Cousins #MarikoTamaki and #JillianTamaki are a graphic storytelling powerhouse, and their latest title, *Roaming* (from #DrawnAndQuartlery) is a stunner:
https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/roaming/
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Roaming is the story of three young #Canadian women meeting up for a getaway to #NewYorkCity. Zoe and Dani are high-school best friends who haven't seen each other since they graduated and decamped for universities in different cities. Fiona is Dani's art-school classmate, a glamorous and cantankerous artist with an affected air of sophistication.
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The young women check into a hostel for a hotly anticipated long weekend, which turns into a complicated, moody marathon of debauchery, bonding, feuding, flirting, resentments and wonders.
The Tamakis' specialty is capturing the charged sexuality, subtle friendship power-moves, and intense but brittle friendship between young women. They're *very* good at it, which is why they won a Governor General's prize for their 2014 blockbuster *This One Summer*:
https://memex.craphound.com/2014/05/06/review-this-one-summer/
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