Manuscripts from the Himalayas and the Indian Subcontinent Book

It's more of a published collection of zines or maybe a graphic autobiography or just a peek inside someone's sketchbook, rather than a novel-type book. This is a 100% original concept, which is hard to come by these days. It's a concept that could and should (to avoid monotony) be applied to a wide, cross-section of society, if possible.

Pick up PEOPS and select a page to randomly read, or just read it from cover to cover. Read the stories or just focus on the artwork. Either way, you'll gain access to a world that is completely different from your own. It's a world filled with risk, emotion, and some serious punk shit. I knew nothing about squatters before reading this book.

Each page covers someone that Fly, the author and illustrator, has encountered either as a friend or housemate. She interviews the subjects while drawing a portrait of them in an attempt to capture their essence or a reflection of their personality. It might just take you the entire length of the book to absorb and understand the "characters," rather, real people who comprise a scene so real and raw you just might think it's fiction.