A review by robertrivasplata
Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

4.25

Collection of short story comics each with some element involving (or revolving around) Black women's hair. In between all the stories there are comic recreations of labels & advertisements for hair products & treatments. Hard to choose a favorite among these stories. While most of these stories have a lot of sadness, they all have humor as well, to varying degrees. Sisters & Daughters had the saddest vibe for me, even though it didn't even involve a funeral or white people piling on microaggressions. Maybe it's because the mom seemed to be resenting her daughter getting the childhood she never got to have. The two set in Luanda Angola were mostly humorous & lighthearted, & make Luanda sound pretty cool, apart from the traffic.