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Graywolf

9781644452691

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Corey Fah Does Social Mobility

Isabel Waidner has caught lightning in a bottle with this comedic romp through a queer, absurdist world.

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Review of ‘Corey Fah Does Social Mobility’

“Cartoonish” is typically a pejorative label. Overexaggerated, outlandish, silly—when a piece of art provokes these descriptions, we expect to be met with sticks of dynamite and eye roll-worthy puns. But the recent elevation of cartoons, from the existentialism of “BoJack Horseman” to the tender lessons of “Adventure Time,” should make us reconsider how we view…

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