Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It

Booth, Tara

ISBN 10: 1770467327 / ISBN 13: 9781770467323

Published by Drawn and Quarterly, 2024

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Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It
• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1770467327
• ISBN 13: 9781770467323
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good

About this title

Synopsis

Riotous bodies abound in these deeply honest comics that will get you through it (or at least help)

“When you order CBD gummies for your anxiety but forget to consider your eating disorder.”

Known for her buzzing colors, delightful patterns, sharp humor, and unflinching vulnerability, Tara Booth does not miss any mark in this exquisitely woven collection of pure and nasty magic. Part advice column and exhibit, exploration of psychic pollution and tranquility, Processing is―quite simply―intrepid: in its honesty; its unapologetic grossness; its unrivaled and frank portrayal of life with a body that bleeds.

In the grand tradition of underground women cartoonists like Julie Doucet and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Booth draws a horned up woman laying rose petals on the bed, to distract from the bedbugs before her hookup arrives. She bears witness to the reality of wearing a t-shirt with no bra―when you stretch, your boobs, sometimes, pop right out. This is all just life but we don’t often see it on the page. Undaunted, Booth draws it.

When advice from spiritual gurus like Tara Brach and Ram Dass just aren’t cutting it, take solace in the genuine arms of Tara Booth: a fearless cartoonist who is unafraid to put her existential angst, blemishes, and stains right on the page, and who―with relentless relatability―makes us all feel a bit more at home in our too-human vessels. With color that vibrates and fluids that impose, Processing lays Booth bare―literally and figuratively.

About the Author

Tara Booth is an Ignatz Award winning cartoonist, painter and illustrator from Philadelphia. Her autobiographical comics tackle issues relating to mental health, addiction, gender and sexuality. Known for her painterly approach to comics, often using bright colors and dizzying patterns- Tara’s work has been featured in Best American Comics, The New York Times, Vice and Bloomberg Businessweek, among others.