I liked the graphics, but wasn’t a fan of the content :/

I'm a huge B&S nerd so when my partner bought this book for me (which I hadn't previously heard about) I was incredibly touched by her thoughtfulness and resource for finding it. The book itself is a great piece of B&S fan-fiction (I think that's the best description) but as its own thing, well, it isn't great. I mean, the art is fantastic, and some of the pieces that have great art hung on the lyrics themselves are good, but with only a couple of exceptions, the stories that expand upon the lyr...

a collection of comics from multiple writers and artists based on belle and sebastian songs, ranging from "tigermilk" to "dear catastrophe waitress". some are really good (marx and engels), some not so much (dog on wheels). the farther away the comics get from the actual lyrics, the better - minus "lazy line painter jane", but maybe i say that because it's one of my favorite songs. you can't expect me to be totally dispassionate.

If you're not a quasi or completely obsessed Belle & Sebastian fan, you should skip this. You should really skip it even if you are quasi or completely obsessed, but you won't... I know I didn't (even though I often forget this book exists). So, I'll just end this with a snarky/obvious pun: put the book back on the shelf (and walk away).

this book is awesome: they had all these artists write comics based on belle and sebastian songs. make a playlist of the table of contents and read on through; it's an experience. i wished it wasn't belle and sebastion, tho. radiohead would be better. those would be some apocalyptic comics.

A few of the interpretations were too artsy fartsy/life is grim for me, but most of them portrayed the excitement for love and life that Belle and Sebastian capture so well in their songs. Asleep on a Sunbeam was top notch. Kudos to Bannister and Corentin Jaffre.

Bunch of short stories based on songs from a band I have never heard of before.

I finished this in a day.While reading a specific comic entry based on a specific song, I was also listening to the song.I think that's a great concept, to write comic stories based on a band's songs.I wish more bands publish comic books inspired by their songs. I would love to read a Coldplay, Oasis or Blur or Arctic Monkeys Anthology.'Put The Book Back On The Shelf' itself, although with a great concept, was a collection of hit-and-misses. Some entries were heart touching ("Asleep On A Sunbeam...

Personally this wasn't my jam. Even as a Bell & Sebastian fan this book mostly felt like written out music videos. It's worth maybe flipping through but I wasn't particularly wowed.

Comic creators and cartoonists putting their own artistic spin on various song titles. A really interesting and fun concept!

Lots of fun. A good read for any fan of B&S, especially fans of their older albums. As with any anthology, some hit better than others, but it’s worth the time spent!

Put the Book Back on the Shelf is the equivalent of a pack of two dozen postcards of abstract modern art by shitty artists. The (very) short "stories" are apparently based on songs by Belle & Sebastian. Okay, sure. I'm not certain of who Belle & Sebastian are, but I'm promised "a collection of stories by independent comic creators and cartoonists. (...) crafting narratives inspired by the band's music" The problem is, very few of these are narratives or even stories. There is one good story with...

I was really disappointed by this book, but that was to be expected for me. I was already attached to the images I assigned to the songs that inspired the comics in this anthology. The characters in these graphic interpretations of Belle and Sebastian songs kind of help me understand why some people find it really easy to make fun of Belle and Sebastian. They're all these drippy, American-seeming emo kids. Feh.The protagonists in the Belle and Sebastian songs in my head are scrappy, working-clas...

I got this volume as part of a subscription box service, and probably wouldn't have read it otherwise. Due to a constant ringing in one year dating back to my childhood, I've never really developed much of an ear for music. As such, my knowledge of Belle and Sebastian begins and ends with knowing they are a Scottish Indy Pop duo.Anyway, this book was done with a series of short stories inspired by their work. Most of it works out fine, but I couldn't help but think I might have enjoyed it more i...

This is a bunch of short comic stories based off of song lyrics. While an interesting concept, I didn’t feel that many of these stories were worth reading, particularly if you’re not a fan of the band in question. My problem with this book is that I’m incredibly particular about the style of graphic novel illustrations that I enjoy, and very few stories in this collection fit the bill. Now, that’s entirely on me, and I’d recommend you flip through yourself before deciding to nix the collection o...

i am sad to say that i was disappointed with this collection. i am huge b&s fan, and it was interesting to see where each artist and/or writer took a song, but somehow the whole thing came off as too quick. like there wasn't enough time to get into a story when suddenly it was over. also a lot of the stories seemed too angst-ridden and juvenile, much different than the feelings evoked in me when listening to the b&s songs.there are some definite beauties in the anthology though, and i encourage

I love strawberry jam. I also love onions. This book was like eating a strawberry marmalade and three kinds of onions (spring, red and white if you have to know) sandwich. Now, I don't condemn the idea behind the recipe -after all, I'm known to like weird stuff like ice cream with mustard and fries and comics like King of the Flies- but its execution. Could have been magnificent, unfortunately it falls short of substance. Ultimately it's a two-star, but gets one extra just cuz I'm a shameless fa...