Time Under Tension (häftad, eng)

M.S. Harkness is graduating from art school in Minneapolis and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with an aspiring MMA fighter who mostly hangs out with her to get high and already has a girlfriend and career prospects with a fight promoter.

An art career feels untenable - as one professor tells her, ''Don''t expect to get by on this fucked-up broke girl shit.'' She decides to get a personal trainer''s certificate - it seems like a feasible and sensible career option - but continues to dabble as a sex worker and weed dealer because the money is too irresistible.

With idle hands due to no classes or full-time work, M.S. has ample time to aimlessly fuck around - or, to get her shit together. ''I want to be better, I want to be stable and solid. I don''t want to keep aimlessly shifting between untenable situations.'' Harkness''s bold, precise black-and-white cartooning and eye for storytelling invites the reader in, while her sharp wit and naturalist ear as a writer takes it away from there Never didactic, always real, Time Under Tension is a spirited and assured work of graphic memoir.

Format	Häftad
Omfång	264 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	Fantagraphics
Utgivningsdatum	2023-10-24
ISBN	9781683968962