Bezimena
May 2019 · Fantagraphics Books
4.5star
2 reviews
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About this ebook
The author’s jumping-off point is the myth of Artemis and Siproites, in which a young man is turned into a woman as a punishment for the attempted rape of one of Artemis’s virgin cohorts. Bunjevac’s retelling follows Benny, a sexually deviant man who, coming across an alluring former classmate, concocts an elaborate, disturbing rape fantasy. Inked in her lush, stippled, illustrative style, Bunjevac crafts a gripping, noirish, Nabokovian tale, by turns surreal and harrowing, that turns the male gaze inside-out. Bezimena is both a radical examination of the misconceptions surrounding rape culture and an artistic and psychological tour de force.
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4.5
2 reviews
Jared Olmsted
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January 11, 2020
Succinctly written and beautifully drawn, this graphic tale induces a squirm factor that can't be ignored. Essential reading for this era and for as long as humanity lasts.
About the author
Nina Bunjevac is an artist known for her internationally-acclaimed books Heartless (2012), Fatherland (2014), and Bezimena (2019). She lives in Toronto where she divides her time between comics, illustration, teaching and fine arts.
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