Pedro and Me : Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned

by Winick, Judd

• ISBN13: 9780805064032
• ISBN10: 0805064036
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-06
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Summary

"You are eighteen years old. You get up in front of a thousand people--your classmates, your friends, basically the people who make up your entire existence--and announce, 'I'm HIV positive.'" Told entirely in sequential art, here is the story of the life-changing friendship between the author, a cartoonist from Long Island, and Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive AIDS activist, which was filmed day by day on MTV's Real World San Francisco. As a speaker and educator, a guest on many talk shows (including Oprah), and when his tragic death received front-page coverage in the press, Pedro taught a generation that AIDS was not a punishment for moral defects or a mere killer that reduced humans to wraiths. Rather, he showed how those afflicted with the disease could live and love nobly with intelligence, humor and great humanity. Judd Winick's compelling memoir allows each of us to experience the vitally important message Pedro brought us. Inspiring, moving, informative, and instantly accessible, Pedro and Me could become one of the books that defines a generation.

Author Biography

Judd Winick has been cartooning professionally since age 16. He illustrated the Complete Idiot's Guide series, and wrote and illustrated the series Road Trip, which was nominated for an Eisner Award (comics' highest honor). Judd Winick lives in San Francisco with former Real World housemate, now life partner, Pam Ling.

Table of Contents

The Shuttle Guy	6	(4)
This is Where I Come From: Part One	10	(22)
This is Where I Come From: Part Two	32	(28)
Six Months Below the Crookedest Street in the World	60	(58)
Good-byes	118	(54)
Epilogue The Return of the Shuttle Guy	172	(9)
Acknowledgments	181	(4)
Updates	185	(1)
Organizations	186

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