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In Cristy Road’s graphic novel–in–progress Bad Habits, the main character bites the nipple of a girl she just met so hard that it starts bleeding. “[The image] is funny out of context,” says Road about her New York–based heroine. “But she’s just focused on fucking someone who will love her. The [book’s] themes are all about destructively dealing with your conflicts, and trying to change that.” Road’s work will be featured at Ladyfest Chicago this weekend, which celebrates the work of women artists in music, film, visual art and spoken word; she’ll be in town for the opening art show and party—with a performance by local viola rock star Anni Rossi—on Thursday 18 at 7pm at Heaven Gallery (1550 N Milwaukee Ave, second floor). Bad Habits will follow Road’s first illustrated novel, Indestructible, in which the artist inked about grappling with gender identity as a Cuban punk in Miami. Visit croadcore.org and ladyfestchicago.org or our listings for the weekend's events.
