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A review by lilmatt050
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick
5.0
I always find it important that when it comes to our identity, we need to learn about the history of the generations before you in order to learn the struggles and dilemma they suffered so that way our generation and future generations do not have to follow the same hardships. Sadly most people nowadays do not care about the past or do not bother learning whereas I found this comic book refreshing and important.
Ever since I realized who I am truly am in my sexual orientation, it became my primary goal to research and learn about how the generation before mine were treated like 2nd class citizens, perverts, animals, and when AIDS became mainstream it became a social plague because at the time only gay people were catching the disease. Many people in our history looked the other way when they needed help and how to prevent HIV/AIDS.
Then a few years ago, I had seen countless HIV/AIDS movies but this one was quite different and made it personally when it comes to my cultural and sexual identity. The movie was called Pedro, it was about a Cuban man named Pedro Zamora who got HIV when he was a teenager and made it his goal to teach every person he encountered what HIV/AIDS is and how to prevent catching it and the myths that society believes. I was completely in tears by the end of the movie and got to learn someone who lives in the same back yard as me.
Now when I discovered this book in the library yesterday, I remember everything about him and thought that I should take a trip down memory lane even though his story ends on a sad note. This book is about Pedro but from the point of view of his friend Judd Winick who he met on The Real World: San Francisco.
The first reason that I love about this book is Judd's illustration of these characters, they felt so real and did an absolutely wonderful job of drawing and storytelling Pedro's life. The 2nd reason why I believe this book was astounding is how they teach you about HIV/AIDS, how to prevent it, and most importantly that anyone can get the disease. This book is targeted mostly for Young Adults but I believe it fits for anyone who wants to know more about Pedro and the enthusiasm he brought to those who encountered him.
What's cool is my high school P.E. teacher had met him in the 90s. For my teacher she was adamant at teaching us this disease because so many of her friends had passed away and since our school system cannot teach us about sex, she taught us how to prevent from getting any sexual diseases. She met him once and brought him to my school who all the kids fell in love with him and found it interesting the way he would talk and present himself. She said he was great guy and someone who you were instantly impressed and able to trust and love.
I find it heart breaking how millions of people have dead from this disease. People who could have changed the world and instead were diminished to rubble. I find it important to keep these people in our hearts and memory especially Pedro and to never lose sight of how we only have one life on this earth and what we do with our life can effect the entire world.
Ever since I realized who I am truly am in my sexual orientation, it became my primary goal to research and learn about how the generation before mine were treated like 2nd class citizens, perverts, animals, and when AIDS became mainstream it became a social plague because at the time only gay people were catching the disease. Many people in our history looked the other way when they needed help and how to prevent HIV/AIDS.
Then a few years ago, I had seen countless HIV/AIDS movies but this one was quite different and made it personally when it comes to my cultural and sexual identity. The movie was called Pedro, it was about a Cuban man named Pedro Zamora who got HIV when he was a teenager and made it his goal to teach every person he encountered what HIV/AIDS is and how to prevent catching it and the myths that society believes. I was completely in tears by the end of the movie and got to learn someone who lives in the same back yard as me.
Now when I discovered this book in the library yesterday, I remember everything about him and thought that I should take a trip down memory lane even though his story ends on a sad note. This book is about Pedro but from the point of view of his friend Judd Winick who he met on The Real World: San Francisco.
The first reason that I love about this book is Judd's illustration of these characters, they felt so real and did an absolutely wonderful job of drawing and storytelling Pedro's life. The 2nd reason why I believe this book was astounding is how they teach you about HIV/AIDS, how to prevent it, and most importantly that anyone can get the disease. This book is targeted mostly for Young Adults but I believe it fits for anyone who wants to know more about Pedro and the enthusiasm he brought to those who encountered him.
What's cool is my high school P.E. teacher had met him in the 90s. For my teacher she was adamant at teaching us this disease because so many of her friends had passed away and since our school system cannot teach us about sex, she taught us how to prevent from getting any sexual diseases. She met him once and brought him to my school who all the kids fell in love with him and found it interesting the way he would talk and present himself. She said he was great guy and someone who you were instantly impressed and able to trust and love.
I find it heart breaking how millions of people have dead from this disease. People who could have changed the world and instead were diminished to rubble. I find it important to keep these people in our hearts and memory especially Pedro and to never lose sight of how we only have one life on this earth and what we do with our life can effect the entire world.