The Virgin Project: Real People Share Real Stories: A Comics Anthology

By Stasia Kato and K.D. Boze

The illustrators use cartoons to tell people's true stories of their first sexual experiences. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603814000
• ISBN13: 9781603814003
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Fanny Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The Virgin Project

This is the sort of book you hope to find on the coffee tables of your cooler friends when you drop by for a visit. The cartoon format definitely underlines the point that this whole virginity thing is not really all that serious of an affair in the end. At one time or another all of us have viewed losing it as a rite of passage of some great importance, but The Virgin Project serves to put the whole idea into perspective. The artists seem to have a fine touch at expressing the mood of the individual stories they're telling from the humorous to the horrific. Everyone has someone whom they know would appreciate this book and the discussions it would provoke just as everyone is just a bit curious about what everyone else is doing.

Universal stories for everyone

This is a very reader-friendly book telling people's true tales of how they 'lost it' drawn in a very friendly, engaging comics style--nothing in the least sleazy about it. From cheerful to truly chilling, consensual to anything but, featuring everyone: men, women, hetero, gay, undecided, I think learning about how many ways people have experienced this has the potential to break down barriers and I am sure many readers will find it therapeutic. The art is never boring, much of it is very humorous and it is a really unique creation. Highly recommended.

Buy this book!

Looking for the ultimate conversation starter? You need look no further than The Virgin Project. This book relates the real life stories of ordinary people and how they lost their virginity. And get this- it's presented entirely in comic book form. Silly, sad, embarrassing, horrific- this book explores the entire gambit of this universal experience. These tales are touchingly told, only mildly titillating, (R Rated, not X), and written by grown-ups for grown-ups. The Virgin Project is an amazing work that sets a new standard for adult literature. Your coffee table will thank you.

I want to share my own!

I had the pleasure of attending the Seattle Erotic Art Festival when this book debuted, so I was able to buy it the very first day it came out. I got to meet the authors and get my book signed, as well as have the opportunity to see the original artwork in the gallery space. I love this book. It is real, it is personal, and Boze and Kato handle their subjects with sensitivity and respect. I took it home and read the whole thing cover to cover. Twice. But don't take my word for it. Order your own and see for yourself. The book also tells you how to e-mail the authors and share your own "first-time" stories. I want to share my own and be a part of this!

Bittersweet Passages

As if sex weren't complicated enough, the first time can be as difficult to make peace with as it was to finagle. Or it can be maddeningly forgettable. Or an adolescent tragedy. Or a triumph. One thing's certain: this collection of true "first time" experiences, retold and illustrated by K.D. Boze and Stasia Kato, is an instant contender for the title of "Sweetest Adult Comic Book Ever Published." Whether they're retelling a story of adolescent discovery, messy experimentation, sexual initiation with a hooker, or the anguish of rape, Boze and Kato, individually and in collaboration, infuse each story with heartfelt humanity. If you're looking for bodice-ripper prose or explicit depiction of conjugating genitalia, go elsewhere. While this book has plenty of nudity, positions, and an undeniable arousal factor, it's truly about people. The laughter generated by "Arlen's" story is as straight from the soul genuine as the gut-wrenching tragedy of "Jayne." Each story is anywhere from a page to three pages long; some are in color, but most are black & white. They are, by turns, funny, sad, hilarious, heartbreaking, gay, very gay, and exuberant. Everything but nasty; Boze and Kato don't go there.