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Set in Seattle in the early 70's (in that in-between period when being a hippie was totally over but glam and punk hadn't hit yet), this bizarre graphic novel follows the lives of the local teens. In addition to all the usual puzzles of puberty, they are also dealing with "the bug," a sexually transmitted disease that causes bizarre physical mutations. Some people are able to pass for normal -- maybe their particular mutation is a tiny mouth on their neck, or something else small and easy to conceal -- but many of the teens have been forced to drop out of society due to the extent of the grotesque changes to their bodies. These outcasts live in the woods, eking out an existence mainly due to the help of their less visibly infected friends.
This is a truly disturbing book; there are images here that will stick with me for a long time. The storytelling is excellent, but I do feel like I will need to read it again before I have a firm grasp of all of the plot elements and the chronology of the book. One problem I had (and this seems to be a recurring problem for me with graphic novels, so it may be my fault rather than the artist's) is that two of the main characters look a lot alike, especially at the beginning, and I sometimes had a hard time telling them apart.
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crowyhead, August 18, 2006
Set in Seattle in the early 70's (in that in-between period when being a hippie was totally over but glam and punk hadn't hit yet), this bizarre graphic novel follows the lives of the local teens. In addition to all the usual puzzles of puberty, they are also dealing with "the bug," a sexually transmitted disease that causes bizarre physical mutations. Some people are able to pass for normal -- maybe their particular mutation is a tiny mouth on their neck, or something else small and easy to conceal -- but many of the teens have been forced to drop out of society due to the extent of the grotesque changes to their bodies. These outcasts live in the woods, eking out an existence mainly due to the help of their less visibly infected friends.This is a truly disturbing book; there are images here that will stick with me for a long time. The storytelling is excellent, but I do feel like I will need to read it again before I have a firm grasp of all of the plot elements and the chronology of the book. One problem I had (and this seems to be a recurring problem for me with graphic novels, so it may be my fault rather than the artist's) is that two of the main characters look a lot alike, especially at the beginning, and I sometimes had a hard time telling them apart.
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