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Two unlikely friends skip through dimensions and encounter weeping
giants, alligator islands, and a topsy turvy 2D world, learning to find
strength in each other. For fans of Station Eleven and Black Mirror.
Skip is a flurry of bold and vivid cartooning that pulls you through
this tender story of friendship at heart-wrenching speeds. Molly layers
every page with such a dense whimsicality that it left me wanting to go
back and re-read so I could sink my eyes into the details again and
again.
--Sloane Leong, creator of Prism Stalker
Skip isn't a travelogue -- it's a trip. The point isn't to vicariously
explore imaginary worlds, but simply to let your eye float along the
stream of fantastical visions Mendoza spins out... A creation this
idiosyncratic deserves to find a niche -- or, perhaps, to make one.
***--Etelka Lehoczky, NPR ***
From the first spread to the last image, Mendoza's gorgeous, surrealist
artwork presents imaginative depths both refreshing and disorienting.
Poignant catharsis surfaces through tearful declarations and emotional
strife as Bloom and Gloopy reflect on their strengths and weaknesses
amid unusual environments... An exceptional road taken. ****
Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
Molly Mendoza is a master illustrator. Skip speaks to the universal
experience of feeling adrift and out of place, mourning what's past
while looking curiously toward and unpredictable future.
**--Outsider Comics
A colorful, unpredictable postapocalyptic world comes alive in Skip
when two unlikely friends, Bloom and Gloopy, find themselves tossed from
dimension to dimension. Gloopy is running toward adventure, and away
from their home and friends who don't understand their creative talent.
Bloom is desperately trying to return home to their lake, and avoid the
terrible violence of the city. Instead, both Bloom and Gloopy find what
they need in each other, and bravely return home to challenge their
fears and create beauty in their own worlds.
