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Mike Huck
Paperback
Series: Rejected Children's Books (Funny Books for Adults)
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 30 2023
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Mike Huck has a marriage in shambles. His wife cheats on him. The name Mike Huck does not help the situation because everyone who hears it immediately understands why the marriage might have the structural issues it does, and whether the name is the cause or merely the commentary is a philosophical question this book does not engage with. The marriage is what it is. Mike Huck is navigating. The name follows Mike Huck everywhere he goes, which is everywhere the marriage has already gone wrong, and the book documents this with illustrated cartoon art and the resigned humor of a man who has heard every possible interpretation of his name and has nothing left to be surprised by.
This entry in the Mike series focuses on the domestic situation rather than the professional or physical transformations documented in companion volumes. Mike Huck's marriage is complicated. Mike Huck's wife has interests outside the marriage. Mike Huck's name makes the situation feel pre-written, like a caption that arrived before the photo. The book is the photo. The name is the caption. The marriage is what the caption implies.
This Book IS For:- Fans of the Mike series who want the relationship-focused installment to round out the collection
- Anyone who has ever met someone with a name that seemed to predict their situation and found the symmetry undeniable
- People navigating relationship humor from a safe fictional distance provided by cartoon art and a man named Mike Huck
- Gift-givers looking for a book that earns its laugh from the name alone and then earns additional laughs from everything that follows
- People currently in the Mike Huck situation who are not yet at the humor stage of their processing
- Marriage counselors who find this take on infidelity insufficiently constructive for their professional framework
- Readers who need relationship-centered humor to end with reconciliation, growth, and renewed commitment
- Anyone named Mike Huck in real life who has managed to remain unaware of the implications and would prefer to stay that way
- Divorce parties, which are now a real social occasion, and Mike Huck is this occasion's patron saint
- White elephant exchanges where the name will produce the reaction before anyone touches the wrapping
- Bachelorette parties... Mike Huck is cautionary tale content and cautionary tales are bachelorette party content
- Collected alongside other Mike volumes for the fan who needs the full domestic and physical arc of the Mike universe
The Mike series has identified something true about the comedy of names: that a name can carry an entire emotional situation in the sound of its syllables, and that finding the character whose name matches their circumstances is the entire premise, and that premise is somehow funny every single time across every single Mike with a different vowel configuration. Mike Huck is the marriage Mike. The marriage is what the name suggests. The book is honest about both.
Buy it individually. Buy it as part of the Mike collection. Give it to someone navigating a situation that feels Huck-adjacent. Give it to someone who will immediately think of someone else and text that person a photo of the cover. The marriage is in shambles. The book is available. The name says everything. Some names are just like that.
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