Why Art? 2020s Molly and Ripley to get

Molly and Ripley to get them back where they belong amongst the trees

to mule drugs across international lines

— Gabrielle Bell

A modern Everywoman

” — ComicsVerse

Why Art? 2020s Molly and Ripley to getBy Eleanor Davis. Published by Fantagraphics. Softcover, 200 pages, B&W, 2018. This is a treatise on what makes art art, told in graphic novel form. What is "Art"? It's widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent, goofy, serious, altruistic, evil, or expressive, or any number of other things. But how