I don't generally read comics or graphic novels but I just LOVE Fowl Language! Any parent will appreciate the honesty that is portrayed on each page. My absolute favorite has got to be the "Bathroom Rules". Completely spot on and hilarious take on the everyday struggles of parenthood. I would definitely buy for all my friends with kids and first time parents.

Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real by Brian Gordon is a collection of comics about parenting, some were already published by Fowl Language online while some of it is brand new. Fowl Language is a comic for any parent or caregiver. The joy, frustration, wonder, and misery that are all part of caring for the next generation told via cartoon ducks. I follow the comic on Facebook, so I already had seen a few, but for some reason they never get old.

Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real is funny, sometime poignant, and almost always relatable. I love that Gordon includes the moments that we struggle with it all as well as the moments that make it all worth while. Anyone that enjoys the online comic will want to at least take a look at the book, but adding it to the home library might help get through the harder nights. This would also be a great gift to new or expecting parents, and those sending their kids out into the world on their own.

Hilarious and so relatable. Also, the ducks are a pretty unique character for this style of book!

I thought this book was hilarious. I’m not a parent myself, but I can only imagine this is what they go through. The constant chattering and energy that kids have must be tiring. I think that this is very relatable for a parent if they were to read it.

if you have the internet I am sure you have seen a comic or too and giggled. I don't have kids yet I just imagine all the struggles parents run into .. because kids just make messes, cry and want mac and cheese for dinner and I totally get how frustrating that is. This book shouldn't be available in an E edition but if so its best viewed on aikiko(free app) but I recommend buying the book for any parent with a good sense of humor out there!

Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real by Brian Gordon is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. I think I laughed, smiled, or smirked with each and every cartoon because I could relate after having four boys! The expressions and situations were hilarious and so on target with what parents are feeling and what they go through! I don't normally enjoy ever single cartoon in a book so I was pleasantly amazed when I was entertained by the craziness of this fun family. Thanks!

This collection of comics can be started at almost any page in the book. The comic is an internet based one and easy to find. But this collection is perfect to give to someone you know that has kids or knows what it is like to live with small children. There is some potty humor in here but it all really appropriate. I was certainly giggling at more than one panel in this book.

Funny at times but not for me as I do not enjoy filthy language which I did not realize this book had a lot of.

Funny, but kind of cheesy. Not my type of humor. Also, probably slightly more relatable to those with kids. Wasn't for me, but may be for you!

Funny insights into the many predicaments parents find themselves in and things they have to deal with. Apparently the first and biggest mistake anyone makes is thinking they know what they're doing! Less actual foul language than you would expect.

I really like the art of this one, its really well done, and I like the whole Duck thing - it makes it funnier. I'm not a parent (obviously) and it will probably be funnier to you if you are, but I have lots of cousins and a much younger sister - so I felt I could relate to it.

I enjoyed it.

Brian Gordon hits the mark with Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real. This collection of comics takes as its subject parenting, namely the situations that can make parents crazy.

The humor is both laugh out loud good and also spot on in portraying many of the situations. Who knew ducks experienced the same parenting obstacles that humans do? Amazing!

Highly recommended for anyone but especially parents and, in my case, grandparents. Seems the longer time since parenting young children makes the humor so much less painful.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.

As the title hints, this is a comic strip about a family of ducks, mostly the father, and how he copes with his ducklings, which is to say not very well but always funny.
Unlike most comic strips, which usually appear every day, this one doesn’t have a set schedule, and sometimes goes weeks without new material. That gives this collection extra appeal. Also unlike most comic strips, if you read this on the gocomics website they’ll be a link below for an extra panel/punchline at the strip’s website; thankfully those are included here.
“Maybe he’s just screwin’ with ya” is indeed the answer to why kids do anything. Also “I think he’s buffering.”
“I don’t like the way planes taste either!” Genius.
Not as much “laugh out loud” this time, though.

This book was a surprise for me. I expected to really like this book but not to adore it as much as I did. Brian Gordon has become popular online for his Fowl Language comics on his website: https://www.fowllanguagestore.com/collections/book
This is his second collection of his comics and they are highly enjoyable. Most of the comics in the collection not only made me laugh but laugh out loud.

I used to love reading comics such as Garfield and Mother Goose and Grimm when I was a kid and this reminded me of the humor that I enjoyed in those books. All of the humor was directed at jokes about the author's children or parents and their children. I do not have children of my own but I could still relate to the jokes in this collection of comics. They were funny and some were very touching.

If you love comics, great humor, or have heard of Brian's comics I would recommend picking up a copy of this book. It was highly enjoyable and funny.


*I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher for an honest review.
Thank you!

I've seen Fowl Language Comics before and they were funny. I couldn't wait to read this. I laughed every single page. (And my son is now twenty.) This is a must have for parents. It's slightly irreverent but it is so real. I did get this as a preview but I'm seriously thinking of purchasing a copy and encouraging my friends to do the same. It's the perfect book to read while hiding in the bathroom from your children.

Fowl Language: The Struggle Is Real accurately portrays with great humor the daily struggles of parenthood. It allows parents to see that they are not alone in muddling through the day. It is spot on and a pure delight.

Hehehehehe. This was amazing.

Gordon manages to convey the majesty, love and ridiculousness of parenting in this book. I love the illustrations of a duck being driven insane by his ducklings, with the occasional sweet panel of how much all the madness is worth it just to have a cuddle.


If it teaches you one thing: you need a sense of humour if you're going to get out of parenting with your sanity intact.

I've seen these comics around Instagram for quite a while now. They've helped me chuckle through dull days, so when I saw the full book was a Netgalley ARC, I just had to read it.

I flew through this in a single day and I really enjoyed the comics. Brian Gordon uses his own experiences as a father in writing these adorable comics. His children are played by the adorable pink and yellow ducklings.

This series is great for both parents and the everyday adult. I really enjoyed reading it. It's cute, it's funny, and it's a breeze to get through.

I really love Brian Gordon's funny Fowl Language comics. I'm sure every parent can relate to them! His new book is filled with hilarious jokes and is so much fun to read. You'll chuckle, you'll laugh and you'll say 'aaaww'.

I genuinely believe every parent with even half a sense of humor should follow Fowl Language comics, whether you do so on facebook or go comics or just pick up the damn books when they come out. Parenting is super rewarding but kids can also totally be tiny jerks, and Brian has found the perfect happy medium between sounding grateful to be a parent and still acknowledging that sometimes kids make us want to rip our hair out.

In particular, if you're used to following Brian's comics like I am, you'll be pleased to find out that the unique thing about this collection is that many of the comics have had a bonus panel added to them, so even though you might be familiar with some of the strips, you'll get some new ones, too!

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!