David Heatley

A narcissist creates a monumentally narcissistic work about his narcissism. The back cover tells me this is hilarious, but all I felt was anger and exhaustion as I read. But then I decided, fuck that asshole, I'm not letting him have that kind of power over me, and let it go. He can try to live with his crap; I don't have to.

Seriously, though, his wife could gun him down in the street in front of a hundred people tomorrow, present this as Exhibit A at her trial, and walk out a free woman show more from any court in the land. show less

This book was exhausting to read. I truly began to loath the author halfway through for his self-righteousness, narcissism, and cringe-inducing faith. I have never read a more self-centered memoir and that is saying something given the nature of the genre. I gave this three stars because I did learn some interesting things about AA and I enjoyed reading about his dis functional family

Heatley's book is a memoir in comic form. He covers some big topics: sex, race, mother, father, family tree, and fatherhood, and although he is oftentimes brutally revealing about his own life, the mixture of humor and honestly keeps the book from drifting too far into either "big themes" or navel gazing territory.

[full review here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-brain-is-hanging-upside-down-by.html ]

This is a really great comic book. It's funny, revealing and embarrassing. I loved it! It really is an illustrated look inside a person's thought process. The book breaks down into the author's sex history, race (every relationship he has ever had with a black person), and kin (comics about his mother, father, distant relatives and kids).