Success Is 90% Spite

By Jane Zei

Based on the popular webcomic The Pigeon Gazette! Follow artist Jane Zei through the everyday rollercoaster of a quarter-life crisis—when high-flying optimism meets cold, hard adulthood during the journey from college to a full-time career.

With favorites from viral webcomic The Pigeon Gazette, along with never-before seen comics, Success is 90% Spite is a reminder that there's nothing you can't achieve through hard work, persistence—and really wanting to prove someone else wrong.

• A hilarious and high-energy collection that captures the all-too-real difficulties of life as a 20-something in a modern world
• Comics follow Jane's endearingly awkward and whimsical efforts to navigate adulthood.
• Covers a range of topics in both short, four-panel, and longer-form comics

When life gives you lemons . . . throw those suckers back into life's stupid face and make your own success.

From choosing Lord of the Rings over love, to mastering pooping etiquette in the workplace, Jane's existential adventures are told with an extra dose of narrative imagination, extended jokes on inane topics, and daydreams.

• The Pigeon Gazette has been featured in articles by Huffington Post, Bored Panda, and Buzzfeed
• Great book for fans of funny webcomics, internet humor, and any millennial trying to make their way in the world
• Add it to the collection of books like Adulthood Is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection by Sarah Andersen, Am I There Yet?: The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood by Mari Andrew, and It's All Absolutely Fine: Life Is Complicated So I've Drawn It Instead by Ruby Elliot

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chronicle Books Digital
• Release date: Apr 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781452182155

Jane Zei

Jane Zei is a Massachusetts-based healthcare professional whose online alter ego is Pigeoneer Jane, creator of the popular webcomic The Pigeon Gazette.

Book preview

Introduction

Hello! Welcome friend! Welcome to Success Is 90% Spite, a collection of popular and exclusive comics from the webcomic The Pigeon Gazette!

But there are literally no pigeons in here, you, a pigeon enthusiast, mutter as you flip through the pages. It’s just some person doing random things . . .

Exactly! That’s because we are the pigeons, don’t you see? We bobble our way through our daily lives, jostling for crumbs of that happiness pie, dodging traffic, sometimes pooping where we shouldn’t . . .

Humanity: We’re just a flock of pigeons.

That’s why this book is not about literal birds and more the swash-buckling, mundane adventures of a metaphorical bird—yours truly.

Is this going to get weird? I’m not going to lie; I was really sleep-deprived while drawing a few of these. All those years watching anime do not do the subconscious any favors either, let me tell you.

Will it teach me success? Boy will it. Not by example of course, but you will find rich documentation of what not to do,

Reviews for Success Is 90% Spite

[Max Reymond · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Hilarious and easy to read while I can relate a lot :D

[diah · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Her story was amusing and mostly I could relate to it! Janeeeee you made it great!

[Jade Barr · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Unfortunately, it didn't format well for Scribd. It was tiny in comparison to the screen and wouldn't let you zoom in. The small text at the end of each is nigh unreadable, even straining. And some skits are too. Really funny otherwise. I'll definitely be looking her up elsewhere.