Kisses for Jet - A Coming-Of-Gender Story

"Like most teenagers in the 90s, Jet is obsessed with Kurt Cobain, which helps them get through boarding at the international school their parents have sent them to in the Netherlands. Jet is very shy, and fitting in poses enough challenges as is. New feelings are starting to emerge as Jet and best friend Sasha turn their attention away from their beloved grunge idols to real guys, and the pressures of being in a lawless, chaotic school start to take their toll. But something is wrong. Jet slowly begins to realise that they may be more of a boy than a girl. But is that possible? And who do they talk to about these feelings when there's no internet around to guide them? Discover how Jet deals with the questions that come from being a teenager and how to grow into the person you were meant to be, in this intimate, exploratory, coming-of-gender graphic novel from new talent Joris Bas Backer."--Provided by publisher.

About the author

Joris Bas Backer was born only a short bike ride away from the coast in the Hague and grew up in Bucharest, New York and Leiden. Until 2003, he studied fine arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Since then, Joris has been living in Berlin working as a comic artist and illustrator. He is a co-founder of the artist collectives Palatti and Chicks on comics. In 2018, together with Nettman, he published the cartoon collection Familienjuwelen, at Jaja Publishing and a short story in the comic anthology, we're still here (Stacked Press, USA), which won the 2019 Ignatz Award in the outstanding anthology category.

Product details

• Authors: Joris Bas Backer, Joris Bas Backer
• Assisted by: Ameera Rajabali (Translation)
• Publisher: Nobrow Ltd
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 16
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781913123031
• ISBN: 978-1-913123-03-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, Graphic Novels, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / LGBTQ+ / General