Bumperhead is Love and Rockets creator, Gilbert Hernandez's follow up to Marble Season, with Marble Season being a look at the world from kids' perspective and Bumperhead being a teenager's perspective of the world. Bumperhead and Marble Season can both be read independently of each other though (they don't follow the same characters as Gilbert's Love and Rockets stories do).
Bumperhead's title comes from the derogatory nickname that some of the other kids / teenagers call the central character, Bobby, because his forehead looks like it has a big bump on it.
Bumperhead takes place largely in the 1970s and this graphic novel will especially resonate with readers who grew up during that decade (especially in regards to glam and progressive rock and the emergence of pink music), but this will speak to anyone who grew up feeling alienated amongst your peers, dealing with difficult home environments, and first crushes.
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