pbAn immigrant weaves a new, surreal Americana, complete with bubblegum fights and bomb queens.brbbrRarely does a new talent arrive in the medium as unmistakably distinct as Rumi Hara. With immersive art and a clear-eyed storytelling rhythm, her uncategorizable debut, iNorii, put her playful cartooning on display. Her new collection, iThe Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Storiesi, delights with equal mischievousness. piThe Peanutbutter Sisters iis a glorious balance of contradictions, at once escapism and realism, science fiction and slice of life. Two students explore the urban landscape while following Newton Creek, the polluted Queens-Brooklyn border. As they do, they plan a traditional Japanese play with contemporary pop culture. Another story features an intergalactic race of all living things set in the year 2099 and is a dazzling treatise on the environment and journalism. Yet sometimes the fantastical collides with the quotidian in the same story. A man struggling with v