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A review by jenniferdeguzman
Kimmie66 by Aaron Alexovich
3.0
Aaron Alexovich tackles the increasingly important question of online identity, and he does it in a way that's fun and spooky, with a main character who is, oh my god, adorable. I love her hair. Her voice is a little teenage-girly, but I can handle that, and it fits the character and the story. Unlike a lot of graphic novels I've read lately, Kimmie66 treats a traumatic event as a traumatic event. (Really, how do these girls in other graphic novels do this? One accidentally kills two men and then her father gets murdered, another is inadvertently responsible for a kindly old man losing his mind, and another's grandmother turns out to be a Satanist, and they bounce back so easily from these horrible events!) Telly is appropriately devastated by the death of her friend, and her quest to find out what happened to Kimmie and who she "really" was comes across as earnest, touching and believable.
And Aaron is just an awesome artist. The futuristic world he creates is just the right balance between make-believe and realistic.
This book has the best cover design of the Minx books, I think.
And Aaron is just an awesome artist. The futuristic world he creates is just the right balance between make-believe and realistic.
This book has the best cover design of the Minx books, I think.