Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through My 20s Tara Booth 9781770467323

Riotous bodies abound in these deeply honest comics that will get you through it (or at least help). 'When you order CBD gummies for your anxiety but forget to consider your eating disorder.' Known for her buzzing colors, delightful patterns, sharp humor, and unflinching vulnerability, Tara Booth does not miss any mark in this exquisitely woven collection of pure and nasty magic. Part advice column and exhibit, exploration of psychic pollution and tranquility, Processing is quite simply intrepid: in its honesty; its unapologetic grossness; its unrivaled and frank portrayal of life with a body that bleeds. In the grand tradition of underground women cartoonists like Julie Doucet and Eileen Kominsky-Crumb, Booth draws a horned up woman laying rose petals on the bed, to distract from the bedbugs before her hookup arrives. She bears witness to the reality of wearing a t-shirt with no bra when you stretch, your boobs, sometimes, pop right out. This is all just life but we don t often see it on the page. Undaunted, Booth draws it. When advice from spiritual gurus like Tara Brach and Ram Dass just aren t cutting it, take solace in the genuine arms of Tara Booth: a fearless cartoonist who is unafraid to put her existential angst, blemishes, and stains right on the page, and who with relentless relatability makes us all feel a bit more at home in our too-human vessels. With color that vibrates and fluids that impose, Processing lays Booth bare literally and figuratively.

About the Author
Tara Booth is an Ignatz Award winning cartoonist, painter and illustrator from Philadelphia. Her autobiographical comics tackle issues relating to mental health, addiction, gender and sexuality. Known for her painterly approach to comics, often using bright colors and dizzying patterns- Tara s work has been featured in Best American Comics, The New York Times, Vice and Bloomberg Businessweek, among others.

Reviews
'A classically trained painter, [Booth is a] cartwheeling, emotional clown who s both eager to remind us we re not alone in our struggles, and grinning nervously, awaiting our approval.' Vulture. 'For her fans, Tara Booth's paintings are beyond relatable. She has nothing to hide and comforts her audience by exposing and painting universal neuroses.' Juxtapoz. 'A master of self-deprecation, translating her shameful actions into gloriously taboo moments of artistic revelation.' Hyperallergic



Book Information
ISBN 9781770467323
Author Tara Booth
Format Paperback
Page Count 408
Imprint Drawn and Quarterly
Publisher Drawn and Quarterly