In The Pleasure of the Text Sami Alwani weaves together themes of art induced dissociation queer intergenerational polyamory racial capitalism and esoteric mystical experiences into twenty sliceoflife comic stories that are equal parts comedy and tragedy. These stories question society and individual identity. A talking baby philosophizes away his own emotions. A halfman halfdog cartoonists spirit burns too bright when he alienates the entire alternative comics industry drunk on his own powe