Anya Davidson

The art and the color palette lends itself to the story of Dana, a high schooler whose extracurricular effects makeup work lands her in deep trouble. Things only come to a head when she and her friend Lily attend a filmmaking class and fissures begin to form.

I really loved this book. It’s a classic senior-crisis coming of age plot but the details are unique and the characters feel real, particularly Dana herself. The horror obsession comes from a place of love rather than treating it as show more some item off the quirky outsider checklist. show less

A great coming-of-age story about learning and growth, relationship complications, and finding places where you fit. Set in Florida and featuring horror movie magic and climate protests. I loved Dana's character growth, and the ways her relationships with herself and with her friends and family changed over the course of the story.

The art feels like a kind of classic Underground Comix homage. The heavy, drippy ink lines make the facial expressions kind of hard to parse—a laugh of glee and show more a scream of anger are almost indistinguishable. The horror makeup looks incredible, though—as do all the locations and outfits and random objects. show less

A hysterical candy colored feminist rock and roll comic book adventure that stuffs Archie, Ghost World, 80s punk girls movie The Fabulous Stains, Spinal Tap, and animated animal music-pocalypse flick Rock-n-Rule into a blender and whips up a frothy, nutso delight!

A hysterical candy colored feminist rock and roll comic book adventure that stuffs Archie, Ghost World, 80s punk girls movie The Fabulous Stains, Spinal Tap, and animated animal music-pocalypse flick Rock-n-Rule into a blender and whips up a frothy, nutso delight!