Michael Ian Black’s book promises to blow your mind, but it doesn’t say that it will play with the blood splatter and bits of brain on the floor. I am an avid reader and rarely do I stop friends and family to read aloud what I am reading. With My Custom Van I read many of the eassays out loud (especially letters to a squirrel).

I’ve often found Michael Ian Black to be hit or miss with his humor, and while not all 50 essays in the book are genius, most of them are pretty funny. I appreciate the fact that Black takes risks with his work in the book and writes about topics people just don’t write about (Like coloring his genitals with permanent market). Wild, sick, perverse and laugh out loud funny My Custom Van is a must read for fans of severely biting humor.