MK Czerwiec has been writing comics for years under the moniker the Comic Nurse and helps run the Graphic Medicine website. Here, she collects 26 pieces from a variety of perspectives (including genderqueer and a trans man) that illustrate, celebrate, commiserate the experiences of going through menopause. Some was really uplifting, other parts not so much. I didn't always relate, but when I did it was nice to get affirmation of my own experience. I enjoy seeing a subject that's been taboo or the butt of jokes be so celebrated. It won the Eisner award in 2021 for best anthology and one of the comics won for "Best Short Story" as well. ( )

Just the book I needed right now. ( )

Erratic and uneven in quality as graphic anthologies of this sort tend to be. I liked the straightforward pieces over the ones that took an alt-comix approach. It was good to see some stories with LGBTQ+ perspectives, but it felt light on the BIPOC point of view. I hadn't given much consideration before to menopause being induced chemically or surgically and was interested in the stories of the younger women dealing with that situation, but with only a few pages available to each creator, there was never much depth to anything. ( )