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Eisner Award winner Moa Romanova returns with an autobiographical graphic novel about accompanying her rock star bestie on a U.S. tour, fueled only by alcohol, drugs and sex.
How do you prevent history from repeating itself, and is it possible to protect the one you love from themselves? When cartoonist Moa Romanova joins her rock star bestie on a U.S. tour, life quickly turns chaotic, as adolescent trauma begins to haunt her.
Buff Soul tackles addiction, friendship, and loss in a rollicking road trip adventure involving selling speed, breaking bones, massive hangovers, drug withdrawal, having your entire fist inside your best friend, and shooting guns in the desert. What begins as an insanely comical, hedonistic road trip in the spirit of Pineapple Express, takes a dark turn when her best friend disappears. This event triggers memories of an adolescent trauma she had yet to reckon with, leading Romanova to confront the reality of how far she's let her self-destruction go.
"Eisner winner Romanova follows Goblin Girl with another exceptional autofiction...Amid her candid reckoning with addiction and anxiety, Romanova is also bracingly witty, with nimble banter and blunt punch lines delineating the highs and lows of her central characters' fierce friendship." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A thoughtful story about the dangers of addiction ends with a hopeful possibility of reinvention." —Kirkus Reviews
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Moa Romanova is a Swedish painter and cartoonist living in Stockholm. Her debut graphic novel, Goblin Girl, garnered the prestigious Eisner Award in 2021 for Best U.S. Edition of International Material, as well as a National Book Critics Circle Award and John Leonard Prize nomination. She has collaborated with brands like Adidas, Vivienne Westwood and VOLT.
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