This wasn't really a good fit for me since a lot of the storylines ended tragically (Note: not tragic because of homo/bi/transphobia tho) even if they were really good and some of the other ones were too "hard sci-fi" or otherwise worldbuilding-confusing for me to really plug into them. I guess I had expected it to be more like Dates! An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction, which had a hard rule about no tragic tropes, which was my mistake.That being said, I did really appreciate the wonderful...

I was super pumped about this book, which unfortunately let me down somewhat. The cover is fucking gorgeous, though; that didn't disappoint me. I guess that's the thing with all anthologies--it's hard for them not to be hit or miss. There are a few Canadian authors in here (one with Indigenous / two-spirit content, although the authors' bios don't identify themselves as Indigenous so I don't know if it's #ownvoices or not) but none of the Cdns were my favourites. There is substantial POC content...

I've giving this series 3.5/5.Whilst I enjoyed a lot of the stories told, I think the book suffered by having perhaps too many. I found myself quite often confused by the lack of context, or simply wanting more from the story I was reading. However, I'm glad I read this as I have been wanting to consume more queer literature for a while now, and this definitely scratches that itch and has encouraged me to find more!On to Beyond II!

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this was great!! a few of the stories i struggled to understand because they just kinda... dropped u in the middle... but most of them were beautiful and super affirming and fun and exciting and new!! <3

While not every story in this book was interesting to me, there was a lot of diversity to the stories. I found something to like in each of the comics.

Beyond: the Queer SFF Comic Anthology is a cute, kickstarted collection of 18 stories by 26 contributors which center the diversity of queer people across different ages, genders, sexualities, races, species, body types, and family units as they swashbuckle, explore the galaxy, make new friends, and love in all its multifaceted glory. The anthology also comes with a really nice little foreward written by editor Sfe R. Monster who explains how Beyond came about and the importance of having a quee...

I backed this on Kickstarter, but only just got around to reading the PDF when I moved my files to my new computer. So many sweet, cute stories, and wonderfully drawn. My personal favorites were O-Type Hypergiant and Eat at Chelle's, and the ending story The Next Day was cute too. The stories that really gave off a feeling of enduring, growing love, and also had very nice worldbuilding, which is always a plus.

Reviewing anthologies is always tough. The quality varies from story to story, to the point where rating the book as a whole seems hopeless. “Well this one story was amazing, easily worth the price of the entire book. Too bad the rest of them were so awful.” Trying to review each story separately tends to make the review way too long, but only mentioning a few tends to make it look as though you didn't like any of the others.So, for the record: I quite liked all of these stories. I’m going to me...

For the full review, visit my blog: Read Diverse BooksThis anthology is one of the most important works of Queer literature I have read in a while. Granted, I haven’t read the vast majority of Queer literature, but Beyond is personal and special. This is the kind of book I wish I had read when I was a teenager, or even younger, because it would have shown me perspectives and ways to live a life authentically that I considered unimaginable. Many of the stories in this anthology are sad and seriou...

This anthology includes a wealth of different art and story styles, all of them featuring queer characters. All of my ratings for the individual comics together averages out to about 3 stars, which is pretty accurate to how I felt about the anthology as a whole. Many of the stories felt too short, without enough context to really immerse myself in the characters or the world. I will say that I am SO GLAD this anthology exists at all, and it was great to see a variety of queer representation here...

This is a gorgeous comic anthology with some real gems, especially considering how short the stories are.I was a little unsure about the Two-Spirit story, as neither writer nor illustrator identified as Native in their bios.

This collection made less of an impact for me than I expected, although I did flat out cry reading the first story. I’m not sure that these stories were objectively less exciting than those in the Oath anthology, but I think I’ve definitely been exposed to more (very well done) queer sff stories than queer superhero stories, so maybe that is why I was personally more excited by the superhero anthology. The stories were also decidedly less fluffy, and while the characters’ sexuality or gender was...

Skimmed the last few stories in this anthology. Too many dead queers indeed. I liked two stories, maybe, and both were by artists whose webcomics I've enjoyed (Blue Delliquati and Kori Michaels). The concept of a queer SFF comic anthology is great, but too many sad stories and people dying, which is still the same thing straight media likes to do, and that's not what I'm looking for in my queer media.

I backed Beyond on Kickstarter because I loved the idea of increasing visibility and representation of queer individuals and relationships in comics, and I knew I'd be introduced to a lot of new artists through the book. The quality of the illustrations is high, and the cover is really gorgeous. I'm glad I backed this for the physical object and not just the digital version, because the book looks fantastic.Unfortunately, the stories are mostly not very strong. A lot of them drop you into the mi...

Most of the pieces in this book fall pretty flat as far as stories go. There are some gems, but overall the narratives just don't work - it's confusing to decypher what's going on, there's far too much technical lingo, etc. The art ranges from lovely to weird, and the cover art is exceptionally beautiful. My biggest complaint by far, however, is the number of dead/tragic LGBT characters there were in this anthology. 5 stories out of 18 contained LGBT character deaths, and most of them were queer...

I love the concept. I love that by buying a copy this past week, my money went to Trans Lifeline. I want LGBTQ+ characters and issues to have more and better representation in comics. I think this comic is a fantastic step in that direction.But I did not love it. I found the quality of the stories themselves extremely hit-or-miss. There were a few gems, but there were enough that I just felt like I was scrolling through. I am also looking cautiously at the quasi-Native comic "Twin Souled" that s...

Very enjoyable collection of stories.Some of the selection was underwhelming, however, whether through lack of narrative development or poor art style. However, I enjoyed the majority of the collection.

Creative, poignant, imaginative and artistically talented are a mere handful of the words that come to mind after finishing this collection. While I don't think this book is for absolutely everyone, I do think that anyone who has any familiarity with science fiction and fantasy and is hungry for new kinds of stories will enjoy at least one of the stories in here if not many many more. The only criticism I can think of really is that they did cover such a wide variety of stories means that there