Futchi Perf, Paperback

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``Czap's Magic Future Cleveland is hyper-diverse. People of color are the majority in this world. There's every body type. Gender presentation is all over the map. The body hair situation is impressive. It's a physical world, of flesh and blood. And unlike the kind of ``happy`` imagery that slides into kitsch, not everyone here is smiling all the time. Czap's characters yell and sweat, they speak honestly and openly. They cry a lot, usually with joy, but real hot tears. Their joy isn't easy, and that makes it familiar.``--Eleanor Davis, The Comics Journal What if the future began in a small, queer, punk music show in the basement of a Cleveland, Ohio, house? Romantic friendships, uberchic culture, magical solutions, kid think-tanks, and more make up Kevin Czap's vision of not-so-distant America. Futchi Perf might not depict a perfect future, but its slice-of-life vignettes, drawn in a glorious, kaleidoscopic two-color palette, visualize a utopian dream that seems almost real, but perpetually out of reach. Kevin Czap (pronounced ``chap``) was raised in Northern Virginia, studied art in Cleveland, OH, and is now based in Providence, RI. They run the micropress Czap Books, endearingly referred to as ``Comics Mom.`` In 2016, Czap received the second annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) Emerging Talent Award for their work and involvement in the comics community.