Boys Weekend: A Trans Horror Graphic Novel About Bachelor Parties and Cults
Summary
A review and promotional description of Mattie Lubchansky's debut graphic novel "Boys Weekend," which follows newly-out trans artist's assistant Sammie as they attend a bachelor party in El Campo—a lawless floating city in the Atlantic. The story blends horror and satire as Sammie navigates passive-aggressive comments from old college friends who haven't acknowledged their transition, while also discovering a mysterious cult ritually dismembering hotel guests. The book explores themes of trans survival, masculinity, hustle culture, and capitalism through a surreal horror lens.
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· 3 pulledA brilliant saga and 'how to' of trans survival in the nightmarish crypto-cis-bro-cult underworld of bachelor party indoctrination. I giggled so hard I blew snot bubbles! —Lilly Wachowski
A witty, tender romp through the cosmic horror of being alive. —Carmen Maria Machado
Part satire, part horror, Boys Weekend explores what it's like to exist as a transfemme person in a man's world, the difficulty of maintaining friendships through transition, and the more cult-like effects of masculinity, 'hustle' culture, and capitalism
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