Apsara Engine

"The images and concepts in this exceptional graphic novel (actually a collection of short stories) come from a place all their own. Bishakh Som’s imagination is science-fictiony without being particularly technological, mythic without being particularly traditional, and humanistic without cherishing any particular assumptions about where we, as a species, are headed. Addressing romance, friendship, trans identity and the potential of contemporary technologies, these stories evade standard categories and complicate familiar patterns while experimenting with the limits of comic art. Apsara Engine is a testament to how trans experiences can teach us entirely new ways of imagining our humanity."