Cecil #1

Another minicomic that I bought over the summer at I bought last summer at Million Year Picnic in Cambridge MA during our visit home to the US.

Title: Cecil
Issue: 1
Date: 2015
Publisher: Jonathan Todd (Twitter @jonathanjtodd)
Writer: Jonathan Todd
Artist: Jonathan Todd

Set in a suburban Massachusetts middle school in 1987, this minicomic introduces Cecil Hall, a black 6th grader from Florida who is trying to find how he will fit in at his new, mostly-white school. First-up, the social hierarchy of the school cafeteria.

This was a brief introduction to the setting and characters, but Cecil's internal dialogue about race and social interactions in school was nuanced and thought-provoking. It does a good job of revealing the main character through small details and observations while introducing enough of the setting and supporting characters to make me want to see what happens next.

I will be on the lookout for more issues of this.

Rating: 7.5/10