I Hope This Helps: Comics and Cures for 21st Century Panic

Description

Tommy Siegel's writing is at once sweet, sarcastic, and hilarious - targeting specific aspects of pop culture while still appealing to a general audience. Through simple doodles and amusing characters, Tommy's comics express endless amusement about our phone-obsessed modern society. This collection includes highlights from Tommy's viral '500 Days of Comics' project, along with three essays about the experience of being a creative person in the age of social media and how our phones are changing our brains and relationships. Tommy's writing is as scathing as it is sincere, while always keeping a funny, lighthearted tone. This collection also introduces the Candy Hearts characters, a brilliant vehicle for expressing all the ways in which romantic couples are not always on the same page. A must for comics-lovers of all ages and backgrounds.

Tommy Siegel is a Brooklyn-based musician and artist. As the lead guitarist for the power pop trio Jukebox The Ghost, Tommy has toured internationally and appeared on leading late-night television programs. His 500 Days of Comics challenge, in which he posted an original comic online each day, led to a viral following with comics shared by Ringo Starr, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tim Heidecker, Dan Aykroyd, and many hundreds of thousands of others. On any given day, you can find Tommy getting over-caffeinated and producing music in his home studio for commercial use, film and TV, other artists, and his own projects.