![]() ![]() The pros: first of all, I heard this graphic novel referred to as gentrification horror, and that sums it up incredibly well. I think I'll go with 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4 for GR. I didn't love it, maybe a 3.5 rating, but give it points for uniqueness: The touches of social commentary, the humor to match/undermine the horror, the artwork, the meshing of the political with horror. There are moments where the dialogue reveals some social commentary, and the authors inject some humor into it, but the story is less impressive than the art, which has an alt-comics feel to it to match the contemporary urban context. But something's not quite right, about the economics of the situation, gentrification, but also seemingly scary things going on there. Takes place on Chicago's south side, where a fashion designer and her friend seem to be living in a large abandoned building. ![]() ![]() As with other horror comics, such as The Swamp Thing, there is horror that matches the social horrors of racism, sexism, and so on. Ezra Clayton Daniels (Upgrade Soul) wrote this, BTTM FDRS, (pronounced Bottomfeeders) and Ben Passmore (My Black Friend) illustrated this, which deals with issues of gentrification and white privilege in the guise of what I didn't even know was a thing: "Gentrification horror"!? There is also "body horror," which is physical horror, think: David Cronenberg, sliming, a range of gross stuff. ![]()
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The good news is that home burials are completely legal - or at least not explicitly forbidden - in every state except California, Indiana, Washington and the District of Columbia. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Well, Sal picks the blueberries and eats them now. What heaven to be on Blueberry Hill, where Sal and her mother find themselves picking berries to can for the winter. Who doesn’t love a Maine summer, and who doesn’t revel in the lush taste of ripe blueberries? As the School Library Journal said, the book is full of “all the color and flavor of the sea and pine-covered Maine countryside.” ![]() ![]() White’s Charlotte’s Web and Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs. McCloskey is also the author of Make Way for Ducklings, One Morning in Maine, and six other children’s books.īased on McCloskey’s wife, Margaret, and daughter, Sarah, Blueberries for Sal joins two of my other favorite Maine novels – E. 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