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lmst340-Assignment Twelve "Comics Women"

For this assignment, I decided to read This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. It is the story of two young girls who only get to see each other when they are both in their summer cottages with their families. They have now known each other since the main protagonist Rose was five. As the summer progresses you can see slight differences between the two, Rose is more mature while Windy is more childish, you can see this start to wear on Rose as she is now more into her teenage years, therefore, more into that sort of thing.

What I really like about this comic is the fact that the art style has a very illustrated sort of look, something in contrast with the clean edges of more modern comics. This looks almost as if the protagonist herself had decided to make her life into a comic. I also really like that we only know (For the most part) what Rose knows. aI find the elements of the story that drew me in the most were those of the adults, especially Rose's mom. The subplot with the older teens was interesting but I felt like they could have had more development through the story, maybe a little bit of closure as to if she was cheating or not.

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