Flea

Flea by Mara Ramirez
Published by Field Mouse Press
132 pages
5” x 7” perfect bound softcover

Flea is a young queer woman who simply wants to be heard. In a series of funny and sometimes harrowing vignettes, Flea must navigate her overbearing family, her clod of a boyfriend, and a world that sees her as invisible and insignificant. Alternating between expressive scribbles and naturalistic drawings, Flea grapples with her perceptions of herself and reality in an attempt to feel 'real,' and the results are both beautiful and horrible.