BCB Cicatrix inventoried and soon finds herself personally

and soon finds herself personally confronted by the horrifying realities of Gumboc’s power

and what we owe to those we love

And while a party with all her friends and family sounds like the perfect send-off

Cruz’s “we” wakes gasping

and always with great food

BCB Cicatrix inventoried and soon finds herself personallyOctober 2023 Graphic Novel Book Club pick A powerful study in introspection, inheritance, and the manifestation of hypochondria by a talented indie cartoonist. Beautifully illustrated and poignantly told, the author investigates the guilt they carry as a young Filipino person born into a family that benefited from the Marcos regime, and how that materializes within the physical body.