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Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts

An Awkward Yeti Collection
Series: Heart and Brain
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Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts brings back the endearing characters of Heart and Brain in a new collection of over 60 vibrant comics exploring mental health and daily challenges. This follow-up to the bestselling Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection expands the cast to include whimsical organs like Tongue, Bowels, and Stomach, offering fresh, humorous perspectives on the battle between rational thought and emotional impulse.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for fans of comic collections like Poorly Drawn Lines, Liz Climo, Randall Munroe, and The Oatmeal, this is a perfect read for anyone interested in witty, relatable takes on mental health, medical humour, and the quirks of everyday life.

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Fans of Poorly Drawn Lines, Liz Climo, Randall Munroe, and The Oatmeal will love this riotous collection marking the return of optimistic Heart and analytical Brain with over 60 brand-new, never-before-seen comics.

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Fans of Poorly Drawn Lines, Liz Climo, Randall Munroe, and The Oatmeal will love this riotous comic collection marking the return of optimistic Heart and analytical Brain with over 60 brand-new, never-before-seen comics about mental health and everyday challenges.

“Who would’ve guessed that a talking heart and a brain could give you lessons, laughs, and love instead of just nightmares and PTSD.” —Kris Wilson, Cyanide & Happiness

Vigorously demanded and highly anticipated, Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts is the follow-up to Nick Seluk’s popular New York Times bestseller Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection.

As the lovable characters from the first book return, this collection introduces a host of other vital organs like insatiable Tongue, irritable Bowels, and abused Stomach, giving a new twist to everyday situations.

Nick Seluk’s hilarious but thoughtful full-color comics perfectly illustrate the ongoing, internal struggle betwixt rational head and joy-seeking heart, making Gut Instincts relatable not just to doctors, nurses, or other fans of medical humour but to all of us trying to get in shape, deal with a cruel world, or simply get that song out of our head.

Series: Heart and Brain

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  • Heart and Brain: Onward to Good Things!
    New York Times bestselling author Nick Seluk returns with a charming, hilarious, and inspirational book of comics in which his popular Heart and Brain characters fight through the world's gloom and uncertainty and march toward a brighter, more hopeful future. This book of inspirational and hilarious comics directly addresses the mental health challenges we’ve been through collectively as a species,...
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  • Heart and Brain: Body Language
    Heart and Brain: Body Language continues the adventures of the loveably conflicted sentimental Heart and rational Brain, as well as other bodily inhabitants like Gallbladder, Muscle, and Tongue. Warm-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny, these comics bring our inner struggles to vibrant, humorous life.
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  • Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts
    Fans of Poorly Drawn Lines, Liz Climo, Randall Munroe, and The Oatmeal will love this riotous comic collection marking the return of optimistic Heart and analytical Brain with over 60 brand-new, never-before-seen comics about mental health and everyday challenges. “Who would’ve guessed that a talking heart and a brain could give you lessons, laughs, and love instead of just nightmares...
    Paperback
    $4900
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks

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Praised for blending humour with heartfelt insight, the book has been celebrated as "lessons, laughs, and love instead of just nightmares and PTSD" by Kris Wilson of Cyanide and Happiness. Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine, noted his affection for the strip, while Sarah Kolkka of Elephant Journal highlighted its viral success. Ally Hirschlag from Upworthy calls it "as inspiring as it is funny."

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781449479787

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 November 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 331g

Pages: 144

About the Author

The Awkward Yeti was created by cartoonist Nick Seluk in late 2012, followed by the Heart and Brain spinoff in 2014.

Nick pursued his lifelong dream of being a professional cartoonist after serving nine years in the corporate world as a graphic designer. In his childhood, he drew inspiration from classics like Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Garfield, and The Simpsons.

Nick lives with his wife, three young kids, and a lovable, ornery old dog in the suburbs of Detroit.

Heart and Brain, and a growing cast of organs can be found at theAwkwardYeti.com and on most social media sites.

Also by Nick Seluk

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  • Heart and Brain: Onward to Good Things!
    New York Times bestselling author Nick Seluk returns with a charming, hilarious, and inspirational book of comics in which his popular Heart and Brain characters fight through the world's gloom and uncertainty and march toward a brighter, more hopeful future. This book of inspirational and hilarious comics directly addresses the mental health challenges we’ve been through collectively as a species,...
    Paperback
    $4700
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks
  • Heart and Brain: Body Language
    Heart and Brain: Body Language continues the adventures of the loveably conflicted sentimental Heart and rational Brain, as well as other bodily inhabitants like Gallbladder, Muscle, and Tongue. Warm-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny, these comics bring our inner struggles to vibrant, humorous life.
    Paperback
    $4900
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks

Also by The Awkward Yeti

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  • Heart and Brain: Body Language
    Heart and Brain: Body Language continues the adventures of the loveably conflicted sentimental Heart and rational Brain, as well as other bodily inhabitants like Gallbladder, Muscle, and Tongue. Warm-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny, these comics bring our inner struggles to vibrant, humorous life.
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    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks

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