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vassaladySo this one will be a little longer, but we gotta speed to June which may... be in as many as three parts, depending how tired I get at a time. I read a little more during this time, because I was frantically trying to get a great selection of comics for the WisCon Comics Party. I wanted to read them all before putting them out, but... spending hundreds of dollars on comics makes for too many comics to do this. *SHRUG* Noooot doing that next year, I'll just gamble with my unread personal library as it stands.
March
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, this was GREAT. It explores identity and ambition and acceptance and thoughtfulness, while peppering the page with wonderful dresses and a quiet development of a romance. IT IS SUPER SWEET, I adored it.
Goldie Vance vols 2 and 3 by Larson, Williams, Hayes, Ball, Stern et al - GOLDIE VANCE CONTINUES TO DELIGHT. I especially liked volume 3, because I LOVED the racing thing and the tense truce between Goldie and Sugar.
April
Circe by Madeline Miller - MILLER'S NEW NOVEL CAME OUT AND I LOOOOOOOOVED IT. I love how she retells Circe's story here, and I love Circe so much, and I love how messy all the characters are, and I need to reread this in the upcoming year. I know less about many of the myths surrounding Circe, so it was fun discovering them.
Exquisite Corpse by Penelope Bagieu - I've come to like unlikable characters, especially if they're ladies, and this comic was ALL UNLIKABLE CHARACTERS. But I looooooooooooved it, because the ladies win out in the end and KISS. If I didn't know it ended in a queer romance, I wasn't sure I'd finish it early on, but that motivated me to get past the ennui of genius or whatever the fuck the dude guy thinks he is, and the TWIST shows up, and then I was hooked.
Merman in My Tub by Itokichi - This is a super fun comedy manga about a guy and the merman who lives in his tub and all the merman's friends that keep dropping by. I find it very funny and cute and how it plays with tropes. Not the first manga I read this year, but here's a hint of what was to come for me the rest of the year.... (though not actually gay, the first manga i read this year was actually gay. What Did You Eat Yesterday by Fumi Yoshinaga, which I enjoy when I skim the recipes.)
May
My Boyfriend is a Bear by Pamela Ribon and Cat Farris - Look, i married my cat when I was six (he was very lovely in the white lace skirt around his shoulders - he didn't mind dress up at all) and I proposed to our third cat until I was 14 probably (and the fam always reminded me that I was already married to Cat #1. Look, it was fun.) So this sorta magical realism title of a woman dating an Actual Bear was RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. I squealed with delight while reading it. The bear is an extremely thoughtful boyfriend and is popular with her friends, family, and his coworkers, and our heroine finds the energy to pursue her dream. And it's so sweet and romantic. A highlight of the year.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaand that's it for these months. Again, there were other things I read (and quite liked!) but just didn't feel like talking about.
March
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, this was GREAT. It explores identity and ambition and acceptance and thoughtfulness, while peppering the page with wonderful dresses and a quiet development of a romance. IT IS SUPER SWEET, I adored it.
Goldie Vance vols 2 and 3 by Larson, Williams, Hayes, Ball, Stern et al - GOLDIE VANCE CONTINUES TO DELIGHT. I especially liked volume 3, because I LOVED the racing thing and the tense truce between Goldie and Sugar.
April
Circe by Madeline Miller - MILLER'S NEW NOVEL CAME OUT AND I LOOOOOOOOVED IT. I love how she retells Circe's story here, and I love Circe so much, and I love how messy all the characters are, and I need to reread this in the upcoming year. I know less about many of the myths surrounding Circe, so it was fun discovering them.
Exquisite Corpse by Penelope Bagieu - I've come to like unlikable characters, especially if they're ladies, and this comic was ALL UNLIKABLE CHARACTERS. But I looooooooooooved it, because the ladies win out in the end and KISS. If I didn't know it ended in a queer romance, I wasn't sure I'd finish it early on, but that motivated me to get past the ennui of genius or whatever the fuck the dude guy thinks he is, and the TWIST shows up, and then I was hooked.
Merman in My Tub by Itokichi - This is a super fun comedy manga about a guy and the merman who lives in his tub and all the merman's friends that keep dropping by. I find it very funny and cute and how it plays with tropes. Not the first manga I read this year, but here's a hint of what was to come for me the rest of the year.... (though not actually gay, the first manga i read this year was actually gay. What Did You Eat Yesterday by Fumi Yoshinaga, which I enjoy when I skim the recipes.)
May
My Boyfriend is a Bear by Pamela Ribon and Cat Farris - Look, i married my cat when I was six (he was very lovely in the white lace skirt around his shoulders - he didn't mind dress up at all) and I proposed to our third cat until I was 14 probably (and the fam always reminded me that I was already married to Cat #1. Look, it was fun.) So this sorta magical realism title of a woman dating an Actual Bear was RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. I squealed with delight while reading it. The bear is an extremely thoughtful boyfriend and is popular with her friends, family, and his coworkers, and our heroine finds the energy to pursue her dream. And it's so sweet and romantic. A highlight of the year.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaand that's it for these months. Again, there were other things I read (and quite liked!) but just didn't feel like talking about.
