In the fall of 2017, the acclaimed writer and musician Vivek
Shraya began receiving vivid and disturbing transphobic hate mail from a
stranger. Celebrated artist Ness Lee brings these letters and Shraya's
responses to them to startling life in Death Threat, a comic book
that, by its existence, becomes a compelling act of resistance. Using satire
and surrealism, Death Threat is an unflinching portrayal
of violent harassment from the perspective of both the perpetrator and the
target, illustrating the dangers of online accessibility, and the ease
with which vitriolic hatred can be spread digitally.
Shraya began receiving vivid and disturbing transphobic hate mail from a
stranger. Celebrated artist Ness Lee brings these letters and Shraya's
responses to them to startling life in Death Threat, a comic book
that, by its existence, becomes a compelling act of resistance. Using satire
and surrealism, Death Threat is an unflinching portrayal
of violent harassment from the perspective of both the perpetrator and the
target, illustrating the dangers of online accessibility, and the ease
with which vitriolic hatred can be spread digitally.
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