Reviews

The Pride Omnibus by Joe Glass

fishfish's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

indeedithappens's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Outing, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Suicide, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Minor: Cursing

cfinnigan's review

4.0

Delightful

jordieski's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

thereadingwren's review

3.0

This was really great but I sadly have to deduct a star for the constant art changes. Every single issue had a different artist, until the second volume I think had the same artist. But it was so difficult to figure out who was who sometimes as the art changed so drastically. The changes really pulled me out of the story and kind of ruined some of the experience for me.

I do adore these characters, Wolf and Frost are my favourites, and I love what they represent. As a queer person it's always great to see queer representation, especially in superhero roles. I loved that the team fought for LGBTQIA+ people and really taught a bunch of lessons along the way.

The representation was a little lopsided. There were FIVE gay men characters (one is HIV positive), one pansexual drag queen, one lesbian, and one trans woman. It's really outnumbered here, which they do bring up and try and recruit more diverse heroes but that felt a little weird. It did feel like ticking off queer bingo.

I gotta say, as a nonbinary asexual person I'm a little offended by the rep. The only non-binary character is a literal alien. The only asexual character is depicted more alien-like than human, lives alone on the moon, and speaks in a very robotic way. This is the harmful stereotype, especially when these characters are only background characters.

I do love the plot and the mini stories and the characters and their relationships. It's a great comic series if you can handle art changes.

laurenmc's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

xyranys's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

shavawnellsbury's review

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

ms_cmendonca's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Outing

balto's review

3.0

2 stars boosted up to 3

I obviously appreciate what they were going for here and the cheesiness has its charm at times, but the disjointed stories and the frequent (not always great) artist changes do hamper the enjoyment of the cheese. Some of the PSA monologues feel like they were written by a high school GSA in 2008, and while I get the intent I also, you know, already heard it all back in 2008 lmao.