Wait... It Gets Worse

Kendall (the Lester of the Lesser Gods series) and Latino add more than 50 pages of new material to this hilarious collection of their long-running autobiographical comics series. The wide-ranging anecdotes ruminate on the everyday humiliations of middle age (“I’m practically 50 and have no marketable skills... fuck following my bliss”), child-rearing (“Why don’t you and your penis go back to New York!” shouts Doug’s daughter, having recently been taught how to name intimate body parts), workplace humor, and San Diego Comic-Con. Other vignettes veer into the fantastical with the appearance of werewolves (actually another parenting gag)—and recount the time cows ate Latino’s crop during his brief foray into pot farming. Kendall’s art boasts a rubbery style that looks right out of vintage Mad magazine. Guest artists include alt-comix creators Julie Peppito, Ben Granoff, and Sarah Grillo, and full-color chapter frontispieces are provided by Bob Fingerman, Danny Hellman, Josh Neufeld, and others. This raucous showcase is sure to appeal to fans of Harvey Pekar and Joe Matt. (Oct.)