Several questions have plagued humanity since the beginning. What is the meaning of life? Will I find love? And of course, who is the juiciest tomato of all? While we can’t answer the first two, Oni Press will weigh in on the third question with The Juiciest Tomato of All: Corita Kent, Pop Nun a new graphic memoir by Alison Oliver.
Who is Corita Kent? A contemporary of Andy Warhol, Kent was a leader in the pop art movement, and per PR from Oni, “appeared on the cover of Newsweek, was named one the Los Angeles Times’ Women of the Year, and saw her work exhibited at the Metropolitan Gallery of Art and The Smithsonian.” So how did a nun living in Los Angeles achieve all of that? Why, read the book and find out!
“I have been captivated by Corita Kent since first discovering her work in 2009,” said Oliver via press release. “Realizing the striking artwork was made by a nun was shocking, and the details of her life, and how she came to be a Pop nun, are so compelling that I kept finding myself asking, ‘Why don’t we know Corita Kent?’ The conclusion I have come to is that she embodied two very powerful archetypes: the artist and the religious person, and we don’t often accept that kind of complexity in a person. As we have become more polarized as a society I think we are at a crucial time to allow for the contradictions that make us human. Corita’s story is captivating because of her iconoclastic nature. It is a story that I think has become more relevant even over the course of time I have spent with her because of her refusal to accept what society demanded of her—that she fit into an easily understandable box.”
Added Oni Press editor Allyson Gronowitz, “So much of Corita Kent’s story is still timely for our world today. Corita challenged the status quo, speaking out against censorship, war, racial inequality, social injustices, and more. She used her art as a tool to change hearts and minds, all the while emanating a contagious joy and deep-rooted sincerity. What better way to experience the story of this woman in art history than through the visual storytelling medium of graphic novels? Alison Oliver’s beautifully illustrated reimagining of historical events brings Corita’s life to tangible reality through a book that celebrates Corita as both an artist and a nun, as well as everything she stood for.”
The Juiciest Tomato of All: Corita Kent, Pop Nun hits stores on May 11, 2027. Check out the cover, preview pages, and solicit info below.
The Juiciest Tomato of All: Corita Kent, Pop Nun
Written and Illustrated by Alison Oliver
On Sale May 11th, 2027
$24.99 | 144 pgs. | FC
FOC: 4/19/2027
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