Hilarious and big-hearted, Thirsty Mermaids is “a bright, bold shot of fun with a chaser of feels” ( Kirkus Reviews).

Which means everything from: enlisting the aid of their I-know-we-just-met-can-we-crash-with-you bartender friend, struggling to make sense of the world around them, to even trying to get a job with no skill set…all while attempting to somehow return to the sea and making the most of their current situation with tenacity and camaraderie (especially if someone else is buying). First Second, 21.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-5 When middle schooler Snapdragon’s dog goes missing, Snapdragon dares to enter the house of. (Source: Women Write About Comics) Interviews None. But the good times abruptly end the next morning as, through the haze of killer hangovers, the trio realizes they never actually learned how to break the spell and are now stuck on land for the foreseeable future. Snapdragon BUY THIS BOOK Snapdragon Kat Leyh. Witches, motorcycles, ghosts, and the best dog in town: Kat Leyh’s Snapdragon abounds with the unexpected and magical while seamlessly blending an archetypal coming of age story with an urgent, real-world tale about identity and rebirth. I was just a few pages in when I realized that I was in the hands of a master comics artist.The Eisner and Lambda Literary Award nominated graphic novel about a group of mermaids trapped on dry land-from prolific comic artist and writer Kat Leyh, creator of the acclaimed Snapdragon and coauthor of the bestselling Lumberjanes series!įresh out of shipwreck wine, three tipsy mermaids decide to magically masquerade as humans and sneak onto land to indulge in much more drinking and a whole lot of fun in the heart of a local seaside tourist trap.

What we get is a winningly complex cast of characters, queer and trans representation that is central to the story while being gloriously unflustered and direct, spooky supernatural details that resolve into unexpected affirmations, and, above all, vivid and confident cartooning – one terrific, nuanced page after another. Unsurprisingly, the book has a utopian, welcoming, vibe, but author Kat Leyh stirs in so much complicated humanness that the results never seem pollyannish or schematic. Snapdragon, though, brings even more to the table, without ever overcramming or pushing too hard. It shares with most of the other “witch” books a progressive, inclusive, queer-positive ethos and Bildungsroman structure. Kat Leyhs Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town’s witch and discovers the strange magic within herself. Of all the recent comics about witches that I’ve reviewed here, Snapdragon strikes me as the most sure-handed and persuasive, as well as the richest. I favored Snapdragon to win this year’s Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids (though, um, another book ended up winning).

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