This is one of those books you turn to when you're having a bad day. Be it to think "things could be worse" or in some of these cases "At least I'm not that guy'" but mainly because in some form or another it will take your mind off the little things for a short while.

Leave it to Nick Seluk, aka The Awkward Yeti, to bring medical mysteries to life in such perfect, hilarious ways.

I have always loved the Heart and Brain comics, which highlight so well our inner struggle between the rational, responsible path (Brain) versus the fun, follow-your-emotions path (Heart). Seluk has also done several other comics in which he brings other organs and body parts to life (who doesn't love Gall Bladder trying so hard?!).

This book is sort of an extension of that, but it's full of tales of bizarre yet fascinating (and usually horrific) medical issues that real people have faced. Seluk makes them fascinating (and I guess, kind of palatable?) through his humor and unique storytelling method. Part of that includes anthropomorphizing various organs and inanimate objects.

I'm not sure I'll ever love his other work as much as I love Heart and Brain but this was still an enjoyable collection and I'd check out anything new he creates.

Fantastic graphic novel about medical oddities. I've experienced some weird ones myself, so I could relate- as could my son, another sufferer of anosmia. I never thought I'd think a cartoon rendering of a colon was adorbs, but it totally was.

I needed one more graphic read this year to satisfy my appreciation for the artistic-love of comic-reality.

These were real medical stories from patients....
Gastrointestinal disorders... illnesses... and oddities.

Medical conditions, mysteries, painful physical challenges, chronic issues, are no joke....
however these stories were filled with humor and warmth and knowledge.

This was my first introduction with the author, Nick Seluk, and the Awkward Yeti.
I’m really impressed!!!!

Some very brilliant artistic, meaningful, emotionally felt helpful-medical-storytelling
going on!

Definitely a new fan!

These comics are my absolute favourite. How I Broke Up With my Colon is a mix of a few of my favourite things, crazy medical stories, cute comics and a fun tone. Really fun read!

Fascinating and hilarious stories of health issues and mishaps. Great choice to make them into comics! Fun for both adults and teens.

I am a huge, huge fan of Nick Seluk and his incredible work as The Awkward Yeti. I have all of his other books and a whole bunch the organ related merchandise.I was so excited to see his upcoming book, How I Broke Up With My Colon, available on Net Galley.

This one is a little bit different from most of his organ related work. While previous books were focused on the anthropomorphic Heart and Brain and the endless battle between the two, and later he grew to focus more and more on a wider array of other organs, giving them all personalities and coming up with endless creative tales about the organs themselves, How I Broke Up with My Colon is a set of short comic stories about various health issues and oddities that have happened to his readers and fans. Nick uses these stories, often including the storyteller’s own words, to illustrate a wide variety of experiences one might have with their body. So there are lots of humans in this book and it’s a bit of a departure from previous books. Never fear though! There’s adorable, hilarious, relatable organs aplenty, and appearances by the yeti as well. Just worth knowing going in, the focus is a little different and shifted from much of what we’re used to from Seluk.

In this one the organs are more like sidekicks, showing up with jokes and funny little asides. There’s a lot of diversity here from the title story that’s told as if the main character and his colon were dating and break up, to mysterious objects in places they don’t belong, medical scares, and even a story about mental health. Several stories are from doctors or the children or friends of doctors as well, one involving a lawn mower was especially funny to me. And have you ever wondered why the tooth fairy is so interested in collecting teeth? In this book you’ll get your answer!

I’m giving this one 4.5 stars and rounding up to the 5 because while I somewhat prefer having the organs at center stage, Seluk is, as always, an incredible storyteller. Even though he’s working with the stories of others here you get his trademark creative tellings and have to marvel once again at how he uses actual medical knowledge, a punny sense of humor, and his immense artistic talent, to help us all to understand and marvel at our bodies and how a disparate set of so many organs and parts, while occasionally uncooperative or dysfunctional, somehow manage to work remarkably well together much of the time.

Highly recommended (not just this book, but all of Nick Seluk’s work!) to bodies full of organs everywhere! Whether your organs work in such perfect harmony you’ve never given them a second thought, or if like me, they’re so dysfunctional you’ve taken to personifying them yourself at times, there is truly something for everyone here. Humor, fantastic art and creativity, a dash of medical knowledge, a dash of cuteness, and stories that will have you nodding along and feeling seen from the inside out, or laughing out loud.

Seluk is one of my all time favorite comic artists and I will be buying this one to add to my collection in March!

Delightful! I especially like the fact that all the stories, while weird, are relatively upbeat. And accurate while still being accessible to the average person. (I also "Broke up with my colon" in 2002 and I'm contemplating photocopying that story to hand out the next time someone asks....)

Nicely done! Amusing & worth reading!

The Awkward Yeti writes a relatable and interesting look at what it’s like to navigate a chronic health condition. I must admit - Tongue’s voice in my head sound somewhat like a snake (as there’s so many extra sssss’s). I loved the comics!!

Fun, quirky, and a little gross, this book brings the wonderful Heart & Brain humor to true medical stories. The stories varied greatly, which made the book feel slightly inconsistent.

This collection of weird medical comics is HILARIOUS. I cried laughing at the story called "Pancakes". Recommended for readers 16 years-old+ who aren't queasy about odd (and sometimes gross) stories.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a complimentary e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I love The Awkward Yeti comics and this did not disappoint, as countless other readers pointed out! This is an interesting anthology of medical stories and was not too graphic, probably due to the comic content!

Read 12/15/19 – 12/19/19

I was so delighted when the publishers approved me with the opportunity to review this. I am familiar with Nick Seluk’s comics online, so I was very intrigued by this concept. Much like the standalone comics he posts online, these are cute, funny, and surprisingly entertaining. Seluk does not disappoint as he takes every story, from the simple to the extreme, and finds a way to use his existing comic-verse to articulate these oddities of science in an entertaining way. I was also pleasantly surprised when I discovered this was nearly 200 pages long; there is an ample amount of content to enjoy with this book.

I think the biggest problem I had with the book was more to do with my own preconceptions of what I was getting. This is an anthology of medical oddities. Individually, they are great. True, some are better than others, but overall they are each fairly enjoyable. Unfortunately, when taken as a whole, I found myself losing interest. There was no overarching story-line which might have helped me stay interested, but there weren’t. It was just a bunch of random stories that got kind of boring.

That is why I have to rate this at such an average level. However, I think it is important to recognize people want different things from books. I imagine this would make a cute coffee table book, but if you’re a bookish person looking for a fun read, this does not stand out. I’ll probably still buy it when it comes out because it would make a cute conversation piece. 3.25/5 stars.

I love the art. How can you not? But the story? It was okay. Like any Awkward Yeti production it was short stories only more than one page. It tells the story of some medical incident through the words of the person it happened to and then also through the imaginative drawings of Awkward Yeti (Nick Seluk).

If you go into this wanting the same you get from the Organs books you're not really going to get it but it is really enjoyable. I would recommend it to others.

How I Broke Up with My Colon is a hilarious collection of medical oddities. Nick Seluk had me laughing out loud a lot of times! The cases presented are very interesting, and the comics and humor make that it’s very readable and easy to understand, even if you’re not into medical things. I think this makes for an absolutely perfect gift for anyone working in the medical field, but don’t hesitate to pick it up for yourself or anyone really, as these comics are GOLD. I promise the comics lighten even the grossest things up so I promise you: you can stomach this! Pun might be intended lol!

I've loved all of the Heart and Brain books, so I was really excited for this one. This was a fun journey through various medical issues. They still have the same humor, and the way they are illustrated make even the more grosser issues easier to deal with. This book had me chuckling to myself quite a few times.

The Awkward Yeti gets me. When my body parts seem to be arguing with each other, it's comforting to see someone else feeling the same way, and portraying it hilariously by personifying them and giving voice to the voiceless colon, heart, and esophagus. Simple art, devastating poignant moments, and teenage humor all come together to make this honest humor a real catch. Definitely reading again.

I have like all of the Awkward Yeti's stuff and this one was funny too! I wasn't as captivated as I have been in the past with Heart and Brain, but all of his stuff is great.

I wasn't sure really what to expect with this one (I just liked the cover so I requested it on Netgalley lol) but it turns out - I quite like it!

It's essentially a comic book and it tells all these true stories of several peoples illness/injuries. Every story is illustrated in a clever, catty way (white thought bubbles and all) and I love the twists of humor peppered in all throughout these serious events.

I really enjoyed this adult picture book and I bet you will too! 4 stars :)

Thanks netgalley for the chance to view the advanced PDF and give y'all my opinions on it!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this comic!

I love The Awkward Yeti!
I haven't read any of the previous book, but I've been following Seluk on IG for a while.
This collection of stories was great! These were real medical stories from patients and providers dramatized in the classic Awkward Yeti illustrations.
Some of these you couldnt imagine anywhere but on TV, others will make you laugh out loud.

Totally recommend!