{"product_id":"precious-rubbish","title":"Precious Rubbish","description":"A landmark graphic novel debut and groundbreaking work of trauma recollection told in the style of post-war children’s comics.\n2025 Ignatz Award WINNER Outstanding Graphic Novel\n2025 International Latino Book Awards Honorable Mention\nA New York Public Library's Top Ten Comic and Graphic Novel of 2025\nBooklist Top 10 Graphic Biographies \u0026amp; Memoirs of 2025\nCartoonist Studio Prize for Long-Form Comics 2026 NOMINEE\nShortlisted for the Graphic Medicine International Collective Award for Long Form Comics, 2026\n“If an exorcism can ever be slow and quiet, then every panel I’ve finished has felt something like an exorcism. The gutters give me space to make sense of things: to connect dots and close gaps. To remember.” Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children’s comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation, rural poverty, and incest. The author’s childhood is portrayed as a collection of short-form comics and gag panels punctuated by interactive elements like paper dolls, satirical advertisements, games, and puzzles.\nWhile the work is concerned with violence and a particularly Texan brand of Pentecostal fanaticism, it is presented in a playful visual language with a deadpan humor that elevates the material beyond mere graphic memoir. Precious Rubbish is a landmark work of comics storytelling and graphic medicine.\nThe debut graphic novel from artist Kayla E., Precious Rubbish asks the reader to do the extratextual work of filling out narrative gaps, which mirrors the challenge of trauma recollection. The reader is invited to co-labor in the meaning-making process, an exercise that facilitates an intimacy (between the author, the subject, and the reader) that is at once horrifying and hilarious. Full-color illustrations throughout\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1683969286\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1683969286.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kayla E.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43590202753085,"sku":"BVV.1683969286.G","price":11.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1683969286-0.jpg?v=1788733442","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/precious-rubbish","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}