{"product_id":"precious-rubbish-9781683969280","title":"Precious Rubbish","description":"\"If an exorcism can ever be slow and quiet, then every panel I've finished has felt something like an exorcism. The gutters give me space to make sense of things: to connect dots and close gaps. To remember.\" Kayla E.'s \u003cem\u003ePrecious Rubbish\u003c\/em\u003e is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children's comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation, rural poverty, and incest. The author's childhood is portrayed as a collection of short-form comics and gag panels punctuated by interactive elements like paper dolls, satirical advertisements, games, and puzzles. \u003cp\u003eWhile the work is concerned with violence and a particularly Texan brand of Pentecostal fanaticism, it is presented in a playful visual language with a deadpan humor that elevates the material beyond mere graphic memoir. Precious Rubbish is a landmark work of comics storytelling and graphic medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut graphic novel from artist Kayla E., \u003cem\u003ePrecious Rubbish\u003c\/em\u003e asks the reader to do the extratextual work of filling out narrative gaps, which mirrors the challenge of trauma recollection. The reader is invited to co-labor in the meaning-making process, an exercise that facilitates an intimacy (between the author, the subject, and the reader) that is at once horrifying and hilarious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683969280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kayla E.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45097038479541,"sku":"9781683969280","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3ffc0c56-1ffe-44c7-bf7a-72a54f5adeb4.jpg?v=1739283082","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/precious-rubbish-9781683969280","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}