I'm finding it a little difficult to review this, because while I think the message it imparts is well intentioned, the execution didn't quite work for me. 

Slip is the story of Jade, a ceramic artist who goes to a month-long art summer camp at the same time that she gets the news that her best friend Phoebe has attempted suicide. Jade struggles with her art and her feelings about Phoebe's attempt during her time at the camp, while also connecting with Mary, another student. As she tries to process everything she's feeling, some of her art comes to life and she has to figure out why and what it means.

All of these elements each element is a good idea on its own, but not all of them land. I liked the story of Jade struggling with her art and her insecurities related to that; the art process, the critiques, figuring out what her art is about, that was lovely and was a good reflection of the internal struggles she was dealing with. Her art coming to life was just plain weird, and I don't think the metaphor there really worked. Part of that is the art itself in this book - while it's pretty decent, I think having it be monochromatic did this a pretty big disservice. The change from greys to reds when anything had to do with Phoebe was meaningful, but everything else felt so flat.

The romance was okay, but I didn't really care much about it because, like a lot of the book, Mary as a character felt flat. All I knew about her was that she made art and had cool art ideas. 

Again, I think the main strength in this graphic novel was Jade dealing with the development of her art. That was really interesting to read, and the critiques and process of making her art as metaphor for her internal struggle was very solid and made me feel for her as a character. 

Overall, I think this is a decent graphic novel, with some great ideas that unfortunately don't pan out. However, I think both the author and the artist have some promise and if I come across their works in the future, I'll check them out.