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rainbowbookworm's review
5.0
Though this graphic memoir begins with the author identifying as queer from an early age and how this clashed with his Southern Baptist roots, the book is about the steps along his journey that led him to become a person he could accept and, most importantly , love.
saidtheraina's review
4.0
There's a lot of things I identify with here. My journey mirrors hers in a lot of ways.
I think the main thing I was missing here was more setting of the scene. I wanted to know more about our protagonist as a person, and her context. She runs right into the religious stuff, and it felt odd that I only found out the denomination of choice late into the issue.
This feels more like a sampler of a larger work than a complete first chapter (which is how it's billed).
It took me a few years (no joke) to read this, after picking up the printed edition at the Oly Comics Fest. But there's a lot to like. Her illustrations are accessible, and innovative at the same time. She draws herself as something like a voodoo doll stereotype, and integrates math terms that I totally didn't follow into the illustrations. But I'm guessing that anyone math-inclined would get larger meaning out of the extra loops and letters.
I'm sorry to see Nichols hasn't published the complete work yet, or that she doesn't seem to have anything completely hers on the mainstream market. I hope she keeps creating stories. I'd like to read them.
I think the main thing I was missing here was more setting of the scene. I wanted to know more about our protagonist as a person, and her context. She runs right into the religious stuff, and it felt odd that I only found out the denomination of choice late into the issue.
This feels more like a sampler of a larger work than a complete first chapter (which is how it's billed).
It took me a few years (no joke) to read this, after picking up the printed edition at the Oly Comics Fest. But there's a lot to like. Her illustrations are accessible, and innovative at the same time. She draws herself as something like a voodoo doll stereotype, and integrates math terms that I totally didn't follow into the illustrations. But I'm guessing that anyone math-inclined would get larger meaning out of the extra loops and letters.
I'm sorry to see Nichols hasn't published the complete work yet, or that she doesn't seem to have anything completely hers on the mainstream market. I hope she keeps creating stories. I'd like to read them.
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