This one Summer and the adventure of Women in comics

There was a long period of time when women were not allowed to illustrate comics there was a sudden boom of amazing women illustrators putting their stories out there. Most of these stories were created for young adults or younger women who were starting to experience life. These stories were meant to be lessons or just stories that entertained the youth. After reading this one summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki I fell in love with the comic’s women were making. This one summer is all about two girls who vacation together ever summer on the same island. They are starting to get older and are interested in the local gossip having to deal with the boys and girls. They watch and observe the boys and how they treat girls. I think they do this because of Windy’s mom; she is a feminist and is very critical of most men. We find out that she takes Windy on a lot of her lesbian camps and feminist groups. So Windy and Rose are observing these boys talking about women they are having sex with and it makes them very comfortable. They can’t seem to understand why they would treat humans like objects. They don’t ever say they don’t like it; they are just intrigued and want to see more.

I think the push for the whole “slice of life” stories have been really interesting. The indie comic world has definitely picked it up and made it a motif of lots of different writers and illustrators. I think this story is a great example of this; essentially this story could go on forever the way it is written.  The writer tells us this happens ever summer and we should expect it to continue on and on. So each summer these two girls meet up could be a totally different graphic novel. Anyways, I think this story is beautiful in the sense that it isn’t restricted and how real it feels. We all have been in that position, were we look up to people that are older than us and observe them. This story feels limitless and timeless in the way it is written. As humans I think we will always be observing others and learning from them.http://41.media.tumblr.com/8011195b6d4311081aad580cca66b784/tumblr_n69djkPbIB1tyhqkfo5_1280.jpg