Hello Sunshine (A Graphic Novel)
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- ¥1,600
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- ¥1,600
発行者による作品情報
"Beautiful, spooky, and emotional." —Kirkus
"Excruciatingly heart-wrenching and deeply affecting, drawn with nostalgia and care." --Booklist, starred review
"Supernatural suspense keeps readers on their toes while complex characterizations create fodder for nuanced and empathetic discussion surrounding mental health stigma and bullying." -- Publishers Weekly
"A bold accomplishment that provides an unflinching yet compassionate look at schizoaffective disorder, and how love can help those living with it." - School Library Journal
In this lush and romantic queer horror graphic novel, a troubled teen disappears from his small town—sending his loved ones on a paranormal journey to bring him home.
Noah is heartbroken. He returns from Bible camp to find that Alex, his secret boyfriend, has had a breakdown and disappeared. He wishes more than anything that he hadn’t left that day.
Sky is determined. She’ll stop at nothing to find her childhood friend, even if it means alienating the people she loves.
Izzy is ashamed. She knew something weird was going on with Alex, and she didn’t say anything to her boyfriend, Jamie—Alex’s twin brother. If she had, would Alex still be here?
Jamie is angry. Angry at Alex for being gone, angry at himself for not noticing something was wrong, and angry at his long-dead mother, Desdemona, who had problems of her own.
But what if there was something more to Desdemona’s demons? Why is Jamie seeing her ghost? And can he get past his hatred of her if it means finding out what happened to his brother?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut creator Young interrogates the horror media trope of mental illness resulting in violence in this atmospheric and insightful supernatural graphic novel. When teenager Noah returns home from a summer at Bible camp, he learns that classmate Alex—with whom Noah had a secret relationship—purportedly had a meltdown and went missing shortly after Noah left for the summer. Heartbroken and determined to get to the bottom of his disappearance, Noah teams up with Alex's twin brother, Jamie; Jamie's girlfriend, Izzy; and the twins' transgender childhood friend Sky. As the group learns more about the events that led to Alex's breakdown and subsequent vanishing, they face off against incompetent cops, distrustful classmates, and living nightmares that paint a haunting portrait of Alex's final weeks. Jagged, sharp artwork with a strange, surreal feel complements the creator's nuanced depictions of horrifying paranormal mystery and Alex's experiencing symptoms of psychosis, such as visual and auditory hallucinations. Supernatural suspense keeps readers on their toes while complex characterizations create fodder for nuanced and empathetic discussion surrounding mental health stigma and bullying. Noah reads as white, Sky and Izzy are Asian, and the twins' father is a member of the Haida nation. Ages 14–up.
