Baby Blue
by Bim Eriksson
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Pub Date Mar 11 2025 | Archive Date Feb 25 2025
Fantagraphics Books | Fantagraphics
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Description
This haunting dystopian thriller graphic novel explores themes of mental health, queer identity, and the dangers of unchecked fascism.
In the not-so-distant future, twenty-something Betty lives in a fascistic society that menacingly polices mental health. When she is caught crying in public, the Peacekeepers take her to an Orwellian health facility to control her emotions. There, she meets the defiant Berina, who opens her eyes to an alternative reality: the Resistance. If Betty can navigate a rollicking underworld, where all manner of queerness is celebrated, she just might have a chance to strike back against the regime.
Deliciously twisted, fiercely contemporary, and backed by a Swedish pop soundtrack, Baby Blue is the dynamic graphic novel debut of comics artist Bim Eriksson. A vital manifesto about the need to express your unique identity in a chillingly conformist world.
Advance Praise
"In Eriksson's masterfully drawn dystopia, hope, friendship, romance and betrayal emerge on the journey to the dramatic finale." — Smålandsposten
"I am thrown headlong into her dystopian world and her uncanny way of portraying psychiatry and public health today." — Ömnsköldsviks Allehanda
"With powerful text and imagery, this comic is a cry against imposed social norms, and a call to joy." — Librairie L’Alternative
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798875000416 |
| PRICE | $29.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 264 |
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