Books like Childhood Is Hell

I read this in hiding when I was in 5th grade. It doesn't seem so scandalous anymore. Just remember there is more to Matt Groening than The Simpsons- he actually used to be kind of cool! Look out for the Marlys reference: Groening and Lynda Barry are good friends. I realized one of my favorite things are drawings with a lot of stuff going on and humorous captions pointing to little details: the Life in Hell books are full of these, and can occupy you for a while . Lynda Barry does this a lot,too. So do the Elizabeth Levy "Something Queer" books, and the Magic School Bus series. I aspire to these kinds of drawings. Somebody light a fire under my ass.