Come Home, Indio: A Memoir
by Jim Terry
PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 2020
6” X 9”
208 PAGES
TRADE PAPERBACK
ISBN: 9781951491048
EBOOK ISBN: 9781951491123
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US $19.99
What People Are Saying
Chosen as one of the Best Books of 2020 by Publishers Weekly.
Starred Review “fortunately for readers of this raw and intimate graphic memoir, Terry never fully lets go of his youthful vulnerability.”—Publishers Weekly
Starred Review “Terry, known for his outstanding superhero illustrations, turns the lens inward in this brutally honest memoir. . . . An exceptionally well-told story with no easy answers but an ending that will inspire.”—Booklist
“Ambitious in scope, the book breaks ground for contemporary Native portrayals in nonfiction.”—Kirkus Reviews
“You can’t really put it down, and not for the pain, which is there, but just his masterful ability to create comics out of a history of pain and searching for some sense of being, some sense of peace. . . . It’s a remarkable book. It really is. The cartooning is beautiful.”—Calvin Reid, Senior News Editor Publishers Weekly
“Both uplifting and gut-wrenching, beautiful and terrifying. Terry’s account of losing himself between worlds, and finding home in the balance between them, deserves a place among the all-time great graphic memoirs.” —Ezra Claytan Daniels, Author of Upgrade Soul and BTTM FDRS
“Illuminated by bursts of both joy and sorrow. With humbling sensitivity and candor, Jim shares with us his personal journey down emotionally complex paths towards home.” —Timothy Truman, Author of Marvel Comics’ Conan series
“Jim Terry lays it bare on the page. The emotional honesty of Terry’s drawings and his darkly comedic and intimate writing will break your heart and ignite your spirit.” —Devery Jacobs, actress and filmmaker
Synopsis
A Native American cartoonist explores the isolation and anxiety of being lost between two worlds but ultimate becoming comfortable in his own skin.
This powerful graphic novel shares the author’s journey of discovering his spiritual home as a Native American. From a childhood in suburbia, disconnected from his identity as an Indigenous person, through an urban adulthood marked by a struggle with alcoholism and the death of his parents, to his life-altering experience at Standing Rock, he begins to find a new sense of self as a Native and as an American.
About the Author
Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk writer and illustrator who's called Chicago his home for thousands of years. His graphic memoir Come Home, Indio was nominated for the LA Times Book Prize as well as the Ignatz Award. And his recent visual essay Paper Cuts, based on his residency at the Newberry Library, is currently being taught in several schools. Jim has illustrated for Marvel, Heavy Metal, Dark Horse, and several other publishing houses over the years. And when he's not drawing comics, he is writing spooky stories or making cheesy horror films. Find him at www.woundedbutdangerous.com
