Boys Weekend
Reeks: Pantheon Graphic Library
Mattie Lubchansky
- A
- WASHINGTON
- POST
- AND
- NPR
- BEST
- BOOK
- OF
- THE
- YEAR
- •
- From
- the
- award-winning
- cartoonist
- and
- editor
- at
- The
- Nib,
- a
- hilarious
- trans-"final
- girl"
- horror
- graphic
- novel
- about
- a
- bachelor
- party
- gone
- very,
- very
- wrong."A
- witty,
- tender
- romp
- through
- the
- cosmic
- horror
- of
- being
- alive.”
- —Carmen
- Maria
- Machado,
- author
- of
- Her
- Body
- and
- Other
- PartiesNewly-out
- trans
- artist’s
- assistant
- Sammie
- is
- invited
- to
- an
- old
- friend’s
- bachelor
- weekend
- in
- El
- Campo,
- a
- hedonistic
- wonderland
- of
- a
- city
- floating
- in
- the
- Atlantic
- Ocean's
- international
- waters—think
- Las
- Vegas
- with
- even
- fewer
- rules.
- Though
- they
- have
- not
- identified
- as
- a
- man
- for
- over
- a
- year,
- Sammie’s
- college
- buddies
- haven't
- quite
- gotten
- the
- message—as
- evidenced
- by
- their
- formerly
- closest
- friend
- Adam
- asking
- them
- to
- be
- his
- “best
- man.”Arriving
- at
- the
- swanky
- hotel,
- Sammie
- immediately
- questions
- their
- decision
- to
- come.
- Bad
- enough
- that
- they
- have
- to
- suffer
- through
- a
- torrent
- of
- passive-aggressive
- comments
- from
- the
- groom's
- pals—all
- met
- with
- zero
- pushback
- from
- supposed
- "nice
- guy"
- Adam.
- But
- also,
- they
- seem
- to
- be
- the
- only
- one
- who's
- noticed
- the
- mysterious
- cult
- that's
- also
- staying
- at
- the
- hotel,
- and
- is
- ritually
- dismembering
- guests
- and
- demanding
- fealty
- to
- their
- bloodthirsty
- god.Part
- satire,
- part
- horror,
- Boys
- Weekend
- explores
- what
- it’s
- like
- to
- exist
- as
- a
- transfemme
- person
- in
- a
- man’s
- world,
- the
- difficulty
- of
- maintaining
- friendships
- through
- transition,
- and
- the
- more
- cult-like
- effects
- of
- masculinity,
- “hustle”
- culture,
- and
- capitalism—all
- through
- the
- vibrant
- lens
- of
- a
- surreal,
- scary,
- and
- immensely
- imaginative romp.
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