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$9.34The Story
PRECIOUS RUBBISH HC (MR)
(W) KAYLA E. (A) KAYLA E. (C) KAYLA E.
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 145581 SKU: 0225FB495
“If an exorcism can ever be slow and quiet- then every panel I’ve finished has felt something like an exorcism. The gutters give me space to make sense of things: to connect dots and close gaps. To remember.” Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children’s comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation- rural poverty- and incest. The author’s childhood is portrayed as a collection of short-form comics and gag panels punctuated by interactive elements like paper dolls- satirical advertisements- games- and puzzles.While the work is concerned with violence and a particularly Texan brand of Pentecostal fanaticism- it is presented in a playful visual language with a deadpan humor that elevates the material beyond mere graphic memoir. Precious Rubbish is a landmark work of comics storytelling and graphic medicine.The debut graphic novel from artist Kayla E.- Precious Rubbish asks the reader to do the extratextual work of filling out narrative gaps- which mirrors the challenge of trauma recollection. The reader is invited to co-labor in the meaning-making process- an exercise that facilitates an intimacy (between the author- the subject- and the reader) that is at once horrifying and hilarious.
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PRECIOUS RUBBISH HC (MR)
(W) KAYLA E. (A) KAYLA E. (C) KAYLA E.
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 145581 SKU: 0225FB495
“If an exorcism can ever be slow and quiet- then every panel I’ve finished has felt something like an exorcism. The gutters give me space to make sense of things: to connect dots and close gaps. To remember.” Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children’s comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation- rural poverty- and incest. The author’s childhood is portrayed as a collection of short-form comics and gag panels punctuated by interactive elements like paper dolls- satirical advertisements- games- and puzzles.While the work is concerned with violence and a particularly Texan brand of Pentecostal fanaticism- it is presented in a playful visual language with a deadpan humor that elevates the material beyond mere graphic memoir. Precious Rubbish is a landmark work of comics storytelling and graphic medicine.The debut graphic novel from artist Kayla E.- Precious Rubbish asks the reader to do the extratextual work of filling out narrative gaps- which mirrors the challenge of trauma recollection. The reader is invited to co-labor in the meaning-making process- an exercise that facilitates an intimacy (between the author- the subject- and the reader) that is at once horrifying and hilarious.
