"The deceptively simple through-line for Swedish media personality and activist Liv Strömquist's The Reddest Rose is the question: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio date an endless string of 20-something models? Her answer -- in the form of this collection of well-researched, humorous comics essays -- tracks how philosophers and artists, from the Ancient Greeks to Beyoncé, conceptualized romantic love. Strömquist's signature characters, drawn in a flat,...

He roasted us with Too Much Coffee Man. He found religion with God is Disappointed In You. He tackled Trump's tweets with Sh*t My President Says. Now, beloved cartoonist Shannon Wheeler presents a wide-ranging new collection of single-panel comics. Relationships, social norms, language, animals, life and death are all targets of his elegant absurdity. It's a gem of a book. Trust him. --Back cover.