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A review by saidtheraina
Long Red Hair by Meags Fitzgerald
4.0
When I was a kid, I remember playing "house" with my friends. As I got older, this game started consisting mostly of taking turns describing how we wanted to look as our new playtime characters. I don't remember doing much beyond monologuing a few paragraphs of that.
Fitzgerald's slim GN memoir is through the lens of her personal feelings towards the titular physical attribute. It starts with a scene of her childhood, consuming media depicting such a characteristic (va-va-voom). Then, she shows herself choosing it for a D&D character, which I imagine to be her version of my game of House.
As she gets older, themes of body image and perception of self meld into reflections on sexual identity. It's a wonderful example and depiction of the Questioning part of the LGBTQQIP2SAA+ acronym. Extra points for giving a gasp of air to bisexual and asexual identities. It has a lot of thematic similarity to MariNaomi's [b: Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22|8433530|Kiss and Tell A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22|MariNaomi|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327956389s/8433530.jpg|13296987], but leans even harder on the reflective end of things.
On top of packing a LOT of thematic and reflective content into 95 pages, it's a gorgeous piece. Fitzgerald uses a variety of drawing implements, layouts, and a muted color palette to create a striking piece of art. She even includes a page of works referenced!
Might need to own this one.
Read with:
[b: Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel|18693805|Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel A Graphic Novel|Anya Ulinich|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1400890864s/18693805.jpg|26542355]
Anything by [a: Laura Lee Gulledge|4215822|Laura Lee Gulledge|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1484918966p2/4215822.jpg]
[b: Photobooth: A Biography|19537419|Photobooth A Biography|Meags Fitzgerald|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1401470111s/19537419.jpg|27663647], obviously
Fitzgerald's slim GN memoir is through the lens of her personal feelings towards the titular physical attribute. It starts with a scene of her childhood, consuming media depicting such a characteristic (va-va-voom). Then, she shows herself choosing it for a D&D character, which I imagine to be her version of my game of House.
As she gets older, themes of body image and perception of self meld into reflections on sexual identity. It's a wonderful example and depiction of the Questioning part of the LGBTQQIP2SAA+ acronym. Extra points for giving a gasp of air to bisexual and asexual identities. It has a lot of thematic similarity to MariNaomi's [b: Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22|8433530|Kiss and Tell A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22|MariNaomi|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327956389s/8433530.jpg|13296987], but leans even harder on the reflective end of things.
On top of packing a LOT of thematic and reflective content into 95 pages, it's a gorgeous piece. Fitzgerald uses a variety of drawing implements, layouts, and a muted color palette to create a striking piece of art. She even includes a page of works referenced!
Might need to own this one.
Read with:
[b: Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel|18693805|Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel A Graphic Novel|Anya Ulinich|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1400890864s/18693805.jpg|26542355]
Anything by [a: Laura Lee Gulledge|4215822|Laura Lee Gulledge|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1484918966p2/4215822.jpg]
[b: Photobooth: A Biography|19537419|Photobooth A Biography|Meags Fitzgerald|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1401470111s/19537419.jpg|27663647], obviously