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This was beautiful and sweet and wonderful and my heart is full of joy.
I was really looking forward to reading this book, but was sadly let down. "The paranormal" is a vast subject----but most of the comics / stories in this book are about ghosts, some of the stories main ideas/arcs being nearly identical. I thought there'd be a but more originality. The art is stellar though, and there are a few stories that do stand out from the nearly identical crowd.
Ahhhh, I loved this! My favourite stories were Ouija Call Center, Shadow's Bae, and Pulpit Point. So sweet and cute!
This anthology is so tender...it's so healing to read positive stories about queer people in love.
Relationships and love that crosses all boundaries and is truly breathtaking to behold.
The Other Side is a comic anthology of 19 queer paranormal romance stories. All in black and white, there's a rich diversity of art and story styles. Many of the characters are POC* and non-binary in some way, with many different queer relationships represented. (*With art, it can sometimes be difficult to tell exactly how a character might identify racially/ethnically. Unless it was specifically indicated in the text, I won't be attempting to assign race/ethnicity other than generic "POC" in my...
A bit hit or miss, but the hits are solid. The good: the stories are normalizing and humanizing without ever losing sight of what they are meant to be about. There is a wide variety of voices and styles represented, from ethereal fairy-tale to peppy comedy to cold ghost story. The emotions, by and large, feel real and honest and perfectly represented.The bad: I think they tried to cram too many stories into this anthology; many of them feel like they would benefit from being even just a few page...
Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5 starsThe main thing this anthology has working against it is quantity over quality. Out of the 12 stories featured only 4 captured my attention enough to want to look up these other authors works. The rest felt rushed, too short, & underdeveloped. Despite this, I love that these are all stories written by queer authors/artists. If anything I hope these stories helped a younger queer reader feel less alone; & more anthologies like these continue to be made.
The art in this anthology is beautiful, and the paranormal romance involves a lot of queer ghosts etc. Many sweet smiles for me in this anthology, but pretty much every encounter ends with a kiss. On the plus side, death is not presented as tragedy in this series.
Like most anthologies, it's a bit of a mixed bag. Some great entries and lots of beautiful art, but several stories had pacing issues or felt narratively unfocused.
Am excellent collection of queer supernatural romance.
These were all short, cute, and spooky love stories that were very quick reads. Like with all anthologies, some stories are better than others, but this one was pretty solid overall. I would recommend if you're looking for a queer love pick me up!
I read this because I fell in love with "The Tea Dragon Society" by Katie O'Neill, and she is one of the authors in the collection. I liked 'Yes No Maybe' just fine, but I think she soars when she has color available to her (all of these stories are black and white).My favorites were 'Rabbit Stew' and 'Third Circle Pizza'. All of the stories are super short and the collection is well worth a read.
I got this book a couple years ago, and it is the best anthology I have read to this day. I've read it 3 or 4 times. Between art and writing styles, I think there is something for everyone in here.
A heartwarming book of diverse short comics about queer love that crosses the boundaries of the living world. Most have happy endings, or at least bittersweet. Some artists' panels were a bit too dark and difficult for my middle-aged eyeballs to understand.
A truly lovely anthology of queer, paranormal, romance comics, guaranteed to make your heart flutter. Most were tender, and left me wanting more, some were tragic, and left me moved, but all were enjoyable, and left me glad to have read this collection!
This is a comic anthology of short "paranormal romance" stories. It seemed to be mostly ghost stories, but there are a few offer types of creature as well. It's neat to see the different art styles in an anthology like this and lots of the stories were okay but some didn't feel developed enough because of the short runtime and a couple of them didn't work for me at all.Favourites: Ouija Call Center by Mari Costa, Shadow’s Bae by Bitmap Prager and Melanie Gillman, Till Death by Gisele Jobateh.
This is one of my favorite anthologies, I love almost all of the stories and it and feels soft and tender.
A very cute and sweet antho. I didn't fall in love with every story (with anthos, that can happen), but I had a lovely time trying it out.
I missed the Kickstarter so I'm reading the book just now thanks to my library (!!!).Just some unsorted thoughts, I might write a lengthier review in a few days when I am feeling more up to it (with story titles and all) - is there any interest?*I really liked some of the stories, but others missed the mark for me. It bothered me quite a bit that so many were ghost stories, specifically. Does it reallllly count as positive queer representation if one of the couple is already dead? It honestly ma...
