Hot Comb

"Deceptively simple in both its visuals and narrative, Hot Comb reflects on growing up black with a combination of humor and biting rage. Its throughline is hair – Ebony Flowers shows how hair is the nucleus of every African American girl’s self-image, an ever-present and ever-shifting symbol of difference, mutability, glamour and even the power of capitalism. It’s a thread running through stories of coping with overworked parents, racist classmates and pushy strangers. Flowers’ intuitive, unruly drawing style gives her lighter anecdotes gonzo verve and her darker stories immediacy."