Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke

Imagine Wanting Only This (Pantheon Graphic Library)

by Kristen Radtke

Imagine Wanting Only This is a haunting graphic memoir about leaving, and those left behind.

After the sudden death of a beloved uncle, Kristen becomes obsessed with abandoned places – derelict Midwestern mining towns, an Icelandic village preserved in volcanic ash, Cambodian temples reclaimed by jungle. At the same time, she examines what it means to be an artist, to be hungry for the next experience, to be always in transit.

Beautifully illustrated in black and white, Imagine Wanting Only This confirms Kristen Radtke as an important new voice in the comics world.

Reviewed by ktshpd on

4 of 5 stars

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Haunting. Gave me a mini existential crisis, but I realized the opposite of the fear of temporary is the freedom of temporary.

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