I Want You

The filthy, funny early work from the acclaimed illustrator and Bojack Horseman production designer

Before the critically acclaimed animated shows, the bestselling graphic novel Coyote Doggirl, or the humor collections Hot Dog Taste Test and My Dirty Dumb Eyes, cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt was a comic-book-industry sensation with her Ignatz Award-winning minicomic series I Want You. Hanawalt's outlandish humor and ingenious formalism are evident in the comics collected here. Her love of anthropomorphism and scatology are on full display, all lovingly and grotesquely drawn by Hanawalt in obsessive, unnerving detail.

The stars here are She-Moose, who we join sex-toy shopping, and He-Horse, who we learn mid-flight suffers from ornithophobia. The true star of I Want You may just be Hanawalt's hilarious command of the graphic listicle. "Top Causes of Freeway Accidents" is a prescient pre-BoJack display of Hanawalt's love for all things equine. "Things We Are Sorry We Did Last Night" includes the murder of all Hanawalt's Google doppelg ngers. Whether she's discussing the daily commute or masturbation, she packs each comic in I Want You with punchy cultural observations and sharp-witted reflections on typically taboo subjects. A master humorist, Hanawalt strikes the perfect balance between drawing the gorgeous and the repugnant, the fantastical and the lifelike, the bizarre and the hilarious--creating a deeply human experience that everyone can relate to.

Author: Lisa Hanawalt
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 08/18/2020
Pages: 140
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781770463882
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/29/2020
Library Journal 08/01/2020 pg. 54

About the Author
Lisa Hanawalt is an artist living in Los Angeles, CA. She is the creator of the animated series Tuca and Bertie--which will be premiering its second season on Adult Swim in 2021--and the production designer/producer on Netflix's Bojack Horseman. Lisa has worked on illustrations, book covers, animations, comics, and textile patterns. She co-hosts the podcast Baby Geniuses with comedian Emily Heller. Lisa has published three previous books with Drawn & Quarterly: My Dirty Dumb Eyes, Hot Dog Taste Test, and Coyote Doggirl.