“RUDOLPH ON THE ROAD TO FUNVILLE” Every boy and girl needs a momma, like a puppy needs a bowl.
The funny-sad clown series for a funny-sad clown world continues with a mother-daughter road trip illustrated by ZOE THOROGOOD (The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott).
W. Maxwell Prince writes in Brooklyn and lives with his wife, daughter, and two cats called Mischief and Mayhem. He is the author of One Week in the Library, The Electric Sublime, and Judas: The Last Days. When not writing, he tries to render all of human experience in chart form.
The story follows a mom struggling with finances, mental health, identity, and expectations told from the perspective of her daughter, Rudolph. It’s a hard-hitting, relatable road trip that shows the harsh realities for people who have to do taboo things like sex work to take care of themselves and others.
The artwork here was just stunning. The story was hard-hitting as it touched on real issues like mental health, identity, broken families, sex work, and desperation. Again, I'm just not sure what the point was. Another sad clown story, indeed.