Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned Paperback – March 31, 2009

I watched The Real World SF with a friend of mine, solely because we’re from SF & wanted to see what it used to be like.We immediately fell in love with Pedro. He was so well spoken, brave, strong, & made a huge impact on us. It’s heartbreaking that he was only 22 when he passed but through Judd, Pedro is able to live on & continue impacting newer generations.

Wasn't sure about a comic book novel but found myself drawn in with the same richness of reading a traditional written format. Watched TRW3 so knew the central characters. So many years later it is still sad but uplifting to think about what 1 brave 22 year old gay man achieved by just being his best self and allowing the world to watch.

This is a book about friendship first, HIV second. For those of us who lived through losing friends and acquaintances during the 80s and 90s, this book was one of the few acknowledgments about what it felt like to be in that place. Grateful to Mr. Winick for writing and drawing the truth of that time.

Had to read this for a college course and very thankful for it

I was concerned when I realized that Pedro and Me was in comic book format. However, it took me only minutes until I found myself lost in the story and repeatedly teary-eyed. Though funny at times, this was no comic. To me, it was primarily a love story between two friends that lasted until death and beyond. It is not often that we get to observe, much less experience, this type of committed brotherly love. I found it very moving, and it still haunts me. I was an ardent watcher of Real World San Francisco, however, so I can't know what reading the book would be like for those who didn't "live" with Pedro and Judd for 6 months.

Judd's book on his friendship with Pedro and journey from someone completely ignorant of the realities of AIDS/HIV to someone taking on a mission to educate others is simply a beautiful story. It's a great way to help teens understand the realities of AIDS/HIV in particular but unprotected sex in general. Wonderful in so many ways.

I absolutely loved this book. It is insightful, clear, and poignant. I met Pedro once, and instantly respected and loved him. Judd Winick writes of truth and love. This is one of the few books I have ever that actually brought me to tears.

My all time favourite comic of all time. The story of 2 friends brought together by reality show that become real friends.Spent the last half of the book with tears in my eyes to the extent I'd have to take breaks so I could read again.

This is a truly beautiful book. I have had a copy for years and got this as a gift for a friend. The illustration is really clear, as is the narrative. It will make you cry. I'm not as keen on the new cover but that is a minor detail. It's based on an early US reality TV show - I've never seen it but it makes no difference. It's about a straight cartoonist who has to share a room with a gay guy with AIDS, but it's so much more subtle and complex - and beautiful than that. If I could only keep one graphic book, this would be it

Lovef this book,wasn't sure at first with the unusual style,but after first page I loved it. Well done Judd. ✌

Read it. Prepare to laugh and cry.

what a rollacoaster of emotions this book takes you on. Read in one sitting. Read it

I never saw the real world but the story of Pedro is charming that had me choked up as the story progressed- a very rare thing for the comics medium to evoke of me. This was recommended to me in a comics theory course I took as an rare example of how gay culture can be fairly represented in the comics medium.In part this story is about effect of AIDS but that is more of an externality imposed onto Pedro it is more about how Pedro was so much more than his sexual orientation.