More true stories

To be clear: I have never read True Story, Swear to God. I don't have the extra bucks to drop on the trade (and I haven't picked it up since Beland won the Eisner in 2003).

I'm for sure in love with the idea: cartoonist goes to the other coast for day at Disneyland. He meets a Puerto Rican TV reporter. They hit it off and have a long-distance relationship. He moves 9,000 miles away from EVERYTHING he knows to be with her. She becomes the Puerto Rican Oprah. He puts it all down on paper.

"This isn't a 'chick flick' put on paper, because few chick flicks have even a fraction of the integrity of True Story, Swear To God. The truth behind the story does nothing to undermine the fact that in communicating it in such an endearing manner, Beland has achieved a significant victory over the never-ending parade of mediocre, sensationalistic and shamefully dishonest romantic fiction that clogs our media and distorts the public imagination.B+"
~ Tim O'Neil, Buzzscope

That's just an awesome review. I'm putting forth the notion that every single one of you reading this would dig the strips on the website, or at the very least Beland calling the second trade "This One Goes to 11."