{"product_id":"wake-up-pixoto","title":"WAKE UP PIXOTO!","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn admonishment, a command, a mantra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWeng Pixin revisits herself at her most vulnerable, in her art school days. She tries on various identities trying to understand who she is. Is she a sexual libertine? A fine artist? A sensitive friend?\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJust then\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ein steps a charismatic art instructor who helps her see her true worth. She joins his tight-knit group of artistic seekers and begins her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ereal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e education. But…is something sinister lurking beneath the surface? Rivalries develop, friends disappear or are cast out, her instructor’s words take on a caustic edge. Pix becomes unmoored and less sure of herself than ever before and she begins to suspect she’s entered into a cult.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDream-like floral collages shift to more stripped-down, character-based cartooning. Weng’s bright colors and rubbery people persist as her writing becomes  more diaristic and detailed than her previous collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSweet Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLet’s Not Talk Anymore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWake Up, Pixoto!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is an interrogation into how groomers operate and how we can allow ourselves to be coerced into a world we DON’T want simply because we’re unsure of what we DO want. “Was I manipulated? Was I tricked?” The insidious thing is maybe we can never be certain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044067115317,"sku":"9781770467972","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/files\/9781770467033.jpg?v=1750796905","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/wake-up-pixoto","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}