Justin Green's Binky Brown Sampler

Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: Even if this wasn't my father's book I would still love it. I have Obsessive compulsive disorder as well. When I feel like I am the only crazy person in the world, I read Binky Brown and feel better about myself. A must for all nurotics.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting Account of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Review: I like Justin Green's stuff. "Binky Brown Makes Up His Own Puberty Rites" is an excellent example of adolescent anguish. Also, I grew up Catholic just like the author. So I eagerly read this book. A big disappointment. This is not a story of adolescent anguish, or Catholic guilt, or rebelling against moral authority, or anything else one can identify with. It is an account of the progress of a psyvhiatric disorder. If the author were Jewish, or Bible Christian, or communist in his upbringing, the symbolism used would have been different. But still, this is an inner, medical disturbance, not an artistic struggle.Not a search for religious identity. Not something I can identify with.

Rating:
Summary: Overlooked classic of the Undergrounds.
Review: This is a great collection. 'Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary' is a real masterpiece, a disturbing autobiographical story of neurosis and catholic guilt. Any fan of Robert Crumb or the Drawn & Quarterly crowd of autobio anti-heroes should appreciate this. Also contains many shorter pieces of excellent quality that first appeared in rags like Arcade, Raw, and Weirdo. Most people would ignore such intense and honest work, but why should you?

Rating:
Summary: Overlooked classic of the Undergrounds.
Review: This is a great collection. 'Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary' is a real masterpiece, a disturbing autobiographical story of neurosis and catholic guilt. Any fan of Robert Crumb or the Drawn & Quarterly crowd of autobio anti-heroes should appreciate this. Also contains many shorter pieces of excellent quality that first appeared in rags like Arcade, Raw, and Weirdo. Most people would ignore such intense and honest work, but why should you?