Synopsis
"[In Wendy, Master of Art,] Scott manages a rare thing: the sharpness of his satire doesn’t preclude a realistic rendering of personhood, and the seeming flatness opens up, at every turn, to a depth of feeling…. His mastery of his characters’ faces and gestures is also wonderful, his line quick and sure and expressive." —The New Yorker
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16 June 2020
9781770463998Reviews
"I am blown away by Walter Scott’s Wendy." —Zadie Smith
"As well as being very funny and acute, Wendy, Master of Art is also weirdly touching. For all her faults, [Walter Scott's] heroine is intensely likable." —Rachel Cooke, The Guardian
"[In Wendy, Master of Art,] Scott manages a rare thing: the sharpness of his satire doesn’t preclude a realistic rendering of personhood, and the seeming flatness opens up, at every turn, to a depth of feeling…. His mastery of his characters’ faces and gestures is also wonderful, his line quick and sure and expressive."
—The New Yorker
"I thought I regretted not going to art school until a friend introduced me to Walter Scott’s Wendy comic book series... Wendyskewers art school and young adulthood alike via the lens of [its] titular protagonist."
—New York Times
"The funniest graphic novel of the year." —The Guardian, Best of 2020
"Funny, poignant, and scary. Scott makes you laugh and then rips your heart out." —Lit Hub
"Despite the signs that she might be growing up, Wendy’s rubber-band body and flailing limbs still draw laughs like a seasoned physical comedian." —Quill & Quire, 2020 Books of the Year
"With Wendy, Walter Scott gives readers the life of an artist suffused with too many hangovers, too much screen-time, and too much self-consciousness—sordid, hilarious, and compassionate." —Globe & Mail
"Whether you see yourself or your friends in the Wendyverse or not, and no matter your proximity to the art world, Wendy comics are painfully relatable and incontrovertibly hilarious in their honest account of life as a young person." —Canadian Art
"[Scott] achieves what all my favorite artworks-about-art do, which is to show that art, identity, and politics are fluid parts of being alive, informing one another in mysterious and fascinating ways."
—Garage
"Scott’s satire is sharp and his slapstick refined: even the merest doodle is side-splitting."
—Globe and Mail, Best Books of 2020
"Scott takes advantage of the many hidden possibilities of the comic medium for a story that could be told no other way... Wendy, Master of Art is a great pick for students, ex-students or anyone who likes to laugh."
—Emma Levy, Shelf Awareness
"[Walter Scott is] a skillfully economic storyteller with a sharp wit, especially sending up academic art-speak."
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"Wendy’s personal life remains chaotic, hilarious, and relatable…" —Quill & Quire
