Have you ever schemed with a friend? Stared at your phone screen well after you should have gone to sleep? Braced for heartbreak? Been told to smile more? Then Unimpressed will undoubtedly speak to you. In a book that bridges comics and memes, Tacchia uses her biting sense of humor and background in animation to create brilliant character portraits of women with only markers, Post-it notes, and tape. A master of expression, figure, and subtle (and other times not-so-subtle) comedy, Tacchia's protagonists are usually unimpressed women -- who all share the fact that they don't give a shit about you, as Tacchia puts it.
What makes Unimpressed so impressive and entertaining is how Tacchia taps into instantly relatable feelings and situations while simultaneously creating art that exudes confidence and vulnerability. (Sample caption: When you went from giving him an earful to a mouthful.) Her often scabrous depiction of life as a young single woman today echoes that of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's (Fleabag) or Abbi Jacobsen and Ilana Glazer's (Broad City). Funny, smart, observant, sexy, gross, and relatable -- Unimpressed is a wonderful debut and a great gift idea.


Author: Miranda Tacchia
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 10/26/2021
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.6lbs
Size: 5.10h x 7.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781683964698


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021
Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 68

About the Author
Tacchia, Miranda: - Miranda Tacchia is a designer, illustrator, and cartoonist working in Los Angeles in the animation industry. She has worked as a character designer and layout artist for several animation studios, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Warner Brothers. Her work has been featured in galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and New York, as well as publications such as Juxtapoz and Printed Pages.