![]() ![]() Walden realized that she had "too much baggage with skating to even make a small comic about it," and began working on the book that summer before her second year. The idea for Spinning first came to Tillie Walden when she attempted to make a short comic about ice skating at the end of her first year at the Center for Cartoon Studies. ![]() The novel also recounts Walden's sexual assault by her SAT tutor. Having known she was gay since she was five, Walden also struggles with the alienation and pressure she faces as she embarks on her first romance with another girl. ![]() As Walden becomes more disenchanted with the culture around the competitive sport, she discovers her talent as an artist. Walden, a competitive figure skater, finds herself having to adjust to the new environment and figure skating culture. It won the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work.Īt the start of Spinning, Walden is ten and her family has just moved to Texas from New Jersey. The memoir chronicles Walden's years coming-of-age as a competitive figure skater, as she navigates romance, bullying and various traumas. Spinning is a graphic novel memoir by cartoonist Tillie Walden that was first published by First Second Books on September 12, 2017. ![]()
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