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On Loving Women (2014)

by Diane Obomsawin(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

177046140X (ISBN13: 9781770461406)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Drawn and Quarterly

review 1: 2014 is the year of LGBTQ-themed graphic novels from non-LGBTQ specific, mainstream-y alt-comics presses. In addition to this charming collection of first-person lesbian coming out stories from the creator of 2009's Kaspar, published by D + Q, we've gotten 100 Crushes by Elisha Lim (Koyama Press), Pregnant Butch by AK Summers (Soft Skull), and the upcoming Massive, edited by Graham Kolbeins and Anne Ishii (Fantagraphics). It's a weird but very welcome development that I hope continues. The fact that this barely-a-handful of books seems like a genuine trend speaks to the poor representation that LGBTQ comics and creators have received in the past, and their growing acceptance in to the "mainstream" of the alt-comics scene. We still have a ways to go but I remain hopeful, an... mored very curious to see what the future might portend.
review 2: With the weird animal characters of a Jason comic, but the stories of uhhh... just like a group of your friends, this book is a curious one. I didn't love it, because it's not really particularly narrative, but I liked it because it was just like: here's some different experiences of being a lesbian for different people, some of them are exciting, some of them are hella boring, most of them are in between. I did really like the art, again -- unique but also plain and a little boring. In an original way. Huh. Like the opposite of Blue is the Warmest Color. less

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