MORE READING reviews I like to write these cause you know years later i can go back and be like oh yeah that book it was by that author when i'm trying to talk about it ! AND FOR anyone who reads the blog looking for comic recommendations!!
I went to library and picked up a bunch of comics
BINGO LOVE by Tee Franklin, Jenn St. Onge
I really liked Bingo love, I really appreciated how the story took place over many years of these characters lives and you saw them young and old, actually most of the story took place when they were older which is not as common in comics. The main character hazel was super adorable i loved all her hair designs and the fashion statements for the characters. The moment where they proclaimed their love was super adorable and gave me the feels!! I think my only quam with the story was how husband was dealt with to move him out of the way for the lesbian love to blossom. He was painted a perfect husband up until it was time to get him out of the way, then It was so like here's exposition of vague dialogue of why he's not good for her. then hes just like ok bye wife of so many years you have a chance to be happy hahah! what? I would liked to see the husband be sad about the divorce maybe SLOWLy get over it show it! or just have the husband meet and fall in love with someone new!? or if you are going to use the bad husband card work your way up to that point, put hints earlier into the story that makes him not the right one for her. Overall i really liked this book despite that one annoyance
Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva
I like the main character Chris, her design is very cute and believable all the designs were well done i think the only i was on the fence about was the goth girl Dolores, she was very much the cliche from design to personality but it's only volume one! woo! who knows. I like the illustrations attention to background and cute clothes! The story came off very Saturday morning cartoon, record shop employees, with a secret vigilante crime fighting team. hahah oh it also has a lot to do with music culture from bands to music references but so far references someone my age would get, not like my 12 year old niece. This reminds me of
Totally Spies a bit but more LGBQT friendly :3 I'm' going to say the first kiss between the main character and her love interest was really down played by the climax fight scene and it was just like one panel then the next day like oh we are normal again. hahaha I didn't like that HOLD UP people i need some breathing room this. The whole book i've been waiting for this and you just throw their kiss in hap hazard between punches!?! arggggg also the art semi reminds me of
Mary Jane loves Spiderman comics by
Takeshi Miyazawa its like manga-kai(ish) BUT WHO ISN'T THESE DAYS?!
Jem and the Holograms Infinite trade by Kelly Thompson, Stacey Lee, Jen Hickman, Jenn St-Onge
I like the story concept of alternative universe and the idea of the rich 1 percent using the technology of synergy and everyone else bottom feeders two images of society the ghetto and the upperclass. As for the characters themselves its very same problems different day, but that's kinda the point of these characters since the writer is following the cartoon a lot in this aspect. Their personal lives and problems seem to be stagnate. I did read the volume one that Sophie Campbell illustrated awhile back too, that one is really good. I've always liked Campbell drawings, and i feel like Campbell has really has set the stage for these other artists and they are following in her footsteps step by step even some same outfits? I DUNNO if it was me i'd really go WILD with their looks but I get it tho, it's intimidating to challenge the design for fear of becoming too avant garde people might not interrupt the design as the established character. BUT i feel like you have to look at the cartoon they did some crazy stuff with Jem's fashion and weren't afraid of challenging themselves for each episode when it came to their outfits or style, that's one thing the cartoon did it really successfully :3 There was a couple of the alternative universe Jem fashions that i liked with the funky bun hair styles COOL!
You know what I saw the other day some NOVEL / comic that Jen Bartel illustrated a few pages in SPACEPOP - not your average princess I didn't read it just read the comic pages and the back cover but it reminded me a lot Jem and the Holograms WITH a BATTLE OF THE BANDS and all >_o
The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag
heyyyy this one was really good, great step up, climax, resolution that tied up all loose ends in the comic with a RELEVANT MESSAGE FOR THE AUDIENCE TO TAKE AWAY WITH. There's a second one coming out and i have no idea what its going to be about hahah cause the first one was so clean at completing the story. I like enjoyable short stories that don't require ten million to be continued. Altho there are some stories that are good when they have lots of novels :P so its all what you plan for.
READ WEBCOMICS!!!!!!
Tie on webtoons by team Thumos
This one is SUPER COOL, simple concept but the execution is really on point, I love the design of the comic and characters i think the best part is coloring of the comic it works well with the story of the comic. Story is about a humor/ romance between employees of a tea shop vs a coffee shop and their competition to sell drinks! but the best part for me is the color palette is like the comic is colored with coffee and tea!!!
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