"365 Days With Jay" chronicles the life and times of it's creator Jay Marcy. He has new posts each and every weekday and I highly recommended it to anyone that enjoys autobiographical comics.

 For my money "365 Days With Jay" by Jason Marcy is the best journal comic out there at the moment and yes, that includes James Kochalka's "American Elf." In this wonderful strip we meet Jay himself, his beautiful wife and adorable son, as well as his cantankerous boss and conversant coworkers. What I find most appealing about the strip is that Jay doesn't make any attempt to sugar coat his daily existence. He presents his life as it is with brutal honesty, warts and all.

 In this autobiographical comic we bear witness to the good and bad times in equal measure. We are the fly on the wall as he argues with his wife and becomes impatient with his rambunctious little boy but are also there to see the families enormous love and affection for one another. We are privy to Jay's private thoughts and internal dialogue and are able to hear our own self doubt and fears echoed there too.

 Jay's black and white artwork is both muscular and accomplished. He draws some of the most fantastic facial expressions I've ever seen and is able to capture a wide range of emotions with just a few brush strokes. His art is both economical and comical and yet as realistic as his depiction of life itself.

 So, be sure that you check this comic out each weekday because spending the day with Jay is time well spent.

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Jason Turner's "The One (Hundred) Page Project" feels like a dream in the most literal sense. In the beginning of this series you read about the absence of "Manien" which one assumes to be the author's significant other.

Jason Turner's "The One (Hundred) Page Project" feels like a dream in the most literal sense. In the beginning of this series you read about the absence of "Manien" which one assumes to be the author's significant other. His daily life immediately begins to spin out of control and into a realm of surrealist angst and poetic wanderings. "The One (Hundred) Page Project" reads a like long Haiku in comic form. Through the typical perspective, these strips would be called, "journal comics," but they are much more than that. Turner has created a quiet meditative mood throughout his daily going-ons even in the more dire situations. He is whimsically self-deprecating and keenly observational to a still world around him. The art style for the most part, is done with confident but simple, bold ink strokes. With occasionally lapses into productive experimentation. Each strip taken by themselves may seem simply quaint, but taken as a whole, "The One (Hundred) Page Project" moves the viewer in and out of places and across strangers who feel like friends much like a dream. ... read it now!

Erica Moen is more than the sum of her farts.

Ok, sometimes the truth does tread lightly. Moen understands that realism has comes in many forms: silliness, sadness and all spots in between. It's rare to find a comic that brings validity to the medium the way Erika Moen does. Her comedic art style combines traditional comic gesticulations with surrealism and topics run the gamut from farts to sexuality all of which are dealt with on a day-to-day basis. Her comic persona is well defined and matures/immatures through the years and allows for the reader to form an instant connection with her. ... read it now!