A COMIC ABOUT DATING, THE ART WORLD, AND BEING A CYCLOPS, FROM THE CREATOR OF THE WILDLY POPULAR WOMAN WORLD
In Cyclopedia Exotica, doctor’s office waiting rooms, commercials, dog parks, and dating app screenshots capture the experiences and interior lives of the cyclops community; a largely immigrant population displaying physical differences from the majority. Whether they’re artists, parents, or yoga students, the cyclops have it tough: they face microaggressions and overt xenophobia on a daily basis. However, they are bent on finding love, cultivating community, and navigating life alongside the two-eyed majority with patience and the occasional bout of rage.
Through this parallel universe, Dhaliwal comments on race, difference, beauty, and belonging, touching on all of these issues with her distinctive deadpan humor steeped in millennial references. Cyclopedia Exotica is a triumph of hilarious candor.
Cyclopedia Exotica Diary Comics
Excerpt from Cyclopedia - Suzy's One Eye the Children's book.