Comments on: Comic book autobiography of a teen girl's life with braces http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 06:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-965653 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-965653 that book is sooo good i read it last year when i was in grade 6 and my friend who lives in Egypt and is coming back next year gave me the baby sitters club that book is sooo good i read it last year when i was in grade 6 and my friend who lives in Egypt and is coming back next year gave me the baby sitters club

]]> By: Unmutual http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874020 Unmutual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874020 "That night she falls face down on the pavement and knocks her two front teeth out (actually, one falls out and the other one gets driven up into her skull bone -- yikes). " Uggghhh! I didn't need to read that! Why would such a horrible thing happen to somebody that was not Glenn Beck? There is no justice in this world. . . “That night she falls face down on the pavement and knocks her two front teeth out (actually, one falls out and the other one gets driven up into her skull bone — yikes). ”

Uggghhh! I didn’t need to read that!

Why would such a horrible thing happen to somebody that was not Glenn Beck? There is no justice in this world. . .

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874278 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874278 raina's such an incredible talent. Smile is fantastic! raina’s such an incredible talent. Smile is fantastic!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874036 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874036 Knocking your teeth out is probably the one thing that just makes me absolutely cringe. For some reason it strikes me even worse than, say, getting a burn. *shivers* Knocking your teeth out is probably the one thing that just makes me absolutely cringe. For some reason it strikes me even worse than, say, getting a burn. *shivers*

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874037 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874037 You need to see this recent Onion headline then: "Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck" You need to see this recent Onion headline then: “Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck”

]]> By: toothandclaw http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874055 toothandclaw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874055 My family and I met Raina this past June at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC . She's an incredibly cool person, a great story teller and anyone who illustrated the Baby Sitter's Club series AND offers a "brace face discount" gets bonus points from my wife and daughter. My family and I met Raina this past June at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC . She’s an incredibly cool person, a great story teller and anyone who illustrated the Baby Sitter’s Club series AND offers a “brace face discount” gets bonus points from my wife and daughter.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874059 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874059 How weird: when I look at the thumbnail of the cover on Amazon I see braces on the smile. While I click "Look inside," the large version of the cover pops up and the braces are gone! I wonder if the publisher sent the wrong file by accident to Amazon, and only one of them has been updated? Or they scanned a pre-publication version that had a big error on the cover? How weird: when I look at the thumbnail of the cover on Amazon I see braces on the smile. While I click “Look inside,” the large version of the cover pops up and the braces are gone!

I wonder if the publisher sent the wrong file by accident to Amazon, and only one of them has been updated? Or they scanned a pre-publication version that had a big error on the cover?

]]> By: voracious32 http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874315 voracious32 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874315 I think that was the joke. I think that was the joke.

]]> By: mattdidthat http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874111 mattdidthat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874111 I love Raina and Dave's <a href="http://www.webcomicsnation.com/daveroman/engaged/series.php"><i>How We Got Engaged.</i></a> I love Raina and Dave’s How We Got Engaged.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874137 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874137 Seeing that gave me a flashback to how the mold tasted. I was traumatized by my braces "experience" because we were poor, and my father took me to an orthodontists' school, where they basically used me as a practice dummy. It was painful painful painful. They extracted four of my molars and pushed everything back. I think they contributed to my sleep apnea by narrowing my airway. Today, I understand, braces have progressed to being less of a traumatic experience. I hope no kids ever have to go through what I went through. Seeing that gave me a flashback to how the mold tasted. I was traumatized by my braces “experience” because we were poor, and my father took me to an orthodontists’ school, where they basically used me as a practice dummy.
It was painful painful painful. They extracted four of my molars and pushed everything back. I think they contributed to my sleep apnea by narrowing my airway.
Today, I understand, braces have progressed to being less of a traumatic experience. I hope no kids ever have to go through what I went through.

]]> By: Tavie http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-874450 Tavie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-874450 Woah, go Raina! I've known Raina and her husband, Dave Roman, for years and Dave's work is pretty darn spectacular, too - his website is http://www.yaytime.com/ His comic "Astronaut Elementary" is one of my favorites. Woah, go Raina! I’ve known Raina and her husband, Dave Roman, for years and Dave’s work is pretty darn spectacular, too – his website is http://www.yaytime.com/ His comic “Astronaut Elementary” is one of my favorites.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/31/comic-book-autobiogr.html#comment-882406 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-882406 Thanks for recommending this. I just bought it for my seven year old (on said recommendation) to read on the airplane and she's totally glued to it. Thanks for recommending this. I just bought it for my seven year old (on said recommendation) to read on the airplane and she’s totally glued to it.

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