Portraits from Life

So it took me awhile to get a grasp on Portraits from Life... and I still don't like it. A compilation of short stories that have absolutely no point? Not so much. At first I was kind of into the whole style like on the first 2-3 pages that had overly comic-stylish elements. I really liked the whole 'CAYUGA!' bubble and whatnot, but then the story ended without ever really going anywhere.

The second story was a little more appealing as it had a bit more substance, and definitely kicked the shit out of the third story which just sucked. Seriously the end of the third story? What the hell was that girl doing to her grandpa? She was like singing and jumping on him? Weird. But thats not the point. The point is, while although the art of this graphic novel is pretty intricate and interesting, I found it hard to even want to look at it due to the lame content of the stories. Short stories are sweet, but not when they are about old men becoming senile and reliving their glory days to younger people that really don't want anything to do with them.