Derby Doll, emphasizes not only the girls' friendship but also the profound, empowering affect derby has on both, not to mention the riotous atmosphere of derby life. But when they're drafted by different teams, their friendship takes a hit. Jennifer and Maisie meet at their first roller derby practice, and they immediately become friends, helping each other gain skills and confidence. Using a bold palette of rich, fluorescent color, perfectly in keeping with the fierce intensity of roller derby, Ribon and Fish tell the story of two newbie derby girls as they make the way from fresh meat to seasoned pros, with the bruises to prove it. but it might break a bone or two in the process.īestselling novelist, screenwriter, and retired Los Angeles Derby Doll Pamela Ribon ( Going In Circles, Why Girls Are Weird ) joins artist Veronica Fish ( Archie, Silk ) for a tale of friendship, heartbreak, and truly epic jams. In roller derby you take your hits, get back up, and learn how to be a better jammer, a better blocker, a better lover, and a better friend.

But when they're drafted to different teams, the pull of competition - and their increasingly messy personal lives - threaten to drive them apart. When life starts coming at you like a freight train, you have two options: run away screaming or lean into the hit.įrom the first day of Fresh Meat Orientation for the Eastside Roller Girls, Jennifer and Maisie knew they'd be fast friends. In the fast-paced, hard-hitting, super cheeky, all-female world of banked track roller derby, two young women will have to decide if their budding friendship is stronger than the pull of a team when a win is on the line.

Going in Circles by Pamela Ribon