The Butchery Yoshiharu Tsuge good-natured characters and an endearing

good-natured characters and an endearing representation of young queer love round out a mighty sweet tale

Jiro Ishikawa

As Billie struggles to deal with her impending blindness

"The warm glow emanating from its mix of nostalgia

The Butchery Yoshiharu Tsuge good-natured characters and an endearingBy Bastien Vivs. Published by Fantagraphics. Hardcover, 92 pages, Colour, 2021. This poetic graphic novel explores the emotional bloodbath of a romance gone awry. A young man and woman fall for each other and all is sweetness and light. But when their relationship crumbles, they each must endure the ensuing emotional fallout. Starting from this ostensibly simple premise, Bastien Vives crafts an affecting narrative about the mercurial and tempestuous