Now, I'm still happy that this exists! More lesbian representation is a good thing, even the poorly-written kind! Clearly lots of other people enjoyed this, and that's great.
I found it incredibly jarring to see her announce that without even a single panel dedicated to her exploring her identity or even researching terms.
Nevermind that it was so eerily convenient that this was such a well-adjusted family, with the wife going to therapy (without ever speaking to her therapist about her same-sex attraction and how miserable she was in her relationship? I guess?) and the family as a whole willing to pop into therapy together with no issues, that's the sort of writing that just screams to me that it was written entirely to please a modern audience. Look, that's a 90s term, and it's a 90s term that didn't even get popular until the late 2000s. I ended up skimming through the last half, especially the extras, because the writing was almost painful - especially the dialogue, which mostly consisted of forced, stilted conversations that had no character to them and only served to rush the plot along.Īnd a 64 year old woman coming out to her husband as "pansexual". This wasn't bad, but the fact that this was originally a self-published comic by a baby graphic novel writer really shines through. better written? With fleshed-out characters, maybe some decent pacing, or a little attention to detail that doesn't have me squinting at a panel and thinking, "This is supposed to be the late 60s?" I know everyone else loved this, so I'm very definitely the odd man out, but I'd really like my lesbian rep to be. 2: DEAR DIARY, with an afterword from GABBY RIVERA (America). This Jackpot Edition contains over SIXTY PAGES of bonus material, including the talents of MARGUERITE BENNETT (Batwoman) and newcomer BEVERLY JOHNSON, SHAWN PRYOR (Cash and Carrie) and PAULINA GANUCHEAU (Zodiac Starforce), award-winning historical romance author ALYSSA COLE's comics writing debut with SHAE BEAGLE (MOONSTRUCK), GAIL SIMONE (CROSSWIND) and MARGAUX SALTEL (Superfreaks), and AMANDA DEIBERT (Wonder Woman '77) and CAT STAGGS (CROSSWIND), with illustrations from MEGAN HUTCHINSON (ROCKSTARS) and ARIELA KRISTANTINA (InSeXts). Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage.
Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. The Advocate's Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018Īutostraddle's 50 of the Best LGBT Books of 2018 2019, Texas Library Association's Maverick Graphic Novel Reading ListĪmazon Book Review's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018
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