In Episode 21 Gen and Jette talk about Shade, The Changing Girl, their 2019 May/June book club selection. This collection of comics on DC’s Young Animal imprint is about an alien, Loma, who embodies a teenage girl. The story follows Loma as she travels across the universe to earth in search of something better. But teenage lives are more difficult than expected. And people are after her to get Shade’s coat back.
This a story for anyone who’s ever felt out of place and a little mad. We had so much fun talking about it.
Show Notes
Marley Zarcone does all the artwork for these comics.
Shade, The Changing Girl stems from Shade, The Changing Man, which continues in Shade, The Changing Woman.
Cecil Castellucci is also a musician who was was in Bite and Nerdy Girl before going solo.
Yes, Gen mentions Supernatural and Harry Potter again, for anyone who’s counting. And, yes, Jette mentions The Umbrella Academy.
Jette’s love for My Chemical Romance is real. Her funeral will be a recreation of the “My Helena” video.
Books and Media Mentioned
Doom Patrol (another comic on Young Animal that has been adapted for TV)
Saga by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughn on Image Comics
Also by Cecil Castellucci: Boy Proof and We Have Always Lived on Mars (which is in development for a film adaptation directed by John Krasinski)
