would recommend picking up a copy of this book. It was highly enjoyable and funny.


*I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher for an honest review.
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I've seen Fowl Language Comics before and they were funny. I couldn't wait to read this. I laughed every single page. (And my son is now twenty.) This is a must have for parents. It's slightly irreverent but it is so real. I did get this as a preview but I'm seriously thinking of purchasing a copy and encouraging my friends to do the same. It's the perfect book to read while hiding in the bathroom from your children.