In 2010, she said of her career as a writer, “With my crippling ADHD and impulsive decisions this is a perfect job for me. When the blog was fully active, Brosh would upload a new entry every few weeks. She uses the Paintbrush software to draw the comic. Two books based on the blog have made New York Times Bestseller lists, and the blog and books have received praise, particularly for their depiction of depression.īrosh started Hyperbole and a Half in 2009 to avoid studying for her college physics final exam. There were some later updates in 20, and as of 2021 the blog is inactive.
The blog principally ran from 2009 to 2011. Hyperbole and a Half draws inspiration from " rage comics," with shared diction and simple, almost rudimentary art.
The illustrations are drawn in Paintbrush and use an exaggeratedly simple drawing style as an artistic device. Started in 2009, Brosh mixes text and illustrations in each post to tell stories from her childhood, general thoughts, and the challenges she has faced, particularly with mental health. *These are lies.Hyperbole and a Half is a webcomic and blog written and illustrated by Allie Brosh. Stories about things that happened to other people because of me So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book:
I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative-like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it-but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written.īrosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations.Įvery time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices.
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