Buddy moves back in with his parents with Lisa. Hilarity, as you can probably figure out, ensues. I’m running out of words of praise for these beauties. I think part of my problem before is that these are deceptively conventional. I only saw the obvious things when I read through this a few years ago, like the obnoxious 20 something complaining about everything in the world, instead of seeing just what they’re saying and how they’re saying it. Also in this volume: Buddy opens up his own business and spends a day babysitting his sister’s kids. Look, I’m going to cut this one short. Anybody who’s already read this far in the series isn’t going to need any convincing to get Volume 4, and anybody who hates this series with a burning passion isn’t going to read anything in this volume that changes their mind. It’s the same old Hate, which is something that has rarely been equaled, as far as I know. Oh, I should mention that this volume is also in color, which brings a lot more than I thought it would to the book. I would have said that it didn’t need it (hell, 99% of the stuff I read doesn’t have it and I think it’s the best stuff around), but it really added a whole new dimension. I might not even have noticed it was a big deal here but the last few (short) stories in the book are in black in white and it just seems so much shittier than the color stuff. Who knew that that thing on top of Stinky’s head was yellow? And I don’t know how Bagge could have even drawn that monster truck if it would have been in black and white. Maybe that’s what’ll convince people to start reading it with this book: it’s in color and he moves back in with his parents, so it’s kind of like a new beginning in two different ways. Are you buying it yet?
