so-soA town's men go off to find a prince to marry their princess, and die, leaving the women of the village to figure things out. I liked the concept, and the book felt playful. I especially liked the nods to songs from things like Tangled and Hamilton. Overall, I didn't completely enjoy this, but I'm also not the target demographic and I think the right reader will adore this comic.
pickThis was ridiculously fun! I loved the recentering of women in classic fantasy tropes, played straight and subverted. The nods to famous works were a lot of fun and I loved how everyone found where they were happiest.
This graphic novel was the feminist medieval fantasy tale I didn't know I needed in my life. Loved it!!!
pickWhat a great comic! Writer Dawson and artists Woods and Farrow deliver a story about women who reform their world. The protagonists continually subvert their own expectations and expand their limits as they deal with a series of curses that don't play out as intended. It's fun, affecting, and deeply aware of its antecedents.
It's also sort of a musical. I love it when comics pull that off!
I woke up HUNGRY, so I made a plate of bacon, egg, toast, strawberries, and tomato with soft cheese to eat while I read this most excellent comic.
Food's gone now and I'm still hungry, so I might have to dip into the cookies for dessert.
pickA rompy take on Arthurian legend-ish tales. Lots of riffs on Disney movies, musicals, Monty Python jokes. The writing does hit you over the head with obvious criticisms of gender norms/stereotypes, compulsory heterosexuality (Maybe, no one was in a happy hetero marriage but no one was in a non-hetero relationship either), toxic masculinity - sometimes we need obvious. A fun, mostly all-ages comic and I liked the art. I did a lot of chuckling.
@bookriot Day 2 of #Riotgrams is current reads - I‘ve got Ladycastle on deck. Feast your eyes on this magnificence!
pickI just finished this 4 part series from BOOM! Studios and it's so fun! All the men are eaten by dragons and so the ladies have to step up and run the town-not that they weren't already. The singing princess parts were hilarious. I wasn't sure what one of the songs was a riff of though. Takes some tired tropes and makes fun of them and leaves you with warm fuzzies. 😄 I do wish it would have continued and had more backstory to some characters.
My pull list is finally back in action at the new store! And just in time too. I had a rough migraine yesterday and Giant Days was the perfect pick-me-up while waiting for the medicine to kick in. So excited to go back to weekly pickups; they're fun to look forward to.
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