![]() ![]() ![]() Cannonball is about taking whatever is at hand, however meager, and making something out of it. The weirdness of mythologies-the bizarre yet apt symbolic narratives we develop to articulate the problems and insights that defy ordinary language-is Cannonball’s obsession, which it pursues with a dazzling blend of intelligence and anti-elitism. ![]() Pen (whose full name, Penelope, suggests the Homeric-level mythological traditions this book engages with) and Caroline have, in desperate, impoverished boredom, shown up at a grimy house party where a beefy bro is trying to impress Pen by telling them about a tattoo he plans to get of the Norse mythological king of the wolves, Finrir, who he proclaims “unstoppable.” “Except that I’m pretty sure they did,” Pen responds, “with a chain made out of like bird spit and lady beards.” “Mythology is so weird,” says Pen, the level-headed best friend and foil to Caroline Bertram, the fierce, rudderless queer art school graduate at the center of Cannonball, the new debut graphic novel from Kelsey Wroten. According to the Lambda Literary Awards, the Best LGBTQ+ Comic of 2020 is… Cannonball by Kelsey Wroten! Congratulations to Kelsey Wroten! Here’s what they had to say about the book: ![]()
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