I love seeing Asian artists’ takes on the topic of menstruation – especially the tragicomic ones. We already stock Little Miss P manga at our bookstores and now it’s time to introduce you to an amazing Singaporean zine – A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge.
I’ve been dreaming of laying my hands on it for a very long time but I only managed to do so last autumn, when the founders of Difference Engine had their booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Few months later we have their titles on our shelves. And we’re the only European place where you can buy them!
A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge. consists of six chapters, six women and six different perspectives on menstruation Those are short stories with wonderful illustrations that use beautiful color combinations (a mix of dark blue and red). I laughed reading this book but sometimes with tears in my eyes because those, seemingly funny stories, show complex problems: the taboo surrounding menstruation, little to no access to public toiles, no education, lack of empathy from doctors.
I recommend this to all the comics and zine lovers and to all who appreciate feminist topics presented in a visually-satisfying way.
