This is a short book of illustrated medical stories, told in comic strip type of drawings style. It's really cute & entertaining, & actually is of educational value....& the artwork is colorful! The title 'How I Broke Up with My Colon' is one of the 24 stories included. Most of the stories are a bit humorous, & it's all pretty 'G- rated'!
I was awarded an e-ARC of this book from Andrews McMeel Publishing via NetGalley, with the understanding that I'd read it & post my own fair & honest review.

What a strange book. I did not enjoy it as much as his usual comics. I wasn't quite sure who the target audience for this book was.

I am sure it is a great book so I’ll give it 3 stars for originality. However, seeing as it won’t let me download and read the book I can’t give it any more than that.

The minute I saw this comic I was interested in it. I´m in med school so a book about bizarre health stories was right up my alley and I´m very happy that I picked it up. This comic has small “chapters” in which we follow different true health stories. The author manages to turn horrific medical events into something funny and lighthearted while also being informative and real.

This comic was so funny, adorable and informative and I had a great time reading it. I was reading this while I was in class and I actually interrupted my teacher to ask if he had seen something like this (ops). My favorite part had to be when the author couldn´t draw a representation of what the patient said so he simply wrote “above the artistic abilities of the creator”.

Overall, if you are looking for a short fun comic that will make you laugh and also teach you some things, this is perfect for you. I am definitely going to keep an eye out for other Awkward Yeti comics.

Thank you so much to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I thought that this book would just be just another collection of the always-delightful Awkward Yeti comics, but what I ended up with instead was better than I ever could have possibly anticipated. As should probably be no surprise, Nick Seluk's warm, squishy art style and large cast of adorable and quirky organs are the absolute perfect medium to elevate any medical mishap or bizarre trip to the doctor's.

This is different from most of the other Awkward Yeti comics that I've read. These are true medical stories of weird health problems, surgeries, and gross infections. They are told with funny jokes and drawings of cartoon body organs. The kidney makes stones, the colon is constantly grumpy, and the appendix is just misunderstood.

If you like weird health stories, then you would enjoy this quirky humor. I found it sort of nauseating to hear about all the nasty medical stuff.

Disclaimer: I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a free and honest review.

As usual, Nick Seluk nails it with this comic book. A pure delight to read and educational to boot, it’s not quite for the faint of heart, but still highly recommended. Seluk manages to turn otherwise horrific medical stories into humorous moments that you can’t help but giggle through. A few chapters in particular, one involving lawn mowers and the other with rubber cement, were noteworthy. I think I actually gasped out loud. You may shake your head once or twice but you’ll definitely want to keep reading!

I received an Advance Review Copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a collection of fun, light, and sometimes gross true stories, so I enjoyed it a lot! The book is an easy read with a couple of more substantial stories. The illustrations are quirky and a perfect complement to the text.
I wish there'd been a page that explained how the author came by/collected these stories. Some are from patients, some are from healthcare providers... That's what I was most curious about when I finished.

I never know how to rate the Awkward Yeti comics because they are hilarious, but never 5-star heart touching hilarious amazing, you know?

Anyway, this collection from The Akwars Yeti is about freaky medical things that have happened to people. It's fun to read through - especially if the human body and it's bizarre nature is something that interests you. Some stories were funny, almost all were weird and the illustrations were pretty dope, as always.

10/10 would recommend!

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC of this book! All opinions are my own!

ABSOLUTELY LOVED EVERY PAGE!

As a cancer survivor who has had numerous inadvertent comical medical encounters throughout his journey, I thought this book was a great look at the humor within a hospital's four walls. I even learned something new in each story. I shot through it in less than a day, and probably could have done it even faster if my pesky job didn't get in the way.

ARC gained from NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Wow! The stories contained in this collection are truly harrowing and terrifying. The Awkward Yeti has delivered yet again with his trademark with and charm.

Review to come in March 2020 on blog/goodreads.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I do love The Awkward Yeti's comics and so I couldn't resist this book about all sorts of health stories, I wasn't sure what to expect though, other than health and comics. :P Let me just tell you, my tumtum isn't happy with what he read. :P I would probably already have been feeling naesous reading about it, but also having graphics and illustrations made things a tad too much. That shell. OMG, ewwwwwwwwwwwwww, or that needle, OMG. And that is just two of the stories.

This book contains 24 stories about bizarre, fascinating and yes, all true health stories. From a trip to the beach ending with a lump to the tooth fairy to a monster inside someone. I liked that we also found out several things about the illness/health problems. I learned quite a few things about things and I love it.

Not all the stories were ones I enjoyed, and no I am not talking about the ones with gross stories and images and photographs, I am talking about those that just didn't interest me much. And yes there were a handful.

Oh, and at times the stories just seemed to end abruptly. Which I just found a very big shame. At times I was still very much into the story only for it to just end and the next one to begin.

I liked seeing the organs pop by, but also see the humans walk around.

I just loved the art and how well it fits with this book (and in general with the stories that The Awkward Yeti writes/makes).

All in all, if you don't mind blood, guts, gore, and disgusting health stories, be sure to check these out. You will learn something, and it is just so interesting to see what kind of silly things the human body can get up to.

Nick Seluk has produced another entertainingly illustrated collection. Using some of your favourite characters from Heart and Brain he illustrates a collection of anecdotes of the weird conditions and situations presenting in the doctor's clinic. As an Awkward Yeti fan I enjoyed Seluk's style, but felt it missed some of the whimsy of his comics. 4 stars.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was one of the funniest books I have ever read. I was expecting a few laughs when I saw the cover, but I ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting and laughing pretty much the whole time. As someone who has struggled with chronic illness, reading some of these tales of medical weirdness, accidents, and illnesses helped me find the humor in some of what I've been through.
The artwork in this story was just as hilarious as the stories too. I mean, who doesn't love an ornery, anthropomorphic colon?
Overall, I had a great time reading this book and highly recommend it to anyone with a love of science, medicine, and silly stories, or anyone who, like me, is in desperate need of humor after dealing with their own medical dramas. This book was so cleverly written and I'm really looking forward to reading more works by this author.

"How I Broke Up with My Colon" was a fun and cute read filled with all sorts of medical stories ranging from how eating an old box of pancake mix went terribly awry to lawnmower accidents that involve the entire neighborhood. Perfectly categorized as a coffee table book and a quick read, this book will peak your medical interests without all the medical jargon of "Gray's Anatomy."

I love the Awkward Yeti, so thought this would be more of the usual humor that you see there.

It is not.

Instead, it is just as funny, and weird, and tells stories of medical conditions that turned out weirdly. Done in the same style as that of the Awkward Yeti, we hear stories of kidney stones, and moldy pancakes, and losing ones sense of smell.

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Fun, but weird book.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Incredibly funny and real stories about people's medical maladies. I'm used to reading Seluk's single comics, so reading whole stories was very rewarding and I laughed more than I probably should have at these people's stories. I appreciate people's willingness to share crappy moments in their lives for the amusement of others, and Seluk does wonderful work with all the different organs.

How I Broke Up with my Colon is by Nick Seluk, of Awkward Yeti/ Heart and Brain comics/ Organ Attack card game fame. I love his comic collections, so I was super excited to get approved for an advanced copy of How I Broke Up with My Colon. As soon as I downloaded it, I started reading. The book is surprisingly easy to tear through without realizing it. A classic case of "just one more" turning into staying up past my bedtime and finishing the book without realizing it.

So the good news is that the stories are easy to read, and the collection is difficult to put down. The bad news is that the stories themselves are just fine. There are some really fascinating obscure medical conditions and accidents featured. But the way the stories are related is very anti-climactic. I didn't think stories like nosebleeds that come out the eyeballs could be less than absorbing, but they all sort of petered out into "and then the condition was fixed. The end." Not that I didn't want the conditions to be fixed. It's just that the way the stories were related wasn't super satisfying. A condition would be introduced--they might be fascinating, or grotesque, or funny, or sad, or some combination thereof, but sometimes they weren't even very interesting--then they'd be solved, and we'd hop right on to the next story. Makes for easy reading at least, if not satisfying.

The art is, of course, the highlight of the book. Nick Seluk creates such engagingly clever art that anthropomorphizes the various working parts of our body so well. That art translates well to these medical stories. I think I'd read pretty much anything he illustrated because I enjoy his work so much, and this book is no different.

So, if you're looking for short, quirky medical stories with clever, humorous graphic illustrations, that you can read through in one sitting, pick up a copy of How I Broke Up with My Colon. It should tide you over til the next Heart and Brain comics are released, and you may even learn about obscure medical conditions in the process.

Thank you to #NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for letting me read a free #advancedcopy of #HowIBrokeUpWithMyColon. This is my honest opinion.

You can find this and other reviews on my blog at www.onceaweekormore.wordpress.com

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
I have enjoyed the Awkward Yeti comics I have read before. This one was somewhat different from the others I've read but still has a lot of humor. I loved the artwork too.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Awkward Yeti is by far one of the best comic strips out today. I love all the organs. And this book tries to bring to light some of the ways they like to mess with people. Its laugh out loud funny.