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Title: Pedro and Me by Judd Winick ISBN: 0-8050-6403-6 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 06 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (32 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Heart and Hope
Comment: Simply put, in writing and drawing "Pedro and Me", Judd Winick has produced one of the best books I've read in the year 2000. Part auto-biography, part comic book, part social issues, Winick manages to blend it all together in this stunning literary tribute to a "hero" of the AIDS generation.
The book recounts the days before, during, and after the tulmultous months spent living in the crazy house "Real World" house in San Franscisco. We learn a little bit about Judd growing up, and how he came to be a "bleeding heart liberal". But here is the first suprise! Coming to learn that he might be living with a gay man with AIDS, Judd is forced to confront not only his own fears about the disease, but his own prejudices about everything. That I believe is the complete brilliance of his story. He shows us his own growth, not in a preachy, "you-need-to-do-this" way, but in an honest "this-is-what-happened-to-me" way. It is through his honest struggles that we as readers are carried through with him.
But lets not forget Pedro in this as the engine that powers the story. We see a deeper Pedro not shown in the show, a sicker Pedro, a frail Pedro that is truly struggling on a daily basis with his health. We see a human Pedro, instead of his role on the show, "gay man with AIDS". The respect and love Judd has for Pedro comes across beautifully in the book, and we love both of them all the more.
Don't worry, you need not have seen the Real World San Francisco shows to be impacted by this book. Judd draws us a portrait of his own Real World, with the hopes and the joys and the pain for all of us to share and see. And we leave his book "Pedro and Me" truly transformed about how we see and act in our own Real Worlds.
Thanks, Judd. And thank you Pedro.
Rating: 5
Summary: Portrait of a Life-Changing Friendship
Comment: Anyone who watched MTV's Real World- San Francisco remembers Pedro Zamora, the young Cuban housemate who had AIDS. Over the course of the season we learned about the Disease from Pedro, and watched him form friendships with the others in the house. One of those new friends was Judd Winick, an aspiring Cartoonist. Since the show ended, Judd has realized his goal: He's become a successful Comic Writer/Artist, working on books like Barry Ween, Frumpy the Clown, Green Lantern, and Exiles. He has also become an AIDS educator, carrying on the work of his friend Pedro, who has since passed away.
Pedro and Me is the story of their extraordinary friendship, told in Comic-Book form. Winick starts by giving us a brief background on himself, and then we learn about the amazing childhood of Pedro....I won't spoil anything; I'll just say that some of the facts we learn are incredibly interesting. Winick covers the Real World pretty well, thankfully not giving the loathsome "Puck" any attention at all, and moves forward to Pedro's death and beyond, letting us see how this courageous young man changed so many lives.
This is truly an amazing book, and hopefully it will reach an audience that generally doesn't read comics. Pedro seemed like a truly good person, and the world is a poorer place for his passing.
Rating: 5
Summary: AWESOME!!!
Comment: This book is the best book I've ever read. It's the only book that I can read over and over again. It changed me and how I look on life. I've lost a friend who I loved and still love dearly. I feel that this book should be read by everyone. Its AWESOME!!!
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Title: Maus : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History/Here My Troubles Began/Boxed by Art Spiegelman ISBN: 0679748407 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 19 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Monkey Island by Paula Fox ISBN: 0440407702 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: The Body Eclectic: An Anthology of Poems by Patrice Vecchione ISBN: 0805069356 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson ISBN: 0689849222 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Becoming Visible : An Illustrated History of Lesbian and Gay Life in Twentieth-Century America by Molly McGarry, Fred Wasserman, Mimi Bowling ISBN: 0670864013 Publisher: Penguin Studio Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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