A review by ljrinaldi
Love Letters to Jane's World by Paige Braddock

4.0

Paige Braddock is apparently the first cartoonist to write a comic strip with a lesbian as the main character, that was widely distributed. If you are thinking, well, what about Dykes to Watch Out For, that had much more limited distribution.

And while there have been gay and lesbian "episodes" in comic strips, Jane's world didn't shove the lesbian theme in the background, but had it front and center throughout.

If you have been following Jane's World, this is some of the stories that have run in the series. This is not all, since it has been going for 20 years. If you are new to Jane's World, this is an interesting selection to give you an idea of what you have been missing.

For example, this story, below, is when Jane had a dream about being washed up on the shore of an island of Amazons.



In this one, she has to deal with Chelle, her on again, off again, love interest.



And here the cartoonist herself breaks the fourth wall to complain about what the characters are up to.


There are zombies. There are aliens. There are spies. And there are normal, every day things, that lesbians and straight people do, such as work, and drink coffee.

For those who want to be introduced, and for those who know Jane's World, and want others to know about her too.

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Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.