As much as I enjoy Heart and Brain, I was interested to see how Seluk would handle a different subject.This book is pretty straightforward, pretty much just a direct representation of the events as they happened with the occasional personification of organs. If you have any interest in weird medical stories give this one a look.

When I saw that Awkward Yeti had a new book out, I knew I needed to read it. I was excited that I was approved for the ARC on NetGalley too!

I loved the concept of this book. It was really fascinating to see the bizarre health stories. The illustration is exactly what you expect from Nick Seluk. The stories were well illustrated and fun to follow. At times they verged on gross, but the drawings were never too gory or graphic, which I enjoyed. This could be an excellent book for anyone who loves Awkward Yeti or if you want to give a book to someone while they're resting from an injury.

'The Awkward Yeti Presents: How I Broke Up with My Colon' by Nick Seluk is an illustrated collection of stories from people illustrated including the famous internal illustrations from The Awkward Yeti.

The stories range from freakish injuries, like getting a kernel of popcorn lodged under a tongue, or getting and injury that causes someone to lose their sense of smell, to the bizarre, like a person born with internal organs in the wrong place. There are also stories of doctors and shark bites and other things.

The stories are sometimes a bit gruesome, but they are all light and most are pretty funny. The illustrations are pretty amusing, although some are a bit gross. I had a lot of fun reading this collection.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

I found this book to be quite entertaining. It was a fun little read that helped me pass the time. I found some of the stories to be very fascinating.

How I Broke Up With My Colon is different take on the short story/biographies format. Inside the graphic novel you will find funny medical stories illustrated by Nick Seluk who is better known as The Awkward Yeti.

The graphic novel is both funny and horrifying. I say horrifying, if only because some of the medical stories are ones that could happen to anyone 😱 Having said that though, a lot are very rare or ones that people have been dealing with since childhood.

I found How I Broke Up With My Colon to be quite entertaining! The book was one that I was able to quickly read as it had not only engaging content but as each story unfolded I found myself having to know more about these poor people.

If you’re a fan of The Awkward Yeti then I would definitely recommend you pick up a copy of this book. If not and you’re just looking at it thinking it looks like an interested read – it is and you should give How I Broke Up With My Colon a read!

Please note: I received a copy of How I Broke Up With My Colon from NetGalley.

Okay, so you know how you're either really into weird medical things or they give you the heebies? I'm in the first boat. And this was delightful.

Actual, real medical things that have happened to actual, real human beings, told in slightly morbid but mostly slightly hilarious illustrations. That's it, that's the book. Literally. Some of them are a little bit iffy, some are just straight weird, or dumb, others very, very uncomfortable, but all wrapped up in a neat little package like this they're kind of fun. I was beyond amused.

2.5 stars.

A nice and quick read, some of the stories were nice, others not so much.
I can't deny the fact that the organs being drawn like that was actually terrifying to me. (for some reason???)

I've always been a rather huge fan of Nick Seluk's <em>Heart and Brain</em> comics and, in my exploration of those comics, I happened upon his colon comics. One of my all-time favorites of Seluk's work is a comic strip in which he depicts everything from brain, heart, tongue, and yes, colon's reaction to spicy food. And it was hilarious. I've been pretty sold on these books and comics ever since.

<em>How I Broke Up with My Colon </em>by Nick Seluk wasn't quite as focused on humorous commentaries about the colon as I was expecting, but it did detail a number of strange medical stories that have happened to people he knows. In true fashion of Seluk's work, much of it was quite amusing and a portion of it was at least somewhat relatable.

I do think that Seluk's best work comes from the ideas that are relatable, which leaves this particular work of his a little less than the rest of his stuff. That said, I did really enjoy it overall as a read. While I'm definitely more inclined to stick to the Heart and Brain books, there's a lot of merit to reading this bundle of comics that Seluk has put together. And I can say, without question, that I'll be eagerly looking forward to the next installment he comes out with.

<em>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</em>

Review to go live on Reader Fox Blog March 23, 2020.

If you want to hear about crazy medical incidents; but can't handle it on the TV this is the perfect cure! I laughed, I cried, I can't believe these are real!

I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this weird collection of medical stories told through illustrations. It is a fun, quick read to lighten your day and make you chuckle. Would make a great bathroom or doctor’s office waiting room book.

#HowIBrokeUpwithMyColon #NetGalley

I like Nick Seluk's style. He lets the "patients" tell their own stories, but includes asides and organ input that make the stories amusing. I enjoy his Awkward Yeti webcomic, and appreciate the fact that he uses his established characters to supplement these brief accounts and make them memorable.

Seluk collects true stories of weird, strange, and freaky medical experiences and they are related by the typical Awkward Yeti characters with a few new people added in.

This is by no means your normal Awkward Yeti collection. It’s not a collection of comics featuring Brain and Heart. These are short, true stories that Seluk has collected from a variety of people. They tell the story and he illustrated it. The stories range from ones that will keep you from eating popcorn for weeks to strange shark attacks to people whose insides make medical doctors gawk. You will simultaneously be saying “No way!,” “Ewww!,” and laughing out loud. Which sounds totally messed up, but I promise is accurate. (Well, at least for me. I’m not the average reader, though. You can ask my former AP Bio students who quite lovingly told me that I’m secretly a psycho mad scientist. Of course, that was usually after test days…) All that said, this collection is not for the squeamish, the faint of heart, or those with hypochondriac tendencies. They are most definitely for the bio science nerds who love tantalizingly obscure medical conditions and treatment stories. (In other words, if you don’t know what to get your favorite pre-med student, ER nurse, pathology tech, or human anatomy teacher, you can snatch up this book.) I would totally have this on the shelf in my human anatomy class if I still taught that. I’m not sure about putting it on my 6-12th Media Center shelves…I can see a middle school kid who loves Awkward Yeti cartoons picking this up and being a bit traumatized by some of these stories. But totally hand this to your favorite bio science nerds who can handle blood and gore and freak medical accidents.

Notes on content [based on the ARC]: Some mild to strong swear words appear but are covered up by “applesauce” stickers (the more mild the word, the less the sticker seems to cover). No sex scenes. One story involves a man losing a sensitive part of his anatomy in a freak accident. There is some blood shown and described, some surgical procedures shown and described. Probably nothing more gory than you could see in a PG TV show. There are several disturbing accidents that could incite anxiety or hypochondriac tendencies in more sensitive readers.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I take my time to read this one because it didn't go directly for my kindle as the NetGalley books usually do.
I always loved the awkward yeti comics and this book is no different. Loved.

I've been a big fan of The Awkward Yeti for a while now. I think everyone can relate to at least one of the comics that have been put out before. I know I have. While I didn't relate to most of the comics in this book I appreciate them because of my own weird medical issues. This book may be different from the other books but it's still just as funny and I'd recommend it to anyone who needs a laugh.

I love all the Heart & Brain comics & follow Nick Seluk online, so I'm familiar with the style. I thought this book was really interesting in how it illustrates the real live medical experiences of actual people. I was both fascinated and horrified by some of the stories! Like what?!! Some things you just don't want to know about!! (but also kind of do???) Shout out to cameo by one of my faves--The One and Only "I maked these" Gallbladder. That phrase is never not funny to me!

*Thanks to NetGalley & Andrews McMeel Publishing for the review copy*

3.6/5

I love "The Awkward Yeti' and it was the real reason I wanted to read this one. BUT umm I was kind of let down when I started reading it.
The reason I love Heart/Brain creator Nick Seluk is because his comics connect directly. The starting of this one, was not so satisfying as I was kind of lost.
The later part of book I found interesting and there some very interesting stories.

The highlight of book is offcourse the illustrations, but I also liked how each story had a "happy" end.

Thanks #netgalley & publishers for providing eARC in return of an honest review.

Noticed this book because I'm a fan of the illustrator. This is an excellent compilation of humorous medical stories from people with strange and sometimes downright crazy medical conditions. All are short, easy to understand as a medical layperson and hilariously illustrated. This would be a great addition to a high school library. I would recommend it to reluctant readers or even students interested in going into health care.

A unique book of cartoons that would be amusing to read while waiting in a doctor's office. It includes 24 true and illustrated medical stories that are ludicrous and at times grotesque. Just the sort of grotesque that many enjoy. Some of the adventures include the unbelievable story of a young man with foot pain who later learned he had somehow gotten a snail shell stuck inside, another gentleman who spent a lot of money on doctors and tests to learn that what he needed was a giant fart, two gardeners who do great damage to themselves in order to create attractive hedges, If laughter is the best medicine that this book is what you are looking for. It is your chance to learn what anosmia and situs ambiguus mean . You will also discover a unique cure for heart palpitations, the use of rubber cement to put an end to diarrhea, and an popcorn kernel stuck inside a tongue for days. That is just for starters.

I got an ARC of this book.

Yet another book I did not really look at before I requested an ARC. I saw a comic creator that I like and that was enough for me. This is not the usual comics that The Awkward Yeti does. Instead these are illustrated versions of true weird medical stories that people submitted. So if you like things like Untold Stories of the ER, but instead of actors you have the lovable organs from The Awkward Yeti reenacting the stories, this is for you.

It took me a while to warm up to the book. It was about a hundred pages in before I started to actually enjoy what I was reading. At about a hundred pages, my partner had arrived in my house and I was reading the book out lout to him. That increased the joy and the humor of it. So if you find this to not be as enjoyable as the other Awkward Yeti comics, you aren't alone. Try reading them out loud. Though I doubt that every story could have been improved my my (nonexistent) theater skills.

Overall, the book was not what I wanted and it was only half enjoyable. This is not the Awkward Yeti that I love and it was disappointing. The jokes were eh. About half the stories were actually interesting, but I think that varied because the creator used the words of the people who submitted the stories. There was a range of story telling skills submitted. So overall, eh. I still love the Awkward Yeti but this was just eh.

I've been a fan of The Awkward Yeti for some time now. Brilliant comics! This collection breaks away from his characters and illustrates people experiences with the body and mind in crazy and often hilarious ways. Just a warning - you might cringe at some of these stories, but you will also laugh out loud. A wonderful way to appreciate the durability of humanity.