Minneapolis, 2021. Curtis is newly out, single, and ready to take his life in a different direction. Anton is an enigmatic young man who recognizes Curtis from their pre-pandemic lives. One casual drink leads to a charged relationship layered with unspeakable needs. A graphic novella about connection and failure, grief and responsibility, and the effect of world-changing events on the soul of the individual.
Originally published as part of the 2022 ShortBox Comics Fair.

Blue Delliquanti is a comic artist and writer based in Minneapolis. From 2012 to 2020 Blue drew and serialized the Prism Award-winning science fiction comic O Human Star at ohumanstar.com and have since worked on graphic novels including Across a Field of Starlight and Meal. They teach comics courses at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Ezra David Mattes is a cartoonist from Minneapolis living with disabling chronic illness. He is known for making singularly surreal memoir work that uses television to ask questions about obsession, identity, and how to remain in love with a world that is trying to annihilate you.

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