{"title":"Julia Wertz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulia Wertz\u003c\/strong\u003e offers graphic novels that blend sharp wit with personal storytelling. Her works, including \u003cem\u003eImpossible People\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMuseum of Mistakes\u003c\/em\u003e, are marked by an astute observational humour and insightful reflections on everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a candid, often humorous exploration of the human condition, delivered through an expressive and engaging visual style. Wertz’s narratives invite contemplation as much as laughter, making her work a distinctive voice in graphic storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"museum-of-mistakes-by-julia-wertz-9781941250464","title":"Museum of Mistakes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor almost two decades, Julia Wertz has been documenting her life's most intimate, absurd, and amusing moments through a whimsical and hilarious diary comic book called \u003cem\u003eThe Fart Party\u003c\/em\u003e. Wertz retells childhood antics that end in scars and swears. She tracks, in real-time, her young adulthood as she forgot her college graduation, travelled cross country via train, and drank her way through a harsh break-up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter receiving much acclaim (and controversy), \u003cem\u003eThe Fart Party\u003c\/em\u003e became a series of self-published mini-comics, eventually collected into two volumes, published by Atomic Books. Long out of print, \u003cem\u003eMuseum of Mistakes\u003c\/em\u003e collects anything and everything that is \u003cem\u003eThe Fart Party\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePLUS: numerous pages of Julia's early comic work, unpublished and previously uncollected comics, short stories, illustrations, process pages, hate mail, sketchbook pages, tear stains, and more. This massive tome begs the question, 'what is a Fart Party?' And the answer is...you'll have to read to find out!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383926997228,"sku":"9781941250464","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4315233482879.jpg?v=1773389183"},{"product_id":"impossible-people-by-julia-wertz-9780762468256","title":"Impossible People","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn her keenly observed graphic memoir, \u003ci\u003eImpossible People\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronicles her haphazard attempts at sobriety and the relentlessly challenging, surprisingly funny, and occasionally absurd cycle of addiction and recovery.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpening at the culmination of a disastrous trip to Puerto Rico, the first page of \u003ci\u003eImpossible People\u003c\/i\u003e finds Julia standing stupefied in the middle of the jungle beside a rental Jeep she's just crashed. From this moment, the story flashes back to the beginning of her five-year journey towards sobriety that includes group therapy sessions, relapses, an ill-fated relationship, terrible dates, and an unceremonious eviction from her New York City apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFar from the typical addiction narrative that follows an upward trajectory from rock bottom to rehab to recovery, \u003ci\u003eImpossible People\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the lesser told but more common story: that the road to recovery is not always linear. With unflinching honesty, Wertz details the arduous, frustrating, and hilarious story of trying and failing and trying again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596655214828,"sku":"9780762468256","price":70.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c79a3ce9d33ee616f0298547f65bad8c.jpg?v=1777940382"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/julia-wertz.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}