Vera Bushwack

A uniquely thrilling and emotive fantasy ride along a sea-bordered highway

The wondrous rustic landscape of Nova Scotia bursts from the page in Vera Bushwack, where reality gladly gives way to fantastical flights of fancy before gently coming back down to earth. A chainsaw fires up and Drew's vision blurs. Their body vibrates alive with the whrrr of the engine, the whiff of gas. Drew dissolves as their alter-ego, Vera Bushwack, takes charge. Assless-chaps-wearing, unflinching Vera slashes through thick trunks, felling trees righteously from the back of a majestic steed.

Vera's here to help, of course. Drew needs to clear the land for their future cabin in the woods. And if it weren't for Vera's brazenness, Drew may, ironically, fall reliant on others to learn self-reliance. Nevertheless, men enter Drew's orbit, all too eager to explain how things work--an aggravating occurrence that comes crashing into Drew as dependably as the nearby ocean waves.

Joy, anger, grief, and self-acceptance ripple through these pages with Sig Burwash's hilariously expressive pencil drawings and flair for buoyant watercolors. Approaching something like liberation, our protagonist comes to terms with past traumas, boundaries, and the many expressions of themself.

Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 06/11/2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 1.00h x 1.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781770467118


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/22/2024

About the Author
Sig Burwash is a visual artist whose practice includes watercolour, collage, ceramics, animation, illustration, and comics. Their work is both imaginative and rooted in their lived experience, including cabin building, forest stewarding, motorcycling and crewing on fishing vessels. They have participated in residencies internationally and have been exhibited in Canada, the United States and Europe. Burwash attended the Centre for Cartoon Studies to work on their debut graphic novel 'Vera Bushwack'. Originally from kEluwi'sst- Rossland, British Columbia, they now live in Unama'ki- Cape Breton Island.