In the middle of this set up, we follow Trish, and her friends, through everyday life and dreams of becoming a hoverderby star. A contact sport which is huge on the planet, but which arguably serves a function similar to the old adage of bread and circuses. native martians who are human) in general. The narrative has a great focus on the political implications of this world, where water is a precious commodity, and indigenous Martians (non-human beings evolved on Mars) are considered a problem by Martys (i.e. There are ways to work off debt, but this usually involves mission with a high likelihood of dying (in which case, the debt is at least wiped clean, and not transferred to family). fifteen Earth years) girl who has been born and raised on Mars, dealing with the daily struggles there, where most of the population is essentially indentured and owe the company Arex more than life long debts, dating back to their ancestors who first made the trip to colonise Mars. Jessica Abel's Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars is an interesting and well-made graphic novel about Trish Nupindju, a seven-and-a-half year old (i.e. And when I checked if the library had the first volume, I happily found out that they had this omnibus edition, which I decided to go for.

I actually first stumbled across the second album in the trilogy collected in this omnibus and even brought it home from the library before I realised that (which luckily happened before I started reading it).

Trish Trash #2 by Jessica Abel