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Grommets

by Rick Remender

Friendship, skateboarding, and punk in 1984 Sacramento

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    2025 New York Public Library Best New Comics for Adults

    Listed as a 2025 Best New Comics for Adults.

  • Critical praise

    Publishers Weekly starred review

    Starred-review praise describes the book as a throwback gem that rewards readers beyond the skateboarding audience.

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Friendship, skateboarding, and punk in 1984 Sacramento

Set in the Sacramento suburbs of 1984, Grommets centers on two outcast friends from troubled homes who find a sense of belonging in skateboarding and punk rock. The book connects their coming-of-age story with a portrait of 1980s skate culture, including the youthful skaters who helped shape its wider reach. Its title uses skater slang for a young, up-and-coming skater or surfer. This paperback collects the complete story, issues #1–7, bringing the friends’ experience and the culture around them together in one volume.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in coming-of-age comics about friendship and belonging.
  • Readers curious about 1980s skateboarding and punk culture.
  • Fans of stories set among teens in suburban 1980s America.

Themes

Coming of ageFriendshipOutsider identitySkateboarding culturePunk rock

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Book overview

2025 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST NEW COMICS FOR ADULTS

"This throwback gem offers rewards for readers well beyond the Thrasher set." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Grommets captures the raw feeling of being an outcast kid in the 1980s, and why skateboarding became such a sacred salvation to a lucky few." --Tony Hawk

Two outcast best friends navigate the Sacramento suburbs of 1984, where they find a home in skateboard culture and punk rock. Perfect for fans of John Hughes' Brat Pack teen movies, Freaks & Geeks, and Dazed & Confused.

Grommets is both an authentic look at '80s skate culture--a snapshot of the generation that turned skating into a worldwide phenomenon-- as well as a heartfelt coming-of-age story following two friends from troubled homes navigating their damage in an era when no one cared.

The series' title springs from skater slang, a "grommet" is a commonly used term for a young up-and-coming skater or surfer. Since the '60s it's been used to describe the next generation of kids who, with youthful exuberance, love the sport but want to put their spin on it.

Collects the complete story, Grommets #1-7.
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