Ann Tenna

New Yorker cartoonist Marchetto's Ann Tenna is an engaging graphic novel with a powerful message. Ann Tenna is on top of the world. She is fabulously thin and fashionable and commands a hoard of followers, fueled by the scandal she propagates. She has propelled herself to the pinnacle of her industry—feared and revered by socialites, brownnosed by greedy companies, and lackeyed by those she deems friends and family. However, one small act of defiance against her brand spirals into a messy exit culminating in Ann's body stuck in a coma and her soul transposed into a state of "Science Fashion Heaven," where Ann's disembodied Higher Self challenges her to change her ways and live up to her true potential. Marchetto's art is colorful and inventive. She clearly builds the ambiance of the book to be technologically, culturally, and aesthetically relevant. Ann's story explores not only the quest to self-betterment but also such social issues as celebrity worship, consumerism, and complicity.