TIME UNDER TENSION by M.S. Harkness

Not many comics like this one anymore: A compelling true story, told with chops and taste. All the promise of Harkness’ earlier comics come to fruition with this– one of my favorite books in recent memory. Excellent and highly recommended.

“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 promotion. 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.'”

264 perfect-bound pages, 6″ x 7″, gorgeous black and white interiors. (Fantagraphics)

$25.00

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