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Milk & Mocha Comics Collection: Our Little Happiness by Melani Sie
1 review
jbeoin's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
CONTENT NOTE: small amounts of ableist language and possible fat-shaming
Milk & Mocha Comics Collection: Our Little Happiness is a charming, funny, relatable collection of short stories about Milk and Mocha, two sweet bears whose opposites attract in delightful ways!
What Worked for Me:
✦ I absolutely adore Milk and Mocha comics! My partner and I joke a lot about how similar we are to the characters in so many ways, so we can relate to them very much lol. We often send the official gifs back and forth to each other in texts, so to be able to read a collection of the comics was just wonderful!
✦ I love the sweet and simple style of the illustrations. Melani Sie has a wonderful eye for proportions and keeping them round and cute while still very expressive and funny.
✦ I always appreciate comics like this that are low stakes, low tension, and still entertaining and sweet. It feels like a break for my brain, a boost of serotonin, and I love that.
✦ I love the colors Melani Sie uses for the comics-- the colorful and cheery palette matches the nature of the comics so well.
✦ The lettering is very well done, too, with everything being easy to read with plenty of space around the letters themselves. Easy to read, which I always appreciate.
✦ I also loved the way Melani Sie plays with using icons and images in the speech bubbles-- I don't see a lot of comic creators do this, and I always really enjoy it when I see one who does because it's close to how I personally see things in my mind. My mind thinks in images, textures, feelings, and sounds, so to see something like this represented in comics makes me feel so good inside!
What Didn't Work for Me:
✦ I didn't care for some of the ableist language in here. It wasn't a lot, but in a comic that employs few words, they stand out.
✦ I also felt like a few of the comics dipped into fat-shaming a little, which I didn't care for as a fat person myself.
Overall
I give Milk & Mocha Comics Collection: Our Little Happiness 4 out of 5 speech bubbles: this is such a sweet and cute collection of pick-me-up comics!
How to Read It
Milk & Mocha Comics Collection: Our Little Happiness comes out July 25th, and you can request that your local library order a copy, check out your local comic book store, or pre-order a copy through Bookshop or Barnes & Noble.
Read This Next
If you liked this, check out Pilu of the Woods, The Sprite and the Gardener, and The Tea Dragon Society
If you enjoyed this review, I have a monthly comic review series called More Comics Please! on my website! You can sign up to receive them in your inbox by subscribing to my newsletter Into the Bramble.
Milk & Mocha Comics Collection: Our Little Happiness is a charming, funny, relatable collection of short stories about Milk and Mocha, two sweet bears whose opposites attract in delightful ways!
What Worked for Me:
✦ I absolutely adore Milk and Mocha comics! My partner and I joke a lot about how similar we are to the characters in so many ways, so we can relate to them very much lol. We often send the official gifs back and forth to each other in texts, so to be able to read a collection of the comics was just wonderful!
✦ I love the sweet and simple style of the illustrations. Melani Sie has a wonderful eye for proportions and keeping them round and cute while still very expressive and funny.
✦ I always appreciate comics like this that are low stakes, low tension, and still entertaining and sweet. It feels like a break for my brain, a boost of serotonin, and I love that.
✦ I love the colors Melani Sie uses for the comics-- the colorful and cheery palette matches the nature of the comics so well.
✦ The lettering is very well done, too, with everything being easy to read with plenty of space around the letters themselves. Easy to read, which I always appreciate.
✦ I also loved the way Melani Sie plays with using icons and images in the speech bubbles-- I don't see a lot of comic creators do this, and I always really enjoy it when I see one who does because it's close to how I personally see things in my mind. My mind thinks in images, textures, feelings, and sounds, so to see something like this represented in comics makes me feel so good inside!
What Didn't Work for Me:
✦ I didn't care for some of the ableist language in here. It wasn't a lot, but in a comic that employs few words, they stand out.
✦ I also felt like a few of the comics dipped into fat-shaming a little, which I didn't care for as a fat person myself.
Overall
I give Milk & Mocha Comics Collection: Our Little Happiness 4 out of 5 speech bubbles: this is such a sweet and cute collection of pick-me-up comics!
How to Read It
Milk & Mocha Comics Collection: Our Little Happiness comes out July 25th, and you can request that your local library order a copy, check out your local comic book store, or pre-order a copy through Bookshop or Barnes & Noble.
Read This Next
If you liked this, check out Pilu of the Woods, The Sprite and the Gardener, and The Tea Dragon Society
If you enjoyed this review, I have a monthly comic review series called More Comics Please! on my website! You can sign up to receive them in your inbox by subscribing to my newsletter Into the Bramble.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
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