Younger kids like it too, but might not get the nuances.

Originally conceived for adults, Trish Trash is perfect for anyone 12 and up. Trish Trash was originally released in three deluxe hardcover volumes. When can I read more! I was so sad when this was finished. – KirkusĪbel (La Perdida) designs a complex world at the intersection of class (and planetary) exploitation, spectator sports, and xenophobia. – NPRĪbel’s art is sprawling and expressive, working with background artist Roberts and colorist Walter to fill each oversized page with eye-catching details. Trish Trash isn’t just a sports story and a coming-of-age tale it’s also a masterful critique of capitalism. Jessica Abel treads assuredly in Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars…What’s really amazing about Abel’s performance, though, is that she pulls it off while juggling a few different agendas. …and then a half-dead Martian shows up on her doorstep. She wants desperately to go pro because it seems like the only way to escape a future of poverty and hard labor on her family’s moisture farm in Candor Chasma.īut even if she could make the team, she’s too young to get a contract, and her family is going broke faster than her escape velocity… Trish is a talented young hoverderby player on Mars 200 years in the future. All Trish wants to do is become the best derby jammer on Mars.

Trish Trash #1 by Jessica Abel