The high desert :  a memoir / 
James Spooner. 
 - First edition. 
 - New York, NY :  Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,  [2022], ©2022. 
 - 368 pages :  chiefly illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Black. Punk. Nowhere."--Cover. 
<br/><br/> "A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young man's immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk. Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert. Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The one silver lining -- new school, new you, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of micro-aggressors to future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race, acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders--skaters, unhappy young rebels, caught up in the punk groundswell sweeping the country. A haircut, a few Sex Pistols, Misfits and Black Flag records later: suddenly, James has friends, romantic prospects, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this desolate landscape hides brutal, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses, a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set to collide at one of the year's biggest shows in town... Weaving in the Black roots of punk rock and a vivid interlude in the thriving eighties DIY scene in New York's East Village, this is the memoir of a budding punk, artist, and activist." --Encore. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780358659112 0358659116 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>bl2022015101 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Spooner, James--Childhood and youth--Comic books, strips, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cartoonists--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.<br/>Racially mixed people--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.<br/>Racially mixed people--Race identity--Comic books, strips, etc.<br/>Music and race--Comic books, strips, etc.<br/>Punk rock music--Social aspects--Comic books, strips, etc.<br/>Punk culture--Comic books, strips, etc.<br/>Racism--Comic books, strips, etc.<br/>Nineteen nineties--Comic books, strips, etc.<br/>Cartoonists--Biography.<br/>Racially mixed people--Biography.<br/>Racially mixed people--Race identity.<br/>Music and race.<br/>Punk rock music--Social aspects.<br/>Punk culture.<br/>Racism.<br/>Nineteen nineties.<br/>Coming of age.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Autobiographical comics.<br/>Coming-of-age comics.<br/>Nonfiction comics.<br/>Comics (Graphic works)<br/>Graphic novels.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>741.5973