"The Dead of Winter" by Debbie Drechsler

     I loved this piece. And I'm not normally a huge fan of graphic novels, either. I think what I liked most about it though was the artwork. Drechsler's drawings are so well done and vivid and even the way she portrayed the landscape was very detailed. The topic of the piece, which was Drechsler as a young adult getting an abortion, was also a very sticky topic that she described very well. She seemed to have no thoughts whatsoever of keeping the baby, but once the procedure was done you could tell that she in some way felt guilty about it. The combination of the writing style and beautiful graphics made this one of my favorite pieces out of the textbook so far.