I'm not normally a huge fan of autobio comics, and the main plot here is fairly familiar, but Wertz has enough inventive whimsy, craft and humour to make it work. If you don't like Wertz's humour I doubt you'll find much to connect with here, but if you do then it's an entertaining, engaging read. ( )

I liked it. A good autobiographical coming-of-age graphic book! ( )

This book could be my life. At times difficult to read, because the similarities between our two lives are so poignant, but excellent all around. Although I moved from Boston to Chicago instead of from SF to NYC, there are so many parallels here. Highly recommended to anybody who's homesick, depressed, trying to figure out life as an adult when you feel like a perpetual kid and in need of a laugh. ( )

julia has a simple and unassuming graphic style that works very well for the kind of self deprecating-everyday-life kind of humor she goes for. the book collects a lot of one to two page vignettes of her life after she moved from the bay area to new york city. each one is a mini story with a mini punch line at the end. although it's not laughing out loud kind of cartooning, or "oh you are so clever" kind of punchlines, it works. it keeps you reading and wanting more. she has a good pace and a knack for narrative rhythm. ( )

‘Drinking at the Movies’ is a coming of age memoir in graphic format. Wertz is the author/artist who created the ‘Fart Party’ comics. This book follows a year of her life when she moved from San Francisco to New York City, as she deals with serial unemployment, being broke, a brother who keeps ODing and going into rehab, a bad whisky habit, a comic strip she’s producing and a basic dislike for a good lot of humanity. The humor ranges from silly to dark, and Wertz is unsparing of herself and her flaws. It’s funny and touching. ( )