Graphic novel, 272 pages
English language
Published Feb. 13, 2023 by Abrams, Inc..
Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, explores queerness in the shockingly frank and funny graphic novel Mimosa.
Best friends and chosen family Chris, Elise, Jo, and Alex work hard to keep themselves afloat. Their regular brunches hold them together even as the rest of their lives threaten to fall apart. In an effort to avoid being the oldest gays at the party, the crew decides to put on a new queer event called Grind—specifically for homos in their dirty 30s.
Grind is a welcome distraction from their real problems: after a messy divorce, Chris adjusts to being a single parent while struggling to reconnect to their queer community. Elise is caught between feelings for her boss and the career of her dreams. Jo tries to navigate the murky boundaries of being a supportive friend and taking care of her …
Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, explores queerness in the shockingly frank and funny graphic novel Mimosa.
Best friends and chosen family Chris, Elise, Jo, and Alex work hard to keep themselves afloat. Their regular brunches hold them together even as the rest of their lives threaten to fall apart. In an effort to avoid being the oldest gays at the party, the crew decides to put on a new queer event called Grind—specifically for homos in their dirty 30s.
Grind is a welcome distraction from their real problems: after a messy divorce, Chris adjusts to being a single parent while struggling to reconnect to their queer community. Elise is caught between feelings for her boss and the career of her dreams. Jo tries to navigate the murky boundaries of being a supportive friend and taking care of her own needs. And Alex is guarding a secret that might change his friendships forever. While navigating exes at work, physical and mental exhaustion, and drinking way, way too much on weekdays, this chosen family proves that being messy doesn’t always go away with age.
Disjoined and boring drama, but showing a unique set of perspectives that needs to be more prevalent in the world of media.
I'll organize the details and figure out the venue and DJs and paying performers. Jo, you'll wow everyone with your near-nude body. Elise, you'll check in with Hot Boss Drew about a partnership. And Chris, you'll be our number one fan!
A raw and honest portrayal of the struggles we face in our thirties while the world keeps telling us that we're now supposed to have at least some of it figured out and to mostly get our shit together. I liked how the narrative was constructed; at first, it's all, look, a heartwarming, only moderately dysfunctional queer found family! They're looking out for each other! They're always there! They're throwing a party together! But then all the grudges and secrets and toxicities start rising to the surface, and by the midpoint, you're no longer sure why these four people are still keeping each other in their lives. Except the …
I'll organize the details and figure out the venue and DJs and paying performers. Jo, you'll wow everyone with your near-nude body. Elise, you'll check in with Hot Boss Drew about a partnership. And Chris, you'll be our number one fan!
