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Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It
Riotous bodies abound in these deeply honest comics that will get you through it (or at least help)
“When you order CBD gummies for your anxiety but forget to consider your eating disorder.”
Known for her buzzing colors, delightful patterns, sharp humor, and unflinching vulnerability, Tara Booth does not miss any mark in this exquisitely woven collection of pure and nasty magic. Part advice column and exhibit, exploration of psychic pollution and tranquility, Processing is—quite simply—intrepid: in its honesty; its unapologetic grossness; its unrivaled and frank portrayal of life with a body that bleeds.
In the grand tradition of underground women cartoonists like Julie Doucet and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Booth draws a horned up woman laying rose petals on the bed, to distract from the bedbugs before her hookup arrives. She bears witness to the reality of wearing a t-shirt with no bra—when you stretch, your boobs, sometimes, pop right out. This is all just life but we don’t often see it on the page. Undaunted, Booth draws it.
When advice from spiritual gurus like Tara Brach and Ram Dass just aren’t cutting it, take solace in the genuine arms of Tara Booth: a fearless cartoonist who is unafraid to put her existential angst, blemishes, and stains right on the page, and who—with relentless relatability—makes us all feel a bit more at home in our too-human vessels. With color that vibrates and fluids that impose, Processing lays Booth bare—literally and figuratively.
“When you order CBD gummies for your anxiety but forget to consider your eating disorder.”
Known for her buzzing colors, delightful patterns, sharp humor, and unflinching vulnerability, Tara Booth does not miss any mark in this exquisitely woven collection of pure and nasty magic. Part advice column and exhibit, exploration of psychic pollution and tranquility, Processing is—quite simply—intrepid: in its honesty; its unapologetic grossness; its unrivaled and frank portrayal of life with a body that bleeds.
In the grand tradition of underground women cartoonists like Julie Doucet and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Booth draws a horned up woman laying rose petals on the bed, to distract from the bedbugs before her hookup arrives. She bears witness to the reality of wearing a t-shirt with no bra—when you stretch, your boobs, sometimes, pop right out. This is all just life but we don’t often see it on the page. Undaunted, Booth draws it.
When advice from spiritual gurus like Tara Brach and Ram Dass just aren’t cutting it, take solace in the genuine arms of Tara Booth: a fearless cartoonist who is unafraid to put her existential angst, blemishes, and stains right on the page, and who—with relentless relatability—makes us all feel a bit more at home in our too-human vessels. With color that vibrates and fluids that impose, Processing lays Booth bare—literally and figuratively.
396 pages, Paperback
First published September 17, 2024
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May 9, 2026
Livre plein de sensibilité où l'artiste n'hésite pas à nous dévoiler, avec humour et réalisme, toute sa vulnérabilité !
April 11, 2025
Wow, les personnages sont à la fois grotesques et touchants. L'autrice met des mots sur le sentiment de vide d'une séparation, d'une dépendance, et sur son désir désespéré de guérison. J'ai adoré cette magnifique bande dessinée colorée avec chacune de ses cases peintes. Le fini est franchement original. Gros coup de cœur ❤️
May 1, 2026
Honnêtement juste vraiment bon et relatable, drôle et original !
May 4, 2025
Coup de ❤️ pour Processing de Tara Booth. Son travail pictural est tellement expressif... — c’est vibrant, autodérisoire, plein de tendresse en même temps et de désarroi aussi. Elle aborde des choses qu’on garde souvent pour soi : l’anxiété, le corps, la honte, la difficulté de rentrer en relations avec les autres et le monde, la solitude, la guérision tant attendue… Et pourtant, jamais ça ne tombe dans le "quétaine". Au contraire, c’est drôle, étrange, profondément humain. Je me suis reconnue dans ces courtes histoires. Ça m’a fait du bien!
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