BTTM FDRS [Hardcover]

Once a thriving working class neighborhood on Chicagos south side, the Bottomyards is now the definition of urban blight. When an aspiring fashion designer named Darla and her image-obsessed friend, Cynthia, descend upon the neighborhood in search of cheap rent, they soon discover something far more seductive and sinister lurking behind the walls of their new home. Like a cross between Jordan PeelesAn Afrofuturist horror-comedy about gentrification, hip hop, and cultural appropriation. Passmore and Claytan Daniels teaming up is a dream combination. I fell in love with this comic right about page one, and then just kept falling. The story is smart, the characters feel lively and real, and the art is moody and lovely. One hell of a winning recipe. Gentrification horror at its finest. Daniels and Passmore bring their satirical acumen and sense of the macabre aspects of society to their first collaboration. The medium is the monster and the mastery of its use are utterly apparent in this powerful sequential manifesto. Creepy and charming, The brightly hued, visually compelling panels provide an electrifying feel to each page. A coy, gruesome satire of gentrification. Passmore composes some very striking images, and a high-intensity color palette adds an extra pop to the linework. Daniels and Passmore make horror feel vital again. At turns funny, scary, and thought provoking, Brilliant, striking, unique, compelling, and just a damn good read, Gentrification horror and sociopolitical satire play out with sharpness in this visually brilliant thriller set in a fictional Chicago South Side community. A savage Afrofuturistic horror comedy about gentrification, racial invisibility, and cultural appropriation in knock-your-eyes-out, 'non-literal' coloring. Daniels and Passmore have created a funny, creepy, acid-toned satire about the horrors of gentrification.