Thank so much to Sarah Andersen, Andrews McMeel Publishing, and Netgalley, for the opportunity to review an ARC of this collection.

I love Sarah Andersen's particular brand of self-deprecating humor, and I think it's the thing that resonates most with a lot of us. Her third installment comes with a bunch of comics about making art, dealing with anxiety, the garbage fire that has been post-2016, life on the internet, reading, and of course, herding cats. She's also included a really cool self-help guide at the end for artists, with a lot some cool advice and much-needed reality check about what it's like to live in the era of the interwebz.

Great stuff, but was hoping for more cats. Actual rating 4.9/5

As always Sarah Andersen's comics are so relatable and hilarious! I really enjoyed the end section where she includes more writings and advice on what it's actually like to be an artist in today's age of social media and Internet trolls. Highly recommended for fans of her comics and previous books as well as for any aspiring artist out there.

I think the main reason for the success of Sarah's Scribbles - beside being utterly hilarious - is that it's so easy to recognize yourself in her strips.
I mean, nearly each page I turned, I couldn't help but think <i>'But this is me!'</i>.

I adore this series of graphic novels as the main character is relatable. The illustrations are well-done and wonderfully demonstrate the ideas. I recommend this series to many readers.

A humorous take on being an introvert young adult, especially geared toward artists.

I'm not a huge fan of the illustrations, but the text was humorous and relatable for fellow introverts. I liked the section about online presence and the advice to aspiring artists.

This is the 3rd graphic novel in the Sarah's Scribbles series, but the first one I have read. I enjoyed this one, and look forward to reading the others.

I love Sarah's Scribbles! They're funny and really relatable. The first part is filled with short comic strips, like in the two previous books, while the second part is advice for aspiring artist.
Recommended!

This book is a collection of relatable comics that portray daily life. What I liked about it is the "Making stuff in the modern era" section where the author shares her experience as an artist on the internet. She tells us what to expect if we become an artist, offers 5 tips on surviving the internet as a creative individual and wraps up the book by nudging the reader to voice their thoughts by making stuff.

I didn't quite enjoy the first part of the book as much as I adored her earlier books. I reckon it is because I've already been following her webtoon and there weren't many new comics. Since I've read some of the comics very recently on Line Webtoons and they are fresh on my mind, reading them again in the book did not appeal much to me. Perhaps if there was a gap in time of publishing a comic online and in a book, it would serve as nostalgia rather than appear as repetition. Would still recommend this book.

When I discovered Adulthood Is A Myth early this year, I was enamored with author Sarah Andersen’s humor and her trademark artistic style. Despite her city living vs my small town setting and the age difference between us, there were many parallels between her thoughts and mine. I read her second book, Big Mushy Happy Lump, soon afterwards and then was doubly pleased when I was able to read her third book through NetGalley that will be out in March 2018.

What stood out in this third volume was her honesty about the creative process and how self doubt and self sabotage come into play even as she has now gained mainstream success. There is a section in the back in which Andersen gives advice to new illustrators and shares how the internet has corrupted much of her former joy in sharing her work. Her guide for the “young creative” is actually appropriate for all ages as her practical advice about artist survival is from her own hard won experience. While this book is as funny as her previous two, there is definitely a maturing in her work that was welcome.

I look forward to future Sarah’s Scribbles book, as the talented author and illustrator has created a very relatable set of books. Bravo!

Quite simply the best work that has come so far from this iconic cartoonist and memoirist. I am floored by the honesty and humor that she infused on every page.

Absolutely hilarious and so relatable!

Plus this third book is also inspiring

I just LOVE Sarah’s books!

I love Sarah Andersen, I follow her on Facebook and always laugh at her cartoons. I think I had already seen most of the cartoons in the first part, but the second part was the best: this book introduces a personal essay about how difficult it is being an artist now that the internet is part of our real lives. The thought highly resonated with me because I remember the times where the internet was something that was outside your real life, it couldn't actually touch you, and I've always resented the change that social networks brought. The essay is lovely, inspiring, and encouraging, I hope she writes more stuff like that in future books.

I adore Sarah!
For hardcore fans of Sarah's Scribbles (such as moi) there's not much here you will not have already seen online, but this edition also includes a few chapters on Sarah's musings on being an artist and tips for the youngsters on what it's really like to be an artist today.

Sarah Anderson is always a delight, and this newest collection was no exception. She has a way of bringing some of my (and hers) most personal insecurities to life in a light and funny manner. She's relatable, and smart, and witty. Those who loved her first two collections will love this one.

4.5 stars

Introduction:

I have been hearing so many good things about Sarah Andersen’s popular “Scribbles” series and yet, I was not able to pick up any of her books when they were coming out. Well, now I finally got the chance to pick up one of her books through NetGalley, which is the third book in the series called “Herding Cats” and I was quite amazed by the humorous antics shown in this book!

What is this story about?

In this volume, Sarah shows her experiences in both real life and the internet life through her artwork (or scribbles as they are known as) to relate to the readers such as trying to get through one page in a book only to keep on reading the book even after you promised yourself to just read one more page or seeing some progress happen in the United States only for the 2016 elections to cause mayhem afterwards.

What I loved about this story:

Sarah Andersen’s writing: Wow! I was quite amazed by how Sarah Andersen wrote this graphic novel series! I loved the way that Sarah Andersen relates her observations about real life both through her life and through the internet in a humorous yet thought provoking way as I found myself agreeing with a majority of her thoughts about real-life. I really loved the part about the 2016 elections as it was stated in one of the panels about how politics was making progress before 2016 and then the 2016 elections hit and there was chaos and mayhem! I was also impressed with the fact that this graphic novel series is similar to Allie Brosh’s series “Hyperbole and a Half” as both series have the authors relating their own lives through their artwork and both are done in a hilarious way! I also loved the fact that Sarah Andersen provided some advice at the end of the book about how to deal with the pressures of both the real world and the internet community and how if you encounter some struggles in your life, just keep on creating things that you love (in Sarah Andersen’s case, it is continuing to draw her comics no matter how hard things get in both the real world and the internet community).

Sarah Andersen’s artwork: Sarah Andersen’s artwork is truly hilarious to look at as the characters are drawn in a squat comic book fashion and I especially love the images of Sarah herself as she is drawn as having spiky hair and is wearing a black and white striped shirt. I also loved how Sarah Andersen conveyed some of the situations in real life through the images such as the state of politics being shown as a person with an American flag shaped head and then the next panel shows lots of people fighting each other in a fiery landscape after the results of the 2016 elections.

What made me feel uncomfortable about this story:

The reason I took off half a point from the rating was because I felt that the story telling was a bit disjointed at times and it was hard for me to really follow what is really going on in the story, even though this is meant to take on different aspects of real life and put them in comic book format.

Final Thoughts:

Overall, “Herding Cats: A Sarah Scribbles Collection” is a truly hilarious graphic novel to read, especially if you want to see a more humorous take on real life!

First things first... I love Sarah Andersen. She has a wonderful way of showing what anxiety, depression, and introversion is. It's completely refreshing to find a graphic novel with a character that I relate to so deeply.

Herding Cats is hilarious, and relatable. I spent my time reading this and laughing. I related so much to these cartoons I thought for a second that Sarah Andersen was stalking me and based her story off of me. It was that scarily accurate.

All in all, this is a book that most people will be able to relate to and love.

As a long-time fan of Andersen's comics, this was a joy to read. The art is adorable and amazingly expressive, the comics are hilarious and relatable and got many chuckles out of me. I really liked the last part where she offers encouragements to artists during these exhausting times, because it's exactly what's needed.
The only reason I took one star away is that there isn't much new in this book, there isn't anything original about it. Still a wonderful read, but maybe something new would be nice for the next one.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.



I thought the cartoons were pretty funny, but what I liked the most is that it gives you some tips on how to deal with some issues that are pretty real and it made me think about some stuff that it did not cross my mind before.I will be picking up her other 2 books before this one.