After Pinky’s lethal performance art piece, her devoted girlfriend Pepper follows her into death, only to find that in Hell, Pinky is… thriving?!
Pinky & Pepper Forever is a dark comedy full of furry feelings and a little gay Catholic guilt.
Follow these two puppygirls’ relationship and artwork on Earth and their new life along the River Styx.
64 full-color pages; 6″ x 8″; SRP: $12.00;
ISBN: 978-1-945509-22-3; DIAMOND: MAR181903;
Published 2018
“Pinky and Pepper Forever is full of sincere, beautiful art that practically writhes off the page. Atoms is a genius; this book made me cry.”
Carta Monir, The Comics Journal
“I never thought a surreal comic about gay puppygirls in love and in art school (and, after their tragic suicides, in hell) would ever make me cry, but here we are. Pinky, the performance artist of the relationship, literally gives her life to art and Pepper (the painter) follows soon after. There’s something so brilliant about a depiction of hell that leans into the worst of Catholic guilt so as to thoroughly subvert it: a hell where queer artists, through vivacious masochism and dedication to each other, thrive. Atoms says so much with so little, and has created something that could help anyone who gives their life to love and art flourish.”
Cosima C, Powells City of Books
“Pinky and Pepper Forever is a perfect example of the power comics can have to tell a deeply human story by rendering it in a fantastical manner. Atoms tells larger truths about the futility of seeking validation in notoriety by dragging two anthropomorphic dog dolls though hell. The way the book reveals in its art literacy is exactly what so finely sharpen the knife it drives into the heart of art school snobbery. Atom’s aesthetic is an exact match for the story, but it’s the conceptual choices made as a visual storyteller that hint at the even greater potential to tell all manner of stories in the future.”
Robin Enrico, Broken Frontier
“Each page is bright, with vibrant colours and full of energy. Bright pink, purple, orange, and green pop off the page and with very little black space the artwork has an almost psychedelic feel.”
Christa Seeley, Women Write About Comics
“Pinky & Pepper Forever is a dark comedy about two teen puppy girls, determined to stay together through high school, death, and hell itself.”
The Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018, The Advocate