This was one of those rare comics where I flipped it over and read it again immediately after finishing it. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I’m OK leaving that up to the reader to decide, but on my end it was mostly because I read it thinking one thing and then realizing at the end that I had it wrong. Or did I? Eh, enough hypotheticals already. This is a straightforward enough story, if you’re worried that this was another of those abstract mini kus books that I just flatly didn’t get. Not so! This was entirely two women walking and talking, outside of the notable fact that one of the women might not have been there at all. I’m torn on whether the ghostly woman was meant to be the blond woman’s missing mother or grandmother (strongly leaning towards grandmother, but it’s open to interpretation). They’re looking for their old house, without much information or clues to go on, and the ghostly woman is regretting her life’s choices, specifically her choice not the speak up more when an old friend was deported. The fact that she would have been deported too, and possibly killed, is of cold comfort to her, especially as she takes stock of her own life and faded ambitions. She had stories to tell about her past and her own kids weren’t interested, but life has come back around to resemble the old horrors and now the young blond woman is very interested indeed. It’s all pretty ethereal, and difficult not to link it all back to real life horrors happening now. The only reason I’m not sure that’s what’s being referenced is that I’m not sure how long Ula was working on this comic, but it seems likely she’s obliquely referencing current events. There’s a lot to get out of this story no matter how you look at it, so as always you can get a copy for $7 or get a four issue bundle for $22. I usually recommend the bundle, even more so now that I’ve reviewed three of the four comics in that bundle…
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