Punk Rock Karaoke

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • Rock your heart out in this coming-of-age tale that draws upon the explosive joy of the underground scene while raising questions about the importance of community and what it means to succeed on your own terms; written and illustrated by Ignatz Award-winning and nationally syndicated cartoonist Bianca Xunise. “Stole my heart from the first page to the last. Endlessly funny and sincere.”—Tillie Walden, Eisner, and Ignatz Award–winning cartoonist When life gives you guitars, smash them! School is out for summer and Ariel Grace Jones is determined to make it one for the books! Together with their bestie bandmates, Michele and Gael, Ariel believes they’re destined to break into the music industry and out of Chicago’s South Side by singing lead in their garage punk band, Baby Hares. But before Baby Hares can officially get into the groove, the realities of postgrad life start to weigh on this crew of misfits. Ari begins to worry that it’s time to pull the plug on their dreams of making it big. Just when all hope feels lost, a fellow punk and local icon takes an interest in Ari’s talent. It seems like he might be the only one Ariel can rely on as frustrations between bandmates reach an all-time high.

Bianca Xunise