Grommets

Rick Remender

Book - 2025

"Grommets is both an authentic look at '80s skate culture--a snapshot of the generation that turned skating into a worldwide phenomenon--as well as a heartfelt coming-of-age story following two friends from troubled homes navigating their damage in an era when no one cared. The series' title springs from skater slang, a "grommet" is a commonly used term for a young up-and-coming skater or surfer. Since the '60s it's been used to describe the next generation of kids who, with youthful exuberance, love the sport but want to put their spin on it."--Amazon.com.

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2nd Floor Comics New COMIC/Grommets (NEW SHELF) Due Aug 29, 2025
Subjects
Genres
Graphic novels
Comics (Graphic works)
Coming-of-age comics
Historical comics
Humorous comics
Bildungsromans
Published
Portland, OR : Image Comics [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Rick Remender (author)
Other Authors
Brian Posehn, 1966- (author), Brett Parson, 1984- (illustrator), Moreno DiNisio (colorist), Rus Wooton (letterer)
Edition
Standard edition
Item Description
"Contains material originally published in single magazine form as GROMMETS #1-7."--Colophon.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN
9781534366480
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

This sweet and raunchy slice of life spikes its 1980s California skate-punk nostalgia with brutal face-plants, hard-won lessons, and bursts of violence. Drawing on their own youths, writers Remender (the Sacrificers series) and Posehn (Rifters) craft pitch-perfect dialogue for their likable ruffians on wheels, and a detail-rich suburban Sacramento milieu that both rings true and benefits from comic-book exaggeration. For junior high friends Brian, a boisterously rude metalhead, and Rick, a clean-cut noob who can't even land the most basic trick, every blowup, put-down, drug trip, humiliation, and botched crush is epic. They grind through their troubles and traumas at skate parks and parking garages, running pranks that go too far and set the stage for a violent showdown with local football stars. Art by Parson (the Tank Girl series) rolls out sugar-rush set pieces, with character designs that blend Mad-worthy caricature with emotionality and stellar period detail. A spirit of authenticity abounds, as in the scene where a mohawked true-believer pontificates that skating and punk rock couldn't possibly become commodified. It's a bruiser of a story about finding a crew, wiping out, and still daring to tell a bully, "Take the hint! She's not that into you, man!" This throwback gem offers rewards for readers well beyond the Thrasher set. (July)

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