quotes

“sometimes i think that life might almost be halfway okay if only i didn’t have to deal with other people!” so says ivan brunetti in “misery loves comedy”. there are times when i know exactly where he is coming from.
brunettti’s is hard to describe. he is a talented and skilful cartoonist. his style is clean and distinctive, yet he has the ability to ably copy other famous strip cartoonists and subvert their style to his ends.
but it is not the why brunetti draws that makes him special but his brand of remorseless nihilism and self loathing yet somehow he is able to raise a chuckle in the reader.
there is a part of me thinks that much of it is just put on in the same way that tracey emin’s and trent reznor’s angst has moved from being heartfelt to being just an artistic signature. regardless of my feelings about brunetti’s authenticity he does it incredibly well.

oddly while i fine myself agreeing with brunetti i found myself totally disagreeing with another book i was reading where the author said that people soon get tired of brown-nosers. oh if only that was the case. most of the bosses i have worked just love the staff that toady up to them. even worse they always seem to be the staff that do well.

the morals of these stories? that being a miserable bastard can pay off, but things might be better if you suck up. i shall bear these lessons in mind when i get a new job.