Hot Comb

by Ebony Flowers

Book Overview

An auspicious debut examining the culture of hair from the Rona Jaffe Foundation Award-winning cartoonist

Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming-of-age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular "Hot Comb" is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and stop seeming "too white" in the all-black neighborhood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770463488
• ISBN13: 9781770463486
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.9"