“ The world at twelve years old starts to reveal its size, and puberty is no help. The imagination goes down alleys it's only become aware of. The great secret of adulthood: sex. With it, shame takes natural weight. Hansen investigates the fears and anxieties accompanying this vulnerable time with all the finesse of Strindberg, Churchill, McPherson, Havel, Lynch and, yes, McCay; but with his unique comic timing so often based in awkwardness. Not an easy tactic, but he accomplishes it for subjects spanning authority, suicide, sexuality, trauma, then with a second act that asks if it can be tastefully done. ”