Kylooe
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Have you ever dreamed of escaping—to return to the warm and carefree moments of childhood?
A typical teenager finds growing up is rough. One day she cuts class to buy the new album from her favorite band and sees a strange, mysterious, yet familiar creature on the cover—it is Kylooe, her old friend! He’s back, he’s real, and he’ll do anything to protect her. Then, an awkward girl makes an impression on a popular teen and they begin to connect beyond their peer statuses. And, in a world where expressing emotion is forbidden, a group reflects on the decisions that changed their lives forever.
Step into the intimate, touching, and emotional dreamworld of Kylooe! Hong Kong artist Little Thunder brings imagination to life with beauty, joy, and wonder through surreal art and sensual colors in this collection of three stories.
Available in English for the first time!Collects the full trilogy of Kylooe!
One of New York Public Library’s Best New Comics of 2025 for Adults!
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Hong Kong artist Little Thunder's enchanting debut comprises three stories linked by the uncannily cute character Kylooe, a furry white monster who inhabits people's dreams. In "Downhearted Dragonfly," an awkward teenage girl living in the shadow of her popular sister meets a boy who lives in a rainbow-hued dreamland, but travel between their realities proves precarious. In "Green Tunnel," a young man recalls his fraught high school relationship with an eccentric, artistically gifted classmate. "Never Been Happy" visits a reeducation camp in a world where expressing emotion has been outlawed. "Once you get a taste," a repeat offender warns a boy arrested for crying over his father's death, "you'll never be able to resist the temptation." Kylooe pops up throughout, within dreams, or in one story as a character in a children's television show. Little Thunder's vibrant, elegant drawings, drenched in color, give life to fantastic creatures and phantasmagorical dreamscapes as well as lovingly observed details of Hong Kong neighborhoods, shops, and apartments. The characters' subtle, humanistic expressions help the stories maintain their delicate balance of whimsy and melancholy. Diving into this lush escapade is like sliding down a rainbow, rain showers and all.
