By Raquelle Jac. Published by Fantagraphics. Softcover, 360 pages, Colour and B&W, 2026. In the tradition of Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Phoebe Gloeckner, a remarkable debut graphic novel that wields art like a knife to organize, agitate, and dismantle the predatory systems that immiserate us all. Bimbo Agitprop captures the reality of growing up in West Texas in the early 21st century, through Satanic Panics, Y2K, a recession, abusive parents, shitty men, identity-centric politics, and woke/anti-woke pendulum swings. Reflective of the author’s era (born in the late 1990s) of hyperindividualist over-sharing of late 2010s internet, while being firmly grounded in the unfiltered, handmade, radically anti-establishment art of the 1960s underground comix, Raquelle Jac keeps her wounds fresh and open to both remember the past and protect herself in the future. At turns explicit, hilarious, profane, and defiant, Bimbo Agitprop is both an act of self-preservation and a call to arms. Jac boldly embraces frivolity, “bimboism,” comedy, memory, and storytelling to interrogate reality in the 2020s, ping-ponging among relationships, psychedelic trips, good sex, bad sex, romance, and trauma. Her dense, obsessive pages read like a manifesto, announcing the arrival of a remarkable new voice in comics. PRAISE "In her searing debut, Jac depicts her dysfunctional childhood with a mastery of craft that's impressive for an artist who, by her account, 'only grew up with Chick Tracts and the funny pages.'" — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Embracing the gritty, grotesque aesthetic of 1970s underground comix, [Jac's] swirling, intensely cross-hatched visions of violence, chaos, and substance abuse underline, highlight, and circle in red ink her psychic pain." — Kirkus, Starred Review "I think it's going to be one of the books of the year." — Taylor Talks Comics "Bimbo Agitprop is an absolutely stunning graphic novel debut, one that is disturbing, moving, chaotic, and inspirational all at once." — Comics Beat "Bimbo Agitprop is a strong, singular work from an artist who is just getting started." — Cinema Sentries
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