Fantagraphics Books
Time Under Tension
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9781683968962
ISBN13:
9781683968962
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Time Under Tension
$24.99
$21.82
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M.S. Harkness is graduating from art school in Minneapolis and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with an aspiring MMA fighter who mostly hangs out with her to get high and already has a girlfriend and career prospects with a fight promoter. An art career feels untenable -- as one professor tells her, "Don't expect to get by on this fucked-up broke girl shit." She decides to get a personal trainer's certificate -- it seems like a feasible and sensible career option -- but continues to dabble as a sex worker and weed dealer because the money is too irresistible. With idle hands due to no classes or full-time work, M.S. has ample time to aimlessly fuck around -- or, to get her shit together. "I want to be better, I want to be stable and solid. I don't want to keep aimlessly shifting between untenable situations."
Harkness's bold, precise black-and-white cartooning and eye for storytelling invites the reader in, while her sharp wit and naturalist ear as a writer takes it away from there. Never didactic, always real, Time Under Tension is a spirited and assured work of graphic memoir.
| Author: M. S. Harkness |
| Publisher: Fantagraphics Books |
| Publication Date: Oct 24, 2023 |
| Number of Pages: 264 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1683968964 |
| ISBN-13: 9781683968962 |