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pluralstories2025-02-12 12:43 pm
lb_lee) wrote in pluralstories2025-02-12 12:43 pm
Entry tags:
- 1+:abuse:not mentioned,
- 1+:closeting,
- 1+:people:the dead,
- 1+:relationships:family,
- 1+:relationships:friendship,
- 1+:relationships:teamwork,
- 1+:type:serially singlet,
- 1+:type:setting-specific,
- 1+:visions,
- 1+:voices,
- audience:teens,
- genre:fantasy/supernatural,
- genre:sci-fi,
- length:medium,
- medium:comics,
- time:2020s
M is for Monster, by Talia Dutton (YA sci-fantasy comic, 2022)
"Hi! My name is Maura Ai. That's my body you're wearing."
Blurb: Maura and Francine are mad scientist sisters, but after Maura dies in a scientific accident, Francine tries to resurrect her... only to get someone completely different instead. How do you manage a life that isn't your own?
Why is it worth your time?: This is a "serial singlet" story--after Maura's death, she can communicate with M through mirrors, but never comes back into the body, and M did not exist prior to Maura's death. The story focuses overwhelmingly on the difficulty of the relationship between Francine (who so badly wants her sister back, and just CAN'T) and M (who comes in a blank slate, has very different tastes and aptitudes than Maura, but is terrified of being found out lest she be "taken apart"). Any plural who's had to pretend to be the "real person" will feel this book hard! Also, the art is pretty!
Plural Tags: abuse not mentioned, serially singlet, closeting, the dead, family, friendship, teamwork, setting-specific, visions, voices
Content Warnings: Death! Others contain spoilers; see comments.
Access Notes: Available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook.
Misc Notes:
Blurb: Maura and Francine are mad scientist sisters, but after Maura dies in a scientific accident, Francine tries to resurrect her... only to get someone completely different instead. How do you manage a life that isn't your own?
Why is it worth your time?: This is a "serial singlet" story--after Maura's death, she can communicate with M through mirrors, but never comes back into the body, and M did not exist prior to Maura's death. The story focuses overwhelmingly on the difficulty of the relationship between Francine (who so badly wants her sister back, and just CAN'T) and M (who comes in a blank slate, has very different tastes and aptitudes than Maura, but is terrified of being found out lest she be "taken apart"). Any plural who's had to pretend to be the "real person" will feel this book hard! Also, the art is pretty!
Plural Tags: abuse not mentioned, serially singlet, closeting, the dead, family, friendship, teamwork, setting-specific, visions, voices
Content Warnings: Death! Others contain spoilers; see comments.
Access Notes: Available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook.
Misc Notes: