This volume collects issues 5-8 of the ongoing series and opens with our three protagonists reenacting a classic college scene: scouring the local thrift store for the perfect ensemble. While the characters sometimes hide behind their cynicism and insecurities, they’re as supportive a group as one could hope for! 2, picks up where the first volume left off: three thrown together best friends finishing their first year at uni.

What do you remember most?įor Esther, Susan, and Daisy-the university freshmen at the center of Giant Days-the thing they’ll remember most might be each other. She gets decent grades, and she also has a part-time 'job' as a private investigator and detective, for which she does not get paid.Think back to a pivotal year in your academic life.

Susan is a temperamental and crude smoker who has an on-off relationship with a handyman named Graham, whose name is McGraw. She is revealed to be studying nothing other than Archaeology, where she has many Interesting adventures. She is bisexual and is obsessed with a singer called Enya. She is very responsible and gets great grades in all of her subjects. She has had jobs at pet shops, comic stores, and bakeries.ĭaisy is shy and homeschooled by her granny until university. Many times, she finds it very difficult to get a job. She has a reputation for being irresponsible and very beautiful. The Series focuses on the events in the life of Esther deGroot and her two unlikely friends, Susan Ptolemy and Daisy Wooton, at the University of Sheffield.Įsther is a mysterious goth with a love for partying, boxing and hooking up with unsuitable men. There are 54 issues in the series so far, plus 3 webcomics and 4 special edition Issues. The comics have been illustrated by many illustrators, such as Lissa Tremain and Max Sarin, as well as Allison himself illustrating a few special edition comic curatings. Prior to the Boom! Studios series, John Allison self-published three issues in a smaller format which take place immediately prior to the start of the current series.

Giant Days is an ongoing, Eisner award winning comic book series published by Boom! Studios, covering the college careers of Esther de Groot, Susan Ptolemy, and Daisy Wooton, originally planned as a six-issue miniseries.

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