Weeaboo Noëlle Kröger Axel and Blaze

Axel and Blaze

While desert landscapes and crowded street scenes flow across the pages

capturing the mundane thrills and hourly tragedies of a waning adolescence

From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointment to healing family rifts

Weeaboo Noëlle Kröger Axel and BlazeBy Alissa Sallah & Susie Lee. Published by Oni Press. Softcover, 208 pages, Colour, 2021. "Alissa Sallah is a standout cartoonist and storyteller, just starting out on what is sure to be a notable career. In her debut graphic novel, Weeaboo, Alissa Sallahs produced an intricate portrait of fandom and the modern complexities that attend where and how we long for pleasure and escape. Her style is deliberate, and the results both nuanced and moving."