Graphic Novels
Ok, so I've been on a bit of a graphic novels binge... but that's ok, right...? (Shhhh, it's fine!)
I've reviewed two graphic novels this week:
The first is Limbo, Volume 1 (UK - US) - a trippy book with a unique style and layers of both plot and world. Def. worth checking out if you're looking out for something a little different.
The other is Malice in Ovenland by Micheline Hess (UK - US) an all-ages book about a girl from Brooklyn who finds herself in the middle of a fantasy world... in her oven!
So onto the graphic novels that I've read this week.
Which is actually like 5 graphic novels. Because that's just how I roll sometimes.
The first four all belong to the same series, because this week, my dearest nerdlets, I took a walk on the wild side and read Stjepan Sejic's Sunstone, Volumes 1-4.
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This is a series about two girls in a BDSM relationship. It sounds a lot dodgier than it is.
It's actually a really sweet series about love, friendship, and relationships, with a background of some excellent artwork. (And I totally got the Blood Stain references - Vlad online gaming. I laughed so hard!)
Yes, it moves into porn territory - but it never gets visibly (ahem) down to the business; at least, not in frame. I'm not gonna lie though - there is nakedness, and there is explicit sexual content in a BDSM setting.
There is spanking, bondage, and many many other references, alongside more nudity than... I was gonna say than you can shake a stick at, but that sounds dodgy in this context... let's just say there's a lot of nudity.
But none of this is done in a lurid or cheap way (which somehow actually makes it sexier. #JustSaying,) and many (though obviously not all) of Sunstone's fans aren't into BDSM, or a part of the LGBTQ+ community.
It really is a testimony to just how good this series is that its fan-base is not restricted to any particular niche and/or group of people.
That said: there is much sexy-times. 18+ only please guys (right, done my bit for adult responsibility and all that!)
The other graphic novel I read this week is a lot tamer, by far.
This week, I read Disney Kilala Princess Volume 1 (US) a re-release from Tokyo Pop of a popular 2006 series which was out-of-print, but now is back! :)
This is impossibly kawaii, and I'll be reviewing it soon. :)
Single Issues
More of Stjepan Sejic's work here (but not a premise of sexy-times for this series): this week I read Switch #1 (UK - US) and #2 (UK - US).
This is a series about a girl - Mary - who ends up being bonded with a Witchblade, and stuck in a battle between the light and the dark (neither of which are acting all that nice at the moment, in honesty.)
The first issue was great, but felt a bit like: dude, sit down, we have some stuff to go through.
I preferred the second issue 'cos that's where the characters and the whole fantasy-deal-y really start to develop :)
Like this post? Try these:
- Comics Wrap Up - Gallons of the Stuff
- Review! (Graphic Novel Edition!) - Limbo, Volume 1
- Review! (Graphic Novel Edition!) - Malice in Ovenland by Micheline Hess
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