Giant Days is a comedic comic book written by John Allison, with art by Max Sarin and Lissa Treiman.
The series follows three young women – Esther de Groot, Susan Ptolemy and Daisy Wooton – who share a hall of residence at university.
[4] Giant Days is part of the same universe as Allison's previous series Bobbins and Scary Go Round.
In case Bad Machinery failed, Allison began planning a second series based on the character of Esther de Groot from Scary Go Round.
[10] Giant Days is set at the University of Sheffield and has a more realistic, less paranormal atmosphere than Allison's other comics, which take place in the fictional town of Tackleford.
[6] The series begins with Scary Go Round character Esther de Groot, a melodramatic goth, moving into her hall of residence and befriending her new neighbours: the cheerful homeschooled Daisy Wooton and the prickly but grounded Susan Ptolemy.
Though she is a medical student, Susan also has a reputation for being very careless and her roommates are constantly trying to get her to clean her filthy room and laptop.
He is very serious, mature, and an excellent handyman who often helps the girls do odd jobs around their apartment when they move off-campus.
"[12] Janelle Asselin writing for ComicsAlliance praised its depiction of online shaming[13] while Comic Bastards singled out the depth of the characters, in particular the sympathetic treatment of Daisy's homeschooling and the nuance of her coming-out arc.
[8] David Nieves, reviewing the first issue for Comics Beat, described Treiman's art as having the "emotional grandiose [sic] of Scott Pilgrim" and the writing as having "the feminine voice of HBO’s GIRLS", both with a newspaper comic strip influence, but noted that "a slice of life story needs a little more emotional stakes".