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| Same Difference & Other Stories | 
 enlarge | Author: Derek Kirk Kim
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
Buy Used: $1.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 58296
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Top Shelf Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1891830570
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781891830570
ASIN: 1891830570
Publication Date: July 7, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: , , Used - Very Good. Sound Copy. Mild Reading Wear.
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Product Description
After selling through the self-published run of Same Difference and Other Stories in just a few short months, Derek Kirk Kim proudly moves his debut collection to Top Shelf! Through a series of sensitive - and often hilarious - short stories, Kim deftly explores the not-so-average twenty-something's quarter-life crisis, romantic neurosis, and a refreshing slice of Korean-American life.
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Humor and intrigue... Derek Kirk Kim rocks. July 20, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I absolutely adore this beautiful, beautiful, beautiful book. I read his stuff before, via smallstoriesonline.com, but I'm girl who likes things in print. Anyway, I deeply dig the art, style, storytelling, humor and well, everything. My personal favorite, besides "Same Difference", has to be either "Hurdles" or "Valentine's Day", yet I love them all... His work truly moves me.
 You can go back home. August 26, 2003
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Simon is a Korean-American who takes his friend Nancy back to his home town in search of a guy she's been secretly swapping love letters with although she's never met him. After learning the truth of who he really is, Nancy gets to nervous to approach him, plus Simon runs into his old schoolmate who had a crush on him, but he could never tell her how he felt about her because he was embarrassed of her being blind. This plus some really funny short comics from the Small Stories webcomic at smallstories.com. If your a fan of anime, or just funny romance comics, then this should make you laugh, and maybe even cry.
Fantastic! June 13, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Derek Kirk Kim is one of the best comic book artists/writers/graphic novelists out there today. He's up there with Alex Robinson, Seth, and that group of select creators who are making quality books for people who are growing tired of some of the stale, stagnant writing in mainstream comics today. As much as I like Frank Miller, Bendis, and the other people working at Marvel and DC, the writing often seems uninspired. Derek Kirk Kim, on the other hand, clearly loves his work and this collection, which you can see on his website as well as buy cool wallets, is fantastic. He captures not just the Korean-American experience, but the mindset of what it's like to be young and finding yourself. He describes life in California so well (and draws it so well) and it's entertaining to watch characters comment on what it's like to grow up and move out of the neighborhood. The dialogue is great and captures that feeling that when you're talking with your friends, someone needs to write it all down because it's so entertaining. Kim already did. And illustrated it. I loved this book and I'm sure you will too.
Thoughtful, poignant, funny and just a tough of vulgar... January 19, 2004
Derek Kirk Kim is a talented and powerful storyteller. The characters are people you either already know or would like to. His draftmanship is superb, he doesn't cut corners with the art. Every story is daring in its honesty and astute in its observation. I highly recommend this graphic novel.
Awesome work! June 30, 2004
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Derek Kirk's work is a hallmark of the very best stuff that came from the webcomics era. At first you can be misguided to think it's too focused on the "american-korean blues", but Derek's work goes well beyond that - it sure has an autobiographical tone, but you become quickly involved with the environment.This book is a unique opportunity to have it in print, and I recommend it as much as the online version.
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