Denniveniquity

“Boyd crafts scenes that are piercingly precise and scraped of sentiment, with expressive, detailed art that illuminates how Dawn’s face reveals her joys, disappointments, confusions, and occasional bursts of insight. It’s a poignant and prickly blast from the past.” – Publishers Weekly

A candid and personal exploration of junior high in the 1970s, with enough vulnerability to make readers squirm, laugh, and maybe even fall in love (but only for now).

From awkward first kisses to changing bodies with an agenda all their own, puberty is not for the faint of heart. But hitting puberty in a small Canadian city where your father knows everyone and your on-again-off-again boyfriend quite literally lives on “the wrong side of the tracks”? That comes with an extra set of super-charged emotions and embarrassing moments—and Dawn is no stranger to any of it.

Denniveniquity is a darkly humorous coming-of-age graphic memoir by D. Boyd, creator of the award-nominated Chicken Rising. For this new tale, Boyd mined her old diaries and brought her 1970s teen years back to life, rekindling the excitement, joy, and anguish of these formative life experiences.

About the Author

Montreal-based cartoonist D. Boyd hails from Saint John, New Brunswick – the setting for this and her first graphic memoir, Chicken Rising. Her work has appeared in the New Brunswick Chapbook Series (Frog Hollow Press), The Montreal Review of Books, and in unique collaborations with some exciting Canadian writers.

Publication Details

ISBN 9781772621082
10 x 7 inches, 160 pages
black & white, trade paperback
May 2025