![]() On the first page, it shows how Marshstation road looks on a map, a simple line on the page, and then follows up the next page with how it looks to bike on it, the road dipping before her, cacti and other plants crowding the sides. And that theme is at play in You & A Bike & a Road. ![]() How our own stories can make us strong, or how stories about other people can shape them. One of Davis’ frequent themes is the power of stories. But mostly, it chronicles what happened during the day, the stand out moments, or her thoughts. I think a few pages were made to make it a cohesive work as a book (my guess is some of the maps as she crosses states borders). Most of the comics were written during the trip and posted on twitter. It tells the story of Davis biking from her parents’ home in Tucson, Arizona, to her own home in Athens, GA. I watched the MICE panel on Graphic Memoirs, and it reminded me of one of my favorite works of the form. ![]()
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