A graphic novella of rebellious students in a high school hostage crisis, blending magic, reality, and provocative themes.
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A graphic novella of rebellious students in a high school hostage crisis, blending magic, reality, and provocative themes.
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What begins as a story becomes a tract, as the iconographically genderqueer students lecture the staid teachers on how "magic is sequence"—i.e., how comics, through their very form, embody the perceptual Burroughsian cut-up that allows the imagination to intervene in reality's gaps and produce a new reality. Tricks of storytelling and even color (the colorist Gregory Wright is perhaps more the star of this show than artist Riley Rossmo, whose broken ligne claire left me wanting mo
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Minor references to sexual themes; not central or explicit.
Violence & gore
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Frequent violence including a high school hostage situation with guns; graphic depictions likely.
Profanity
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Moderate use of strong language expected in intense dialogue.
Substance use
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References to drug use, including acid, in a rebellious context.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Presence of genderqueer characters with thematic relevance.
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources.
Witchcraft / occult
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Magic framed as sequence and reality-altering; not traditional occult.
Political content
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Strong themes of teenage revolt and questioning consensus reality.
Self-harm / suicide
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Mentions of pretentious suicide by cop as a narrative element.
Sexual assault
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No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
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Minor themes of systemic suffering in educational settings implied.
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