In an alternative 1950s America nuclear tests have resulted in huge mutant insects that are used instead of mammals for food and industrial materials.
A young boy befriends a classmate, only to discover that she and her family don't eat insects. Friendship turns into a crush.
When the schoolchildren are told to dissect a humanoid insect, the girl, Cindy, instead frees the insect and hides it in her home with the collusion of her parents. This is the inflection point of the story that moves it from alternative Americana to a horror story.
With obvious overtones of the Klan the story switches to vigilantism and choosing whether to conform or resist.
The artwork is highly stylised and while it has a 50s vibe the colour and line are discernable modern and clearly homage rather than pastiche.
I found it visually satisfying with a creepily memorable storyline.