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A Softer World
Series · 4 books · 2009-2015

Books in series

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#1

A Softer World

Truth and Beauty Bombs

2011

A Softer World is a thrice weekly webcomic by Canadians Joey Comeau and Emily Horne. It first came online on February 7, 2003. Early comics had been published, intermittently, in zine form. With the launch of the website, the comic has gained wider recognition, most notably when Warren Ellis linked to the comic on his blog, and then began to feature it as a "Favored Puny Human". The comic won the first Web Cartoonists' Choice Award for photographic webcomic in 2007. It often appears in The Guardian and was profiled in the September 2007 issue of the Australian Rolling Stone. reprints the first 180 strips.
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A Softer World

Second Best Isn't So Bad

2009

As you might guess, this is a volume two - book full of the A Softer World comics. It is 244 pages. For extras, there are a bunch of the original, super-crappy photocopied ASWs that Joey & Emily made at the all-night Kinkos in 2002 — with commentary! That sections called Pretty Good for a First Try, you should get it just for that.Contains all the alt-texts from the site!
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A Softer World

Let's Do Something Wrong

2013

Like new. First printing, October 2013. 286 pages.
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#5

Anatomy of Melancholy

The Best of A Softer World

2015

The Best of A Softer World. Over 200 comics from the critically acclaimed series, including many that have never been printed before. Today is a good day to just start over. Be wary of saving too much money, because disaster could strike at any time, and I'm pretty sure heaven is just you sitting there wishing you'd bought an Xbox because it turns out you can take it with you but there's nothing to buy in the great beyond. Be on the lookout for new love! Everyone has kisses. Who is going to slip one into your pocket when you aren't looking? Your lucky numbers this week 1,2,3 all the way up to infinity, I am just saying. Good times are on the way. Open your mouth! Get Ready! A Softer World started in 2003, and ended in 2015, and will live forever in this book, and on asofterworld.com

Authors

Joey Comeau
Joey Comeau
Author · 20 books

Joey Comeau is a Canadian writer. He is best known for his novels Lockpick Pornography and Overqualified, and as co-creator of the webcomic A Softer World (with Emily Horne). Comeau currently resides in Toronto, Ontario. He has a degree in linguistics.

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