many comics
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psocopteraThe Long Con, Dylan Meconis, Ben Coleman, EA Denich, Victoria Robado. I'm embarrassed to admit that I subscribed to this when it was coming out (because Dylan Meconis) but never read past issue two because I somehow missed getting issue three, so I just kept picking them up and shelving them. No, wait, scratch all that, clearly I mean that I *decided* to wait until it wrapped up this summer to read them all at once, yeah, that's definitely what happened. Anyways, this was fun, a lot of in-jokes about conventions and fandoms (many of which I'm sure I didn't get, but many of which I did), made me laugh out loud in places.
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. I Knew Better But I Read It Anyways is an ongoing category here in the book reviews. This was very much a case where I think it's great that this book exists, and I'm sure it's going to be a very important book to some people - teens should totally get to have books about moving on from shitty queer relationships - but wasn't particularly my thing. Which I knew it wouldn't be, I am ever-increasingly meh about teen drama, but whenever enough people are talking about something I always get curious. I was lukewarm about the art - didn't love the monochrome pink accent color, although it was sometimes used to powerful effect, and there was some strong stuff in the two-shades-of-grey shading too. And I predictably cried at the power-of-friendship part because I will always cry about best friends being there for each other.
I read the first half of Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland's Spill Zone awhile ago, but I can't find my review. :/ Finally reread it and then read the second half, Spill Zone: The Broken Vow, which was a satisfying conclusion (not a surprise from Westerfeld). Some good action, questions answered, ratcheting up of stakes, excellent creepy factor, really works as comics and telling a story as a comic. A fast, good read, recommended if you like action/fantasy/horror. Animal harm.
I read The Tea Dragon Society as a webcomic although I believe there is also a print edition. *Very* cute, and *very* sweet... you might even say "twee"... but I like cute and sweet. (And as much as I think teens should get to have emotionally complex queer stories, I like kids getting to have simple happy queer stories, although sadly I suspect my own kids would feel that they're either too old or too edgy for this one. Ok, "edgy" isn't exactly what I mean... he's seven... but mostly into stories with Danger in them... still might inflict it on them if I can remember to look at the library though.)
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. I Knew Better But I Read It Anyways is an ongoing category here in the book reviews. This was very much a case where I think it's great that this book exists, and I'm sure it's going to be a very important book to some people - teens should totally get to have books about moving on from shitty queer relationships - but wasn't particularly my thing. Which I knew it wouldn't be, I am ever-increasingly meh about teen drama, but whenever enough people are talking about something I always get curious. I was lukewarm about the art - didn't love the monochrome pink accent color, although it was sometimes used to powerful effect, and there was some strong stuff in the two-shades-of-grey shading too. And I predictably cried at the power-of-friendship part because I will always cry about best friends being there for each other.
I read the first half of Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland's Spill Zone awhile ago, but I can't find my review. :/ Finally reread it and then read the second half, Spill Zone: The Broken Vow, which was a satisfying conclusion (not a surprise from Westerfeld). Some good action, questions answered, ratcheting up of stakes, excellent creepy factor, really works as comics and telling a story as a comic. A fast, good read, recommended if you like action/fantasy/horror. Animal harm.
I read The Tea Dragon Society as a webcomic although I believe there is also a print edition. *Very* cute, and *very* sweet... you might even say "twee"... but I like cute and sweet. (And as much as I think teens should get to have emotionally complex queer stories, I like kids getting to have simple happy queer stories, although sadly I suspect my own kids would feel that they're either too old or too edgy for this one. Ok, "edgy" isn't exactly what I mean... he's seven... but mostly into stories with Danger in them... still might inflict it on them if I can remember to look at the library though.)
