Secret Passages
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1603094997
ISBN-13
9781603094993
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Imprint
Top Shelf Productions
Country of Manufacture
KR
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 22nd, 2022
Print length
184 Pages
Weight
612 grams
Dimensions
17.90 x 26.80 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Graphic novels
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Welcome to an autobiography from another dimension. A wildly inventive cartoonist begins her imaginary memoir -- exploring the girlhood she never had.
Many LGBTQ adults look back on their youth and wonder: what might have been? Growing up in the closet tends to produce a sort of double identity, between the inner self and the self seen by the outside world. Now, cartoonist Axelle Lenoir, in her unpredictable and imaginative way, makes this metaphor real.
Secret Passages, narrated by the adult author, begins with the death of her (male) cosmic twin. From there it launches into a rollicking ride of childhood antics, set in 1985 small-town Québec. We get to know Axelle (a rebellious little girl who dreads Grade 1 and is captivated by the spooky forest near the house), her brothers (who share her off-the-charts enthusiasm for cartoons and toys), and their long-suffering parents (who may or may not be aliens).
These lively comic-strip style anecdotes, reminiscent of Calvin & Hobbes and packed full of pop-culture parodies, are juxtaposed with surreal twists as Axelles existential crisis mutates the narrative, building to a mind-bending climax.
Many LGBTQ adults look back on their youth and wonder: what might have been? Growing up in the closet tends to produce a sort of double identity, between the inner self and the self seen by the outside world. Now, cartoonist Axelle Lenoir, in her unpredictable and imaginative way, makes this metaphor real.
Secret Passages, narrated by the adult author, begins with the death of her (male) cosmic twin. From there it launches into a rollicking ride of childhood antics, set in 1985 small-town Québec. We get to know Axelle (a rebellious little girl who dreads Grade 1 and is captivated by the spooky forest near the house), her brothers (who share her off-the-charts enthusiasm for cartoons and toys), and their long-suffering parents (who may or may not be aliens).
These lively comic-strip style anecdotes, reminiscent of Calvin & Hobbes and packed full of pop-culture parodies, are juxtaposed with surreal twists as Axelles existential crisis mutates the narrative, building to a mind-bending climax.
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