Black Cohosh
$57.98
- Paperback
300 pages
- Release Date
17 June 2025
Summary
A heartfelt, comedic coming-of-age debut from a bright new talent.
When we meet Eagle Valiant Brosi, he is a long-haired commune kid, bullied by other kids, teachers, and his neighbors. And because of his speech impediment, Eagle observes silently and often. Mom—a classic earthy, free spirit prone to discursive lectures on natural medicine and the efficacy of certain plants—is the only one who really cares. So Eagle lets others talk and talk and talk, revealing their true natures and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770467774 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770467777 |
| Author: | Eagle Valiant Brosi |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 17 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 774g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 153mm x 229mm |
Critics Review
“Eagle Valiant Brosi tells us a complicated story with dogged simplicity. In Black Cohosh, idealism and love are thrown together with delusion and selfishness; awful harm is tangled up with care. This is the kind of comic that made me want to make comics—it’s the kind of comic that let me know what was possible.” —Eleanor Davis
“Casually brutal, in the manner of a child’s perfectly unsentimental gaze, Brosi’s gem of a debut captures his fractured upbringing… in the Appalachian back-to-the-land commune where he was raised. The bittersweetness of this graphic memoir’s hard truths makes a lasting impression.“–
Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2025
“Eagle Valiant Brosi’s debut announces the arrival of a powerful artist and writer.“–Lindsay Pereira, Broken Frontier
Eagle Valiant Brosi
Eagle Valiant Brosi was raised in an unconventional, back-to-the-land hippie lifestyle in the Appalachian foothills. Despite his non-traditional beginnings, Eagle conformed to the standard life of an American capitalist. He works from home, making a computer sigh and groan.
In this routine, days pass by without much human interaction. His garden, however, provides a contrast to the quiet work life. Among rows of tomatoes, beans, zucchini, and summer squash, he enjoys the good company of slugs, mosquitoes, and bumblebees. If he closes his eyes hard enough, he forgets about the life he was supposed to lead and who he was supposed to be.
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