WAKE UP, PIXOTO! — by Weng Pixin
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Text & illustrations: Weng Pixin Editor: Drawn & Quarterly English language ISBN 9781770467972 Format: Soft cover Size: 8 x 6 inches Pages: 248 pages An admonishment, a command, a mantra. Weng Pixin revisits herself at her most vulnerable, in her art school days. She tries on various identities trying to understand who she is. Is she a sexual libertine? A fine artist? A sensitive friend? Just then , in steps a charismatic art instructor who helps her see her true worth. She joins his tight-knit group of artistic seekers and begins her real education. But…is something sinister lurking beneath the surface? Rivalries develop, friends disappear or are cast out, her instructor’s words take on a caustic edge. Pix becomes unmoored and less sure of herself than ever before and she begins to suspect she’s entered into a cult. Dream-like floral collages shift to more stripped-down, character-based cartooning. Weng’s bright colors and rubbery people persist as her writing becomes more diaristic and detailed than her previous collections Sweet Time and Let’s Not Talk Anymore . Wake Up, Pixoto! is an interrogation into how groomers operate and how we can allow ourselves to be coerced into a…
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