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caedocyon's review
2.0
Meh. But then, it wasn't written for me. I spent a lot of time being annoyed by Mason's unexamined straight-boy hangups. Because man, there's nothing that makes me sympathize with a character like . You know. The closest Mason ever came to forging his own version of masculinity was when . Props? I guess?
Although this was on the graphic novel shelf of my library (??), it's not really a graphic novel---it's a book written by a comic artist with illustrations by two different people (?!?). One of the artists was pretty good, but the one who is heavily influenced by manga... the results are really unfortunate. Even more unfortunately, the manga-artist illustrates the majority of the book.
It mostly gets two stars because I liked some bits, including the last few pages and the last illustration, which reminded me strongly of King Cat Comics zine. And I enjoy the thought of Mason growing up to be someone a lot like the guy who writes King Cat.
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cave-man jealousy over a girl who "belongs" to him. Or threatening his mother with disturbingly sexual violenceSpoiler
he refrained from beating up a skater with an actual, literal baseball batAlthough this was on the graphic novel shelf of my library (??), it's not really a graphic novel---it's a book written by a comic artist with illustrations by two different people (?!?). One of the artists was pretty good, but the one who is heavily influenced by manga... the results are really unfortunate. Even more unfortunately, the manga-artist illustrates the majority of the book.
It mostly gets two stars because I liked some bits, including the last few pages and the last illustration, which reminded me strongly of King Cat Comics zine. And I enjoy the thought of Mason growing up to be someone a lot like the guy who writes King Cat.
lanikei's review
4.0
Picked this up at the Bethesda Small Press Expo, and really enjoyed it. Nothing spectacular, but a unique style with references to music and culture that I could appreciate and relate to.
Many of these were characters I am surrounded by and it was fun to see them in print. Watching the main character grow up and into himself was heartening, if painful. The ending was wretchedly cheesy though, I'd almost suggest not bothering with the last chapter, but I suspect most people will want the resolution.
Many of these were characters I am surrounded by and it was fun to see them in print. Watching the main character grow up and into himself was heartening, if painful. The ending was wretchedly cheesy though, I'd almost suggest not bothering with the last chapter, but I suspect most people will want the resolution.
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