In Maia Kobabe’s powerful memoir, Gender Queer, Kobabe shares eir journey to discovering eir gender queer identity and how e helped family and friends come to accept eir new pronouns. At times painfully raw, this personal story is relatable and necessary — which is why I’m incensed that Gender Queer is being banned across the…
REVIEW: Fanlee and Spätzle Make Something Perfect is an Imperfect Delight
Fanlee and Spätzle Make Something Perfect is anything but what its title claims. The collection of webcomics from cartoonist Pseudonym Jones published by Silver Sprocket, is messy, inconsistent, and wildly leaps from comedic to tragic sometimes within the same strip. Thankfully, this is precisely what makes the collected five years of comics special, raw, and…
Livewire #4: The Character Arc We’ve Been Waiting For
Livewire #4 Raúl Allén (artist), Vita Ayala (writer), Patricia Martín (artist), Saida Temofonte (letters) Valiant Comics 13 March, 2019 Amanda McKee, aka Livewire, is depowered and completely in Pan De Santos’ thrall. Her erstwhile ‘sibling’ and rival has become much stronger than when they were under the tutelage of Toyo Harada. But Pan is cocky,…
This Guide Explains How to Use They/Them Pronouns, But Not Why
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson Limerance Press June 12, 2018 One of the most consistently frustrating experiences of being non-binary is that you are misgendered more or less constantly. Whether going out to eat or dealing with clueless family or coworkers, misgendering is constant and can make…
Supergirl: Friend to Those Who Need It Most
Supergirl #19 Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala (writers), Jamal Campbell (artist), Carlos M. Mangual (letterer), Jorge Jimenez with Alejandro Sanchez (cover) DC Comics March 14, 2018 Supergirl has been my favorite character in comics for almost as long as I’ve been reading them. She means the world to me, and she is what drives me…
