Trashed: A Graphic Novel

Although I found this book enjoyable, and liked the series of facts spread throughout this book on trash and the history of trash, I couldn't really engross myself in it 100%. I don't know if it's because the topic is that of "trash" and there are a few gory scenes in there, or if it's because of the storyline itself, but I simply could not immerse myself in this book.I will take the easy way out here and use another reviewer's excellent take on this book that reflects how I felt about it:"There's this thing I tried to express before in a review of a play, about dialog and how it works and doesn't work, and then I read this article about Mad Max: Fury Road that crystallized the whole thing for me. Here's what director George Miller says about dialog.At a simple level, you're not trying to use dialogue as exposition, you're using it as part of behaviour, and language itself is distorted.Dialog can be really grating as exposition and really effective as characterization. Dialog tells you a lot, not through the information contained in sentences, but the language used and the way things are said. I think this is especially true and noticeable in film, plays, and comics because they have the expository visual tools to carry some of the load as well, so when dialog is used as exposition, it's extra painful.I won't call Trashed lazy because it's not lazy, but when I write expository dialog, it's laziness. Always. It's a failure of imagination to show and demonstrate something in a better way."This may possibly be the core of the issue for me: the dialogue. The conversations seemed a bit contrived and not very realistic. You don't need to expand on every little thing you say, because it takes away from what it is you're saying leaving you feeling a little...well, annoyed.A very good book nonetheless, with great illustrations and graphics. Just needs a little more work in terms of characterization and story line.

John Backderf's previous graphic novel "My Friend Dahmer" was an international bestseller. If there's any justice in the world,"Trashed" will become one, too. A reworking and expansion of stories Derf first told as a webcomic, "Trashed" tells the story of a young man who takes on "the crap job of all crap jobs," working as a trash collector on a sanitation crew.If you've ever had to work a job where you had to take at least three showers when you got home to even BEGIN to get the stench off you, or even if you've just had one where you had to deal with a knuckleheaded work force and a pain-in-the-ass boss, you wll relate to this story. Derf's drawing technique gets better each time out, and his ability to tell an interesting story is as good as his work with his pencils and pens. "Trashed" is based on Derf's real-life experience. Although it's a novel, it feels real because it IS real.Buy a copy for yourself, and while you're at it, get one for that teenager or young adult who sits by themself in the corner at family gatherings because they think nobody understands them. They'll be glad you did.

Trash MATTERS and Backderf does a good job of describing the history of garbage and the ecologically and socially toxic effects of our trash-spewing economy. However, the trash facts, woven throughout the story, weakened the relationships between the characters. I own Trashed, V1 and read the "Trashed" webcomic that this book evolved from. I miss the the raw, personal energy of the first volume and the looser, smuttier tone of the webcomic. The strengths of this book are in the brilliant dissection of small-town politics (cycles of power and power wielded behind the scenes) and the ever-improving art. I loved the engineering of Woody's comeuppance and I can't look at the MacGee "money shot" panel without laughing. It is a work of perverse beauty and comic genius and a great improvement over the first version in the webcomic. However, the bond between the two men on the back of the truck isn't as strong as it was in Trashed I and there aren't any moments that bring seasoned Service Department workers and short timers together, like the scene with Curtis, JB and Mike in the cemetary, in the webcomic. Backderf works iteratively, recycling and reworking material. Recycling can be good and Trashed, the book, shows immense artistic progress, but some of the sweet bits were lost in the process.

I was wondering how interesting this would be, but check it out from the library because I liked what the author did with his graphic novel My Friend Dahmer. It was an interesting story that helped me understand what a sanitation worker goes through on a day-to-day basis, with well-developed and very human characters. It was also very informative about recycling and trash disposal in this country. It was eye-opening for me, and has actually made me a more eco-conscious consumer. I’d love to see this book taught in schools.

This book is a life changer.I've enjoyed reading this comic and learned a lot from it.I am horrified of the way we/the people dispose our garbage!We as human beings really need to rethink the way we manufacture and dispose of things.I do care about the environment and have always tried to act responsibly but there is so much that I didn't know.The book has also motivated me to do hours and hours of research and to pay our recycling center a visit.It's effected me in so many ways. Thank you for creating it.I hope everyone can read it.

A book that doesn't pull any punches, 'Trashed' draws inspiration from Backderf's brief stint as a bin man way back when. Interspersing unsettling factoids about America's trash between the day-to-day rigmarole faced by J.B. and his fellow village service workers, even those of us lower-totem types who don't necessarily work in 'service' can relate.Artistically, Backderf forgoes the 'organic robots' of 'My Friend Dahmer' for more laid-back rendering. Shadows are not as prevalent in this tome, and even then, are done as part of the 'bluewashes' that give the drawings their sole colour. Indeed, if 'Dahmer' was Derf Backderf's Palomar, 'Trashed' is his Regular Show- if Regular Show had forgone the surrealness for the more mundane.In conclusion, a book to make you laugh, and a book to make one think about the all-too-real impact they have on the world around them....

It's a real different book in comparission to the Dahmer book but once you get used to switching gears, there was some parts that actually made me laugh out loud. I like it.

Nulla da dire lui è un genio del fumetto! E' in grado di prendere una storia semplice e farla diventare epica. Assolutamente consigliato!

If you produce garbage, you need to read this book.

Todo bien