The Octopus Michelle Kwon “Each of the characters is

“Each of the characters is flawed but familiar

Two girls in a small town in the USA kill time together as they try to get through their days at school

"Eccentric and visually inventive

as teenagers taking their own tentative steps into the wider world (Esther working for a woman who runs both a burlesque theater and a whorehouse

The Octopus Michelle Kwon “Each of the characters isBy Leda Zawacki. Published by Cup of Stars. Softcover, 42 pages, B&W, 2009. The Octopus is a comic about a young school girl who lives in an imaginary world of her own making. She loves scientific facts and learning about the ocean but sometimes bleeds reality with fantasy by making up her own facts. On a school field trip to the aquarium she meets an octopus who begins to take over her mind. 42 pages.