Wash Day Diaries - Tapa blanda

Rowser And Robyn Smith, Jamila

 
9781797205458: Wash Day Diaries
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ISBN 10: 1797205455 ISBN 13: 9781797205458
Editorial: Chronicle Books, 2022

Sinopsis

From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel about the daily lives of four best friends in the Bronx, told through five interlocking short stories. ôWash Dayö follows Kim through the quiet self-care rituals of her wash dayùthe universal experience shared by Black women of setting aside all plans and responsibilities for a full day of hair care. ôGroup Chatö sees Tanisha filling her many hours at the salon by texting her friends all her latest gossip. ôBright Sideö is a quiet portrait of Davene missing a hair appointment as she struggles with her mental health and gets well-meaning, but misguided support from Cookie. In ôLa Bendici¾n,ö Cookie receives an unexpected request from her estranged abuela and heals a family rift during a tender moment of hair care. ôRide or Dieö takes place on Saturday night, when the girls have each otherÆs backs as they head triumphantly to the club for KimÆs big show.

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Acerca del autor

Jamila Rowser is a Black, Puerto Rican, and Dominican award-winning writer who enjoys creating comics for Black women. She also publishes comics by and for women of color and non-binary people of color through Black Josei Press. Jamila was featured, along with Robyn Smith, in Adweek's 2021 Creative 100 as a creator to follow. Jamila lives in Miami but reps the Bronx. You can find her detangling her hair, reading manga, and doting on her two cats Sage and Sapphire. Robyn Smith is a Jamaican cartoonist known for illustrating DC Comics' Nubia: Real One (written by L.L. McKinney) and her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town . She has an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has worked on comics for College Humor and The Nib. She loves cake and cats and holds onto dreams of returning home to the ocean.

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From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel about the daily lives of four best friends in the Bronx, told through five interlocking short stories. ôWash Dayö follows Kim through the quiet self-care rituals of her wash dayùthe universal experience shared by Black women of setting aside all plans and responsibilities for a full day of hair care. ôGroup Chatö sees Tanisha filling her many hours at the salon by texting her friends all her latest gossip. ôBright Sideö is a quiet portrait of Davene missing a hair appointment as she struggles with her mental health and gets well-meaning, but misguided support from Cookie. In ôLa Bendici¾n,ö Cookie receives an unexpected request from her estranged abuela and heals a family rift during a tender moment of hair care. ôRide or Dieö takes place on Saturday night, when the girls have each otherÆs backs as they head triumphantly to the club for KimÆs big show.

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Editorial
Chronicle Books
Año de publicación
2022
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1797205455
ISBN 13 
9781797205458
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
160
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