- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Oni Press (2 Jun 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1934964026
- ISBN-13: 978-1934964026
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 175,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Meet Barry Ween, the smartest living human. What does a ten-year-old boy do with a 350 I.Q.? Anything he wants! Cranky, egotistical, arrogant, and foul-mouthed, Barry in general wants to conduct his experiments and be left alone, but it never seems to work out. Hurdles that Barry must outmaneuver range from time warps, to art thieves, to inter-dimensional warfare with gorillas, to accidentally turning his best friend into a dinosaur! This massive volume collects all three Barry Ween mini-series - 12 issues in all - for a complete compilation of the hit series, The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
6 Dec 2009
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This "Big Book" reprints all of Judd Winick's Barry Ween comic books (a mere 12 issues). 10-years-old Barry Ween is the smartest person on Earth, with an IQ of approximately 350. Most of his adventures featuring him trying to get out of some predicament inadvertently caused by his inventions, often because of the blundering of Barry's friend Jeremy. These are extremely funny comic books, although there is a serious moment at the end that shows that Barry does have a heart beneath his sardonic facade. More please, Judd!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Brilliantly funny!
19 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
This collection is one of the funniest comics I have ever read. This comic is not for kids. There is a lot of swearing, etc. However, adults will find it laugh-out-loud funny. The stories are both irreverent and touching. The ending is heart-warming and heart-wrenching at the same time. I hope Judd Winick writes many more Barry Ween adventures.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Young, Gifted And Mad...
21 Aug 2009
Format:Paperback
Barry Ween is not happy.
But then neither would you be if you had an IQ of 350, had mastered the art of human cloning, inter-dimensional travel and robotics, and proven not only the existence of - but also the complete pointlessness of attempting to communicate with - alien life, whilst having to suffer the indignity of living with your parents and going to school on a big yellow bus with a best friend who is more interested in the Oreos in your lunchbox than the fact that you've just managed to resurrect the dinosaurs. Never mind the fact that despite your massive intelligence, you're singularly incapable of conducting a coherent conversation with the foxy Asian chick that you have a crush on or that, most frustratingly of all, you're still waiting for your testicles to drop.
No. All of the above is bound to make you a pretty misanthropic customer and that's exactly what Barry is. You don't want to mess with him. He has a cavalier attitude towards the sanctity of human life and a particle accelerator in his school bag - and he knows exactly what to do with the latter. Seriously.
Featuring artwork that tangentially resembles "Calvin And Hobbes" and the sort of language that would make the Baby Jesus cry, Judd Winick's "Barry Ween Boy Genius" is probably the best kept secret in comics. It is brilliantly written and drawn and features the kind of dialogue that is both endlessly quotable and 'crack-you-up-and-have-you-convulsing-on-the-sofa-with-laughter' funny. Why it's not been praised from the rooftops, made into a big screen movie or at least syndicated into a late night adult cartoon show on "Comedy Central", I'll never know.
"The Big Book Of Barry Ween - Boy Genius" collects all twelve issues of Barry's adventures, runs to about three hundred and sixty one pages of glorious fun, filth and profanity and is rife with glorious pastiches of everything from "E.T." and "Die Hard" to "Men In Black" and "Conan The Barbarian".
Learn why Barry's mum prefers Barry's dad 'after' he has been regressed down the evolutionary ladder; why Barry's best friend, Jeremy, should never be left alone in the lab; how one deals with a basement full of obstreperous three-star generals and Centaurs and why, in the final poignantly drawn pages, Barry really is just as vulnerable as the rest of us lowly mortals.
Put your money down and take this ride, ladies and gentlemen.
You deserve the laughs and Judd Winick deserves the attention.
But then neither would you be if you had an IQ of 350, had mastered the art of human cloning, inter-dimensional travel and robotics, and proven not only the existence of - but also the complete pointlessness of attempting to communicate with - alien life, whilst having to suffer the indignity of living with your parents and going to school on a big yellow bus with a best friend who is more interested in the Oreos in your lunchbox than the fact that you've just managed to resurrect the dinosaurs. Never mind the fact that despite your massive intelligence, you're singularly incapable of conducting a coherent conversation with the foxy Asian chick that you have a crush on or that, most frustratingly of all, you're still waiting for your testicles to drop.
No. All of the above is bound to make you a pretty misanthropic customer and that's exactly what Barry is. You don't want to mess with him. He has a cavalier attitude towards the sanctity of human life and a particle accelerator in his school bag - and he knows exactly what to do with the latter. Seriously.
Featuring artwork that tangentially resembles "Calvin And Hobbes" and the sort of language that would make the Baby Jesus cry, Judd Winick's "Barry Ween Boy Genius" is probably the best kept secret in comics. It is brilliantly written and drawn and features the kind of dialogue that is both endlessly quotable and 'crack-you-up-and-have-you-convulsing-on-the-sofa-with-laughter' funny. Why it's not been praised from the rooftops, made into a big screen movie or at least syndicated into a late night adult cartoon show on "Comedy Central", I'll never know.
"The Big Book Of Barry Ween - Boy Genius" collects all twelve issues of Barry's adventures, runs to about three hundred and sixty one pages of glorious fun, filth and profanity and is rife with glorious pastiches of everything from "E.T." and "Die Hard" to "Men In Black" and "Conan The Barbarian".
Learn why Barry's mum prefers Barry's dad 'after' he has been regressed down the evolutionary ladder; why Barry's best friend, Jeremy, should never be left alone in the lab; how one deals with a basement full of obstreperous three-star generals and Centaurs and why, in the final poignantly drawn pages, Barry really is just as vulnerable as the rest of us lowly mortals.
Put your money down and take this ride, ladies and gentlemen.
You deserve the laughs and Judd Winick deserves the attention.
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