2022 Locus list

Hey it's the Locus list.

I guess this is where I would say something interesting about what is or isn't here, but I have covid and a lack of thoughts, so, no.

two 2022 graphics

Where Black Stars Rise, Nadia Shammas and Marie Enger. Reading the first half of a King in Yellow riff before napping with fever dreams could have been a dubious choice but in fact my fever dreams did not incorporate any of it, so, yay that. I was not super into this, the art reminded me of one of the Sandman artists who was not my favorite and I didn't really feel like I got the point being made. Like, interesting characters/scenario but it just didn't quite land for me.

M is for Monster, Talia Dutton. I liked this a lot, the kind of art where it was always very clear what was happening, and everyone had very appealing faces, and the throughline was simple and straightforward but sometimes that's not a bad thing! It engaged my emotions! I like that in a story!