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graveyardpansy's review
4.0
really powerful, i love how the artists sometimes let wojnarowicz’ words speak for themselves. the watercolour is really effective and the horror elements are fitting, especially with the fantastical aspects of wojnarowicz’ essay considered.
“as each t-cell disappears from my body it’s replaced by ten pounds of pressure ten pounds of rage and i focus that rage into nonviolent resistance but that focus is starting to slip…”
“as each t-cell disappears from my body it’s replaced by ten pounds of pressure ten pounds of rage and i focus that rage into nonviolent resistance but that focus is starting to slip…”
unladylike's review
4.0
This had been on my to-read shelf for awhile and was on the Denver Public Library's LGBTQ comics list. After a few pages, I wished it had come with a trigger warning (due to graphic depictions of the author's experiences as an underage prostitute, including a violent assault). By the time I figured out who the author was, that he's already well-known and died of AIDS-related causes in '92, the text and accompanying images had taken on a much more purposeful and brilliantly painful scope in my mind. There's some powerful poetry of rage in these pages, and the illustrations and colours capture a hallucinogenic fury perfectly juxtaposed with frightfully real stories from Wojnarowicz's life from childhood til his deathbed.
akoth's review
4.0
I couldn't hold this comic and flip through it if I had a physical copy. The pictures are almost unbearable to look at. My hands itched as I scrolled through, and my heart ached while I read. The storytelling is beautiful, but the story itself is heart-wrenching.
pretty_loser's review
dark
emotional
reflective
"I'm a prisoner of language that doesn't have a letter or sign or gesture that approximates what I'm sensing"
oh god all of this is "bad" for me
oh god all of this is "bad" for me
queenkoko's review
3.0
The nitty gritty life of a young prostitute with the aids virus. I loved the glimpse into his mind but the text at time was very rant like. The artwork was perfect for the content but the long rants almost made me want to throw in the towel half way through.
faynebrio's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
"if i could attach our blood vessels so we could become each other i would. if i could attach our blood vessels in order to anchor you to the earth to this present time i would if i could open up your body and slip up inside your skin and look out your eyes and forever have my lips fused with yours i would."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
readwithbells's review against another edition
4.0
This hits like a punch in the gut. Read with care.
Read for Queer Writing.
Read for Queer Writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness