num_pages: 268
description: Dhaliwal created a fictitious community facing xenophobia fetishization and media misrepresentation. It's resonating with her thousands of Instagram followers.Robert Ito The New York TimesThe characters in Dhaliwals stories sparkle. Theyre tenderly rendered and their problems are real... The struggle of the cyclops unfolds in metaphors for race sexuality gender and disability tangling with ideas about fetishization interracial relationships passing and representation.Carmen Maria Machado author of In The Dream HouseFollowing the critical and popular success of Woman Worldthe hit Instagram comic which appeared on 25 best of the year listsAminder Dhaliwal returns with Cyclopedia Exotica. Also serialized on instagram to her 250000 followers this graphic novel showcases Dhaliwals quick wit and astute socio-cultural criticism.Doctors office waiting rooms commercials dog parks and dating app screenshots capture the experiences and interior lives of the cyclops community; a largely immigrant population displaying physical differences from the majority. Whether theyre artists parents or yoga students the cyclops have it tough: they face microaggressions and overt xenophobia on a daily basis. However they are bent on finding love cultivating community and navigating life alongside the two-eyed majority with patience and the occasional bout of rage.Cyclopedia Exotica is a triumph of hilarious candor.
language: English
title: Cyclopedia Exotica
publisher: Drawn and Quarterly