Filthyratbag GN (2024 TarcherPerigee) A Journey Through Growing Up, Grieving and Turning Pain into Diamonds comic books

1st printing. Story and art by Celeste Mountjoy. Celeste Mountjoy makes art that explores anxiety, feminism, addiction, body image, relationships, and power. With uncanny precision, it articulates the dark stuff we feel but dare not show. Mountjoy has become a voice for a generation of women who are ambivalent about the absurd, sometimes harrowing, path to adulthood. In her debut book, she tells razor-sharp stories and shares never-before-seen illustrations that walk us through the twistiest parts of growing up, from encountering creepy old men and dealing with grief to getting really drunk and existential. FILTHYRATBAG is at once a primal scream, a shrug, and a PSA declaring that even though growing up is brutal, there are always more beautiful things to come. Softcover, 10-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $20.00.