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Summary
Summary
Adam Ellis knew it was time to leave art school when a fellow student presented her final project to the class: "I put a condom on the Virgin Mary," she announced, unveiling a cheap figurine sheathed in latex. The professor loved it. Baffled by the praise his classmate receives, and intent on becoming an artist on his own terms, Adam plots his escape to Portland, Oregon to begin his life in the real world--only to realize that adulthood is a lot harder than it looks. Based on the blog of the same name, Book of Adam details Adam's hilarious trials and tribulations in his attempt to become a functioning member of society. From his arrest after shoplifting a bottle of chocolate milk to a misguided attempt to make friends that lands him in a shack with a hippie couple who have just skinned a rabbit and are trying to entice him into a three-some, Adam is an amicable guy who can't seem to keep himself out of trouble. Paired with his signature black and white illustrations, Adam's stories weave together an uproariously funny and ultimately charming narrative about a young man trying to find his place in the world.
Author Notes
Adam Ellis is a 26-year old artist and blogger. When he isn't illustrating for his site, he does freelance design for comic book publishers. His blog is www.BooksofAdam.com and his Twitter handle is @Moby_Dickhead.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
Artist Ellis (who runs a blog with the same title as the book) had an epiphany when a fellow student in his undergraduate art class won praise for submitting a cheap plastic figurine of the Virgin Mary encased in a condom for her senior project. Ellis decided it was time to move on. He left Boston for Portland, Ore. Once there, he recounts his struggles to find a decent apartment, friends, and most importantly, a job. What follows is a series of often self-deprecating vignettes, as Ellis throws himself into situations with the best intentions (camping, for example) that take a turn for the worse (he wakes up to find a stranger defecating next to his tent), many of which are accompanied by his crisp, humorous drawings. Readers looking for melodrama or hipsters looking for detached, ironic superiority will be sorely disappointed; Ellis is an affable, likable narrator, and his "can you believe this?" tone is well suited to this slim, amusing tale. Agent: Monika Verma, Levine Greenberg. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
| The Art of Moving On | p. 1 |
| The Chocolate Milk Incident | p. 11 |
| City Livin' | p. 25 |
| Creepy Friends | p. 43 |
| World's Best Boss | p. 61 |
| Night People | p. 79 |
| Four Days Pretending to Be a Rabbit | p. 97 |
| Call of the Wild | p. 109 |
| What Could Go Wrong? | p. 125 |
| To Serve and Annoy | p. 145 |
| The Breakup Breakdown | p. 159 |
| Mahalo, Come Again | p. 177 |
| Iron Goddess of Mercy | p. 199 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 211 |
