Cherry

by Inés Estrada

When Cherry is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees it as a ticket to freedom. She quits her job, dyes her hair, and heads off an adventure to Iceland. Once there, she enjoys the wilderness, meets up with a classic punker, and simply lives. It's a beautiful and intense comic from one of today's best storytellers. Warning : there are graphic depictions of sexual acts, so this is an adults-only release.

Genres: Comics

40 pages, Saddle-stitched

First published June 3, 2018

About the author

Inés Estrada is a cartoonist and sort of a nomad. She is the editor of the comics section of Vice Mexico and she also manages Gatosaurio, a webshop where you can find her stickers and comics. She has inhaled enormous amounts of car smog biking through her home town of Mexico City, which has surely damaged her brain into seeing the psychedelic colors and shapes you can find in her work.

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Viciously sexy, dangerous and punk as hell. Not for the faint of heart. Very, very good.

[Amy Appiani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peccato che sia molto, molto corto. Se fosse stato corposo, almeno il doppio, gli avrei dato 5 stelle sicuro.

[clouders · Rating 5 out of 5]

♡"I GOT NOWHERE TO GO...AND ALL DAY TO GET THERE!"♡

keywords: imminent death (my one true destiny), rage quit at the office, knifing a girl (wink), glacial hot tub time, vomit pig, Icelandic cock

favorite page: 7, where her reflection and dual self look at each other and its sort-of double the panels, squares cut in half kind-of, I like drawing mirror sequences like this and seeing double

second favorite: the Icelandic cock

ines fucking rocks obviously, so happy that gatosaurio is up and running and I had the chance to get this and fanzinologia ♡

[Briar Page · Rating 5 out of 5]

Horny punk-rock existentialism with a lot of heart and a dark, dry sense of humor. The full-page images are magnificent and packed with detail.

[Rob McMonigal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably at the edge of my interest in terms of raw comics, the freedom Cherry feels in being able to let go because she's got nothing left to lose really worked for me. The linework is very good, and flows as needed from basic lines to more detailed illustrations.

[Orca · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5
Troppo, troppo corto. Non fai in tempo ad affezionarti.

- Tu credi nel destino?
- Mah… Non lo so. E tu?
- Mio marito è appena morto e non so… in cosa credere.
- Oh… Mi dispiace. Penso che dovresti… credere in te stessa ora.

[QXY · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like the arts but concepts aren't creative

[Bug Online · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cool art but I was honestly disapointed that the story was based entirely around SA fantasy, it was also really short.