Grommets
English
215 pages
Volume 1
Grommets Vol. 1
5K views • Jun 27, 2025
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 sprints 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 GROMMETS #1-7
31 pages
Issue 1
Grommets #1
13.7K views • Nov 19, 2024
MINISERIES PREMIERE
Two best-friend outcasts navigate the Sacramento suburbs of 1984, where they find a home in skateboard culture and punk rock. On one side of the coin, GROMMETS is an authentic look at ’80s skater culture, a snapshot of the generation that turned skating into a worldwide phenomenon. On the other, it’s a heartfelt coming-of-age story that follows two friends from troubled homes as they navigate their damage in an era when no one cared.
31 pages
Issue 2
Grommets #2
6.7K views • Nov 19, 2024
The Grommets’ big day out! After some fine dining at the Bell, Rick and Brian meet up with the Jens to skate a parking garage. They’ll face security guards, jock thugs, and wipeouts in a classic day of unsupervised danger, fun, and adventure in the lives of 80s suburban latchkey kids.
32 pages
Issue 3
Grommets #3
4.9K views • Jan 30, 2025
A house party plan is hatched on a ditch day at the arcade when Rick and Brian take their shot at the girl of their dreams, but will Liberty Spike Mike’s defiance of Nancy Reagan make their dreams go up in smoke?
32 pages
Issue 4
Grommets #4
4.3K views • Jan 30, 2025
Rick's dad gives him adolescent world-ending news that causes a fight with Brian, leaving him feeling angry, alone, and unheard just as their movie night with friends and girls begins, but party-crashing high school animals BYOB and blow their plans to bits.
32 pages
Issue 5
Grommets #5
4.2K views • Jan 30, 2025
Good times turn ugly when drunken jocks doing jock things harsh everyone’s buzz with their brutal stupidity and test the strength and loyalty of weakened friendships.
32 pages
Issue 6
Grommets #6
4.1K views • Mar 03, 2025
Things go sideways in a hurry when the drunken and uninvited jocks decide they don’t like the look of our misfit friends. Based on true stories that changed the lives of two damaged kids forever.
39 pages
Issue 7
Grommets #7
4.1K views • Apr 30, 2025
MINISERIES FINALE
A first kiss, leaving friends behind, changing schools mid-year, and facing your biggest fears in public… Rites of Passage into the unknown for every kid trying to navigate the stormy seas of adolescence. All this and more in the poignant and triumphant final issue of the hit series!
