After a resoundingly successful Kickstarter, Allison Shaw's PERSEPHONE is available for purchase! This retelling of the Greek myth is beautiful, and just $5 in digital.

Today we're going to do something a little different. This is not a romance comic, or romantic at all. It's a story of a young girl finding her voice after experiencing sexual violence. The review may be triggering for some people, so I'm going to give a bit of information first and then let you know when to stop reading if that content will make you feel unsafe.

DATES II, the second volume in Margins Comics' series of queer historical fiction anthologies, is a beautiful compilation of comics and prose. The stories within tell of queer people around the world and throughout time, living their lives by their own rules. We reviewed the first volume, which you can read here, and noted that the quality of writing and illustration was inconsistent. I'm happy to say that I didn't find that with this second volume. As with most anthologies, not every story will wow you, but overall the quality is excellent.

Jen Wang has given us all a gift with her first solo graphic novel. As the title suggests, it's the story of a Prince, Sebastian, and a dressmaker, Frances, who meet when Sebastian's parents hold a ball to find him a wife. The Cinderella comparison ends there, though. Frances doesn't attend the ball, though one of her creations, worn by a young lady who wishes to scandalize society, catches Sebastian's attention.

We loved TAPROOT, so when we saw that Keezy Young has a webcomic at Sparkler? We had to read it. Reviewer Matt says it's worth a read!

Once in a great while, a piece of art comes along, destroys you, and puts you back together. FUTURE ECHOES is one of those pieces. As an able-bodied woman, I was hesitant to review this book because it's not my place to speak on the quality of disability representation. But, as Editor Alisa Kwitney writes in the introduction:

The first volume of Gamer Girl & Vixen is called "Flirty Money," and that spirit of fun and puns continues throughout the book. I saved it for a rainy day and, while you could certainly refer to all of 2017 that way, I was happy to make it my last comic read of the year. See, it's about "love, lesbians, and larceny," which is a delightful twist on the traditional uber-hetero uber-serious superhero comics that seem to dominate the genre. 

A new fantasy romance comic with mystery and murder and an ADORABLE fennec fox!

To celebrate the fact that you can now get your digital hands on copies of both Volume 1 and Volume 2 of FRESH ROMANCE, we're running a post that Suzanne wrote back in July of 2016 about Volume 1. A lot has changed since then, but Volume 2 was just as lovely as the first.