How I Broke Up With My Colon is a funny series of comics illustrating real life medical stories and the strange anomalies of the human body.

While some of these stories were funny or heartwarming, others were downright frightening and made you a tad bit worried about humanity (like the mother who thought swallowing a needle would pass through the body with no issues…).
Although I didn’t enjoy every single story, I did find most of them to be quite funny and entertaining (and also enjoyed the nods to shows like Greys Anatomy and MacGyver). The art style was cute and was also quite informative at the same time. My favorites from this collection include The Monster, MacGyver Syndrome, Where’s Waldo, and Pancakes.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone, but think that any type of medical professional would especially get a kick out of this (which as a laboratory technician, I did!).

Perhaps not everyone's immediate cup of tea, but as someone who has "broken up" with their internal organs, it was mine. Enjoyable and relatable.

I feel like this had potential to be really fun and informative but as it usually is with books with comic style drawings it was too short to really leave a deeper impression.

it's funny, and weird, and tells stories of weird medical conditions; which I didn't expect to make me laugh but... oh well!

The medical stories are entertaining. Of course, it's funny if you are not the patient. The strips are funny like previous books. I hope he makes more organ-related books.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The cover is interesting. colorful and an unique choice of illustrations and title. haha.

This was my first book by the author, but I absolutely love medical themed stories / books.
So I was pretty excited for this one.
Their writing style is great. I wanted to read more after it was over!
The storyline flowed easily and was easy to follow.


I'll definitely be looking out for other work by this author.

Hilarious and such a fun read! Great for veteran comics readers and new comers to the genre! The author always provides a funny perspective on average topics.

*I recieved an e-arc of this book on Netgalley via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.*

In the past, I’ve loved reading these quick, humorous graphic novels published by Andrews McMeel Publishing! My love continues with this book, which contains 24 true tales of medical incidents! As someone who’s undergone her own medical emergencies and has sense developed a nearly unhealthy obsession with medical drama shows, this book was right up my alley.

If you’ve ever seen web comics by The Awkward Yeti, aka Nick Seluk,, particularly The Heart and Brain series, you have an idea of what you’re getting into. Seluk’s cute, simple art style of the organs and his comedic style help to diffuse the seriousness of some of these medical cases and keep them light and easy to read.

Each of the 24 sections are fairly short, which makes it easy to read a quick story and then set the book down, or to just binge it all in one sitting, as I did. While it’s not a book I think I’ll revisit too often, I think that this would make a great gift for a friend working in the medical field, for a med student, or for someone like me who’s just obsessed with weird medical cases!

I’d give this book 5/5 shining stars for being a fun, quick read that’s perfect for giving as a gift! The book comes out on March 24th, so if you want to give it to a pre-med or med student, it will be out in time for graduation!!!

Maybe I should have read the whole title of this book, but I wasn’t really expecting true hospital stories, I honestly just wasn’t a huge fan of this. I like his other books about the organs themselves and was expecting more of that, but this didn’t really do it for me, I was pretty shocked and in awe of the stories, so if you like medical shows you would probably love this but I usually try to avoid shows like that. It’s Not for me but I think it will still have a wide appeal elsewhere.

I love The Awkward Yeti comics on Instagram so I was very excited to read this and it did not disappoint! This book is filled with insanely bizarre and interesting medical stories that actually happened accompanied by the amazing artwork that we all know and love from the Heart and Brain comics. It was a quick, entertaining read that you'll enjoy If you're a fan of Nick Seluk's other work and weirdly fascinating medical stories!

Thank you so much to Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book!

I received an e-copy for an honest review of "How I Broke Up with My Colon" from Netgalley a while ago, and had previously reviewed it on goodreads. Compared to previous work by The Awkward Yeti, this book fell rather flat for me. I have always enjoyed his brain and heart comics, but this book felt as thought it lacked the humor and heart his other work has. There were a few stories in this book that I enjoyed, but overall it was not my favorite.

A gorgeously drawn graphic novel with an interesting narrative, plot, and concepts. Definitely recommended for fans of this genre. Absolutely hilarous!

I've thoroughly enjoyed all the Heart and Brain comics I've managed to come across. They are great if you've previously enjoyed Human Body Theatre by Maris Wicks or any of First Second's Science Comics series by Andy Hirsch. Offering a great mix of anatomical information and humourous commentary, The Awkward Yeti does not disappoint!

I didn't really like this one. I got this expecting something entirely different. But I guess it's good as long as you know what you got.

This was a funny and easy read. The stories were beautifully interpreted and given a funny twist through art and comic format. If you like medical stories, humor, comics, or all of the above then you will enjoy this book.

The Awkward Yeti has been a favorite since the heydays of comics getting viral on social media.
I've always adored having HEART and BRAIN as characters, because that leaves so much room for intelligent puns, jokes and such.
I also like that like in the previous book Body Language, they focus on one aspect and stretch that theme. As someone who works around health and wellness a lot, I find that these books are good comic relief and escape from life in general.

How I Broke Up With My Colon by Nick Seluk is a collection of 24 tales so unusual they border on unbelievable. Each story is told through comic frames, with different art styles. I worked in a hospital many many moons ago and came across my share of the strange and unusual. I LOVED this collection. I was spitting my tea and shaking my head. From a shell completely embedded in a person's foot, to a scare with a swallowed needle, these stories will amaze you. Highly recommended for medical personnel!

***Many thanks to the Netgalley & Andrews McMeel for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book was funny, fascinating, and gross all at the same time. Not for the squeamish, since the stories are actually true. Although, the illustrations helped to keep it light-hearted. I really think the title says it all, the stories are fascinating, bizarre, and true.

I'm pretty sure you can never actually go wrong with an Awkward Yeti book.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Author: Nick Seluk
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication Date: 24 Mar 2020

The stories weren't that interesting nor were they that funny. I have long enjoyed a lot of Awkward Yeti content, but this failed to do it for me.

If you're expecting The Awkward Yeti in this book, too bad, no Awkward Yeti here. What you're going to get is a bunch of weird, true medical stories that will make you glad they didn't happen to you, with lots of snarky organs and other body parts giving their side of the story in the background. You'll learn some really interesting things- did you know it's possible to have seven spleens?- and you'll laugh, snicker, and guffaw at the crazy medical antics (seriously, the pancake story, I was dying!). On their own, these would be entertaining stories, but with the cartoons, they become so much more fun! Buy it, read it, laugh one of your lungs loose, maybe you can be in the next volume!

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