Modicum - Softcover

Semegran, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615769500 ISBN 13: 9780615769509

Publisher: Sugar Skull Books, 2013

Synopsis

This collection of short stories, musings, and cartoons by award-winning writer Scott Semegran explores such themes as parenting, pets, religion, masculinity, and the apocalypse. In the story titled The Butterfly Effect, a father watches his daughters lovingly care for a squirmy gang of caterpillars. When they morph into butterflies, the girls witness the true meaning of life. Another story finds little boy Rogelio playing with his friend George in the ditch behind his house. Rogelio's mother is glad he has a friend to play with until she finds out George's true identity. In the story In My Garage, a group of friends make a pact that they will spend the last night before the end of the world partying in the garage. And that's just what they do, creating their own mayhem on the eve of the apocalypse. This collection runs the emotional gamut from endearing to hilarious to twisted and is guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, or both at the same time.
 
Praise for Modicum:
 
"Funny, sweet, dark, and sad, Scott Semegran's comics and short stories create a wholly convincing world of love, loss, and fear. His light touch with heavy subjects is a gift, and his forays into silliness are a delight. I can't tell if his kids should read it as soon as possible, or never." - Emily Flake, cartoonist and author of LuLu Eightball.
 
"Hilarious, poignant, twisted... and those are just the stories. Scott Semegran's cartoons bring an added one-two visceral punch to a powerful collection of work." - Davy Rothbart, author of The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas and publisher of FOUND Magazine.

About this title

About the Author:

Scott Semegran lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, four kids, two cats, and a dog. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English. He is a writer and a cartoonist. He can also bend metal with his mind and run really fast, if chased by a pack of wolves. His comic strips have appeared in the following newspapers: The Austin Student, The Funny Times, The Austin American-Statesman, Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, Seven Days, The University of Texas at Dallas Mercury, and The North Austin Bee. Books by Scott Semegran include Sammie & Budgie, Boys, The Meteoric Rise of Simon Burchwood, The Spectacular Simon Burchwood, Modicum, Mr. Grieves and more. He is a Kindle bestselling author.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sugar Skull Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0615769500
• ISBN 13: 9780615769509
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 130
• Illustrator: Semegran Scott