Spit and Passion

"Road, an artist and writer, borrowed her nom de plum from a Green Day song title, which gives you some idea of the punky, exuberant spirit behind her graphic memoir about growing up gay in a very Catholic Cuban family from Miami." -Entertainment Weekly "Veteran punk writer and illustrator Road weaves text and art together in a charming and angst-ridden coming-of-age story. . . .Readers who enjoyed Alison Bechdel's Fun Home will probably empathize with Road's story of sexual exploration and punk rock." -Publishers Weekly "Road's writing has long brought to vivid life the experiences of a queer-identified Latina punk rocker." -Bitch magazine "True to Road's punk nature, she fills the page with raw words and drawings that illustrate the wide range of her emotions-from rage to despair." -Daily News (New York) "Spit and Passion is a queer, punk Cuban American's coming-of-age memoir that's as brilliant as it is brave. Not to be missed." -Junot Diaz, author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao "I'm a big Cristy C. Roads fan. Spit and Passion is a graphic delight, and the depiction of awkward youth is spot-on, weird, and familiar. -Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home "Cristy C. Road is a bad ass. She has a list of published work that leaves me awed and inspired." -Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day "Cristy C. Road is the Jack Kerouac of the young queer generation. She's as brilliant a writer as she is an illustrator."-Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger