A review by beththebookdragon
Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers

4.0

First off, I'm a small-town-raised white woman who knows almost nothing about black hair--or that was true until I read this graphic novel. Now I know more, though the lived experience is naturally beyond me. I did find some things in common with my own childhood and adulthood--a girl overhearing adult women's "secret" conversations, tension and love between relatives, and a few other bits that are universal. I enjoyed reading and viewing Flowers' depictions of the world of African American girls and women, not just setting, fixing, changing and enjoying their hair (wigs included!) but playing, socializing, and generally living. Flowers' art style is not stylized but has loose lines and a feel that personalities and characters' personalities and surroundings well. Stories are divided by ads for various black hair products that add to the atmosphere.

For adults and for teens whose parents aren't going to mind them reading something with a couple of bare breasts and swear words in them.