My Best Friend Is a Wookiee – Tony Pacitti
Ok, one last non-comic, and then I’ll get to the comics. My Best Friend is a Wookiee
I happened to be walking past the Adams Media booth when a marketing rep asked if I wanted a free book, signed by the author. I’m a sucker for free books—and when I saw the cover it piqued my curiosity. It’s actually an Advance Reader Copy so I’m not sure how much (if any) is changed from this to final publication.
Pacitti writes about Star Wars and being a nerdy kid, getting picked on and finding solace in the world George Lucas created. He gets into a lot of other pop-culture subjects as well (like when everyone at his school got to see Jurassic Park but his mom wouldn’t let him), but always brings it back to Star Wars. It’s a bit crude in places and Pacitti wears his persecution like a badge, but it’s also a mostly entertaining memoir of one kid’s obsession. Fair warning: Pacitti talks about his memories the way he recalls them, so there’s a lot of immature, politically incorrect slang.
