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Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers | Ben Passmore
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Your Black Friend and Other Strangers is a collection of culturally charged comics by cartoonist Ben Passmore, including the Eisner Award nominated and Ignatz Award-winning "Your Black Friend," named one of NPR's 100 favorite comics of all time in 2017. Passmore masterfully tackles comics about race, gentrification, the prison system, online dating, gross punks, bad street art, kung fu movie references, beating up God, and lots of other grown-up stuff with refreshing doses of humor and lived relatability. The comics in this 112-page collection include works previously published by The Nib, VICE, and the As You Were anthology, along with brand new and unreleased material. These comics are essential, humorous, and accessible, told through Passmore's surreal lens in the vibrant full-color hues of New Orleans.
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Kenyazero
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Mehso-so

This comic collection takes a look at politics, racism, anarchy, and other topics. Several made vivid points, while others felt a little random. I laughed hard when a vampire accidentally killed a goose with a Mandrake. Overall, I didn't enjoy this collection, and didn't fully understand some of the comics. I have no doubt that this will be exactly the right read for some.

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MarriedtoMrT
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Pickpick

75% awesome content. 25% I have no idea what‘s going on. Overall, a great collection of comics tackling important issues of race, racism, and identity.

I tried to take pictures of some of the panels that stood out to me but they were irregular sizes and text heavy so they didn‘t fit the Litsy format. You‘ll just have to check them out for yourself. 😉

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KB253
Panpan

I didn't like it.....too much something, IDK what, that didn't sit right in my #shanana🤨