One Summer

One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki was an interesting read.  Despite the fact that this reading comes from the "Women from Comics" part of the class, it is pretty clear that this story was told from a woman.  The story seems to be a slice of life about a young adolescent girl named Rose and her time at a place called Awago Beach.  The thing that stuck me the most about this story was how real it felt to see and read.  I often find myself forcing myself to read through stories due to a strain on my eyes because of the cramped nature of comics or (honestly) a loss of interest.  I found myself flowing through the story as if it were a film this time around.  The real and mundane nature of the story, to me, felt like an indie film.  I am not sure how else to put it.  The overall story does not seem to have any one message to tell it is trying to convey.  It is just simply a moment in this girl's life at Awago Beach.  Nothing fantastical or drastically dramatic happens, just simply life as it is.  People in the story have issues like miscommunication, curiosity about sex, depression, etc, but it is never shown as anything reconnected from reality.  It all feels like things and events that could happen. 
Women in comics, to me is something I never really gave much thought about.  To clearly put it, I read what I find interesting, it does not really matter who the author is.  Male or female, it doesn't matter to me.  One Summer was an interesting read.