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Flung Out of Space: The Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis
1 review
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Flung Out of Space is a comic book about novelist and comic book writer, Patricia Highsmith. Highsmith was famous for writing Strangers on a Train, the psychological thriller that got turned into a fan loved movie of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. After writing Strangers on a Train, Highsmith wrote The Price of Salt, which is a book about lesbians that has a happy ending. This was very uncharacteristic for books around the time (1950s).
Highsmith was a not a good person and the author and illustrator let us know in a forward at the beginning of the comic. Highsmith often hit on and cheated with her co-workers female partners, was an out a proud racist, and she was just down right rude to people she interacted with. I think Highsmith portrayal was a bit sanitized, I know that Highsmith was a racist up until her dead. She's quoted as saying some honestly horrifying things about Hitler and Jewish people.
I love period pieces and that includes the comic medium. It was interesting to see Highsmith navigate life as a lesbian in 1950's America. Some parts made me feel bad for her, like the parts where Then I remembered that she wasn't really a good person and she was a racist and misogynist so I now I struggle to feel bad for her but I kind of still do.
I really loved the art, it was nice to look at. I enjoyed the information value and the nice aesthetics that this comic has.
I give this comic a 4 out of 5 because the real Highsmith was a worse person than they portrayed and I don't really think they should have held back in that aspect.
Highsmith was a not a good person and the author and illustrator let us know in a forward at the beginning of the comic. Highsmith often hit on and cheated with her co-workers female partners, was an out a proud racist, and she was just down right rude to people she interacted with. I think Highsmith portrayal was a bit sanitized, I know that Highsmith was a racist up until her dead. She's quoted as saying some honestly horrifying things about Hitler and Jewish people.
I love period pieces and that includes the comic medium. It was interesting to see Highsmith navigate life as a lesbian in 1950's America. Some parts made me feel bad for her, like the parts where
Spoiler
she has psychiatrists telling her that they can "cure" her lesbianism.I really loved the art, it was nice to look at. I enjoyed the information value and the nice aesthetics that this comic has.
I give this comic a 4 out of 5 because the real Highsmith was a worse person than they portrayed and I don't really think they should have held back in that aspect.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny
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