In UM Volume One by buttercup, Eugenée (they/them) is just like any other nonbinary apprentice midwife and occult polyamorous plant dad. They play video games, begrudgingly attend church with their granma, and occasionally get transported into elaborate visions of magical happenings from the distant past! Ué may chalk it up to their casual substance use or the suspiciously arcane, dead-eyed gaze of their cat companion, Lamarche. but the gag is, what’s actually up is so much weirder.

In their debut graphic novel, buttercup weaves a beautiful swirling mixture of cosmic magic and intimate friendship, dazzling adventure and quiet drama, fun humor and sincere heartbreak.

Nominee, 2025 Best Graphic Album – Reprint Eisner Award!
Listed, Best New Comics For Adults 2024, New York Public Library

“It’s a work that refuses to play by the rules of comics, and thank god. Strange, funny, gorgeous and uncomfortably sad, all at once.”
– Comic Book Herald’s My Favorite Comics of October 2024

A book by buttercup
Edited by Jamila Rowser & Steenz

Softcover, 140 full-color pages.