The story opens with Beardo and his girlfriend Megan getting engaged while on a cruise. Upon their return to work at a coffeehouse, Beardo quits his longtime job as a barista to focus on his cartooning. Meg continues to work there as a manager. With wedding bills piling up, the wedding planning going awry and his art business not taking off as he expected, the stress mounts and Beardo considers joining another band and getting a bank loan. Before the big day arrives Meg thinks she has become pregnant.
I love the Beardo and Meg characters. They seem perfect for each other. When one is down the other is up and vice versa. The secondary characters from the coffeehouse and the band are sufficiently weird to bring humor to this book. Beardo himself is hilarious and is definitely the star of the series.
The author uses bright colors with oversized fonts in a horizontal comic strip format that is traditionally used in Sunday newspapers. It makes for comfortable and fast reading. I love that Dougherty uses vivid colors in his comics. In fact, I try to only select graphic novels with colored graphics to buy. When I am feeling down, the colors on the page just speak to me. I am an artist on the side as Beardo was for many years so perhaps that is why I love to see those vivid colors.
This installment of the series is a great addition to the series. Beardo's life moves along at a quick pace and he makes everything about life seem funny. 5 out of 5 stars!
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