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'Infidel' Uses The Supernatural To Explore Racism's Real Life Horrors

The new comic series from creators Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell follows a young Muslim-American woman living in an apartment building haunted by evil entities that feed on racist hate.
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Right on the cover, Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell's horror comic lays out a bold goal. Campbell's powerful illustration — a woman in a headscarf menaced by an exaggerated, spiky hand — signals that this book will delve into the real-world theme of racism while simultaneously embracing the phantasmal devices of horror. Not only do the creators achieve their aim, balancing two seemingly opposed tendencies with.)

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