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Khaos Komix #1
Steve And Mark
This is a comic about gender and sexuality. It follows the lives of 8 main characters: Steve, Mark, Amber, Nay, Tom, Alex, Charlie and Jamie. It’s about them finding themselves, falling in love, lust and like and how hard they fight to get there.
This comic contains so many issues I can’t even really list them. Some of the things you may find here include: Gays, lesbians, those weird bisexuals everyone is talking about, faggotry, homophobia, transgender issues, dubious consent, body issues, abuse, hate and most important of all, a big old helping of LOVE. There’s a reason I called it Khaos.
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The book includes both Steve and Marks stories and covers. It also has a bio for Mark and Steve in the back, including triva stuff like their birthdays and shoe size.
This comic contains so many issues I can’t even really list them. Some of the things you may find here include: Gays, lesbians, those weird bisexuals everyone is talking about, faggotry, homophobia, transgender issues, dubious consent, body issues, abuse, hate and most important of all, a big old helping of LOVE. There’s a reason I called it Khaos.
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The book includes both Steve and Marks stories and covers. It also has a bio for Mark and Steve in the back, including triva stuff like their birthdays and shoe size.
128 pages
First published June 3, 2010
2 people are currently reading
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About the author
Tab A. Kimpton
6 books23 followersI’m Tab.
I’m a full time costume maker and comic writer. You can find my costume stuff at www.khaoskostumes.com. My queer stuff is all here. A man of many faces, people consider seem to consider me a master of disguise, but I’m really just a little nerd who likes to dress up.
My full name is Mr Tab Artemis Kimpton, it is not short for anything except ‘totally fucking awesome’. Male pronouns please, I have a varied gender expression (read: camp as a row of pink tents), but I’m quite comfortable in my masculinity.
I live in England, I was born in 1990 and I’m doing this comic because I got these characters in my head back when I was a lonely 13 year old queerio and I needed to write them down.
I’m a full time costume maker and comic writer. You can find my costume stuff at www.khaoskostumes.com. My queer stuff is all here. A man of many faces, people consider seem to consider me a master of disguise, but I’m really just a little nerd who likes to dress up.
My full name is Mr Tab Artemis Kimpton, it is not short for anything except ‘totally fucking awesome’. Male pronouns please, I have a varied gender expression (read: camp as a row of pink tents), but I’m quite comfortable in my masculinity.
I live in England, I was born in 1990 and I’m doing this comic because I got these characters in my head back when I was a lonely 13 year old queerio and I needed to write them down.
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January 14, 2014
There's something brain-meltingly cute about this story, but it also has an undercurrent of aching sadness that somehow makes it all the more sweet.
I don't know if it's the black-and-white figures drawn in quick, thick lines that feel even more lively and realistic than photographs, the matter-of-fact narration and portrayal of serious issues in the background of the main story or they way the author managed to create fully distinctive, absurdly lovable characters in about a hundred pages of drawings (no, seriously, how did he do that?), but I feel as if I'd just read a really good short novel, not a comic. I'm all raw and tender and satisfied.
I don't know if it's the black-and-white figures drawn in quick, thick lines that feel even more lively and realistic than photographs, the matter-of-fact narration and portrayal of serious issues in the background of the main story or they way the author managed to create fully distinctive, absurdly lovable characters in about a hundred pages of drawings (no, seriously, how did he do that?), but I feel as if I'd just read a really good short novel, not a comic. I'm all raw and tender and satisfied.
January 23, 2015
3.5
Пролистала всю серию подряд, поэтому общая оценка и комментарий:
Главная проблема - повторяемость сюжета каждой истории, каждой парочки. Подружились, у каждого секреты, начали целоваться-встречаться, один вдруг сильно боится спугнуть другого своим секретом и прерывает отношения, ходят в воду опущенные, вдруг случайное признание и вуаля! они жили долго и счастливо. Ну почти)
Вторая проблема, чуть менее значимая - рассказ каждой линии с двух сторон. То есть читаем начало истории с точки зрения одного героя, все прерывается в самый интересный момент конечно же, и начинается рассказ с точки зрения другого героя - с самого начала. И в силу интриги ранее прочитанного, жизнь второго героя уже не вызывает такой же интерес, и хочется скорее пролистать до того самого момента, на котором остановилась предыдущая история.
Но зато тут переплели такой клубок отношений представителей сексуальных меньшиств, что натуралам места не осталось )))))
Пролистала всю серию подряд, поэтому общая оценка и комментарий:
Главная проблема - повторяемость сюжета каждой истории, каждой парочки. Подружились, у каждого секреты, начали целоваться-встречаться, один вдруг сильно боится спугнуть другого своим секретом и прерывает отношения, ходят в воду опущенные, вдруг случайное признание и вуаля! они жили долго и счастливо. Ну почти)
Вторая проблема, чуть менее значимая - рассказ каждой линии с двух сторон. То есть читаем начало истории с точки зрения одного героя, все прерывается в самый интересный момент конечно же, и начинается рассказ с точки зрения другого героя - с самого начала. И в силу интриги ранее прочитанного, жизнь второго героя уже не вызывает такой же интерес, и хочется скорее пролистать до того самого момента, на котором остановилась предыдущая история.
Но зато тут переплели такой клубок отношений представителей сексуальных меньшиств, что натуралам места не осталось )))))
February 14, 2013
Love them - can't stop reading the next story and the next....
August 19, 2019
This read was a little off track, but I've very recently discovered an almost obsessive need for M/M webcomics (thanks to Mars's ongoing 'Long Exposure') and while I'm waiting for new content, I wanted to find another good one! I stumbled across 'Steve and Mark', the first in a four part series dedicated to LGBTQ+ relationships and plan to take these stories more slowly but enjoy them all the same.
Steve and Mark's story is ABSOLUTELY adorable. Unrequited, angsty, miscommunicated love from both parties leads to utter confusion for both characters and I waited with baited breath from beginning to end for it all to be alright. While Steve and Mark each have a chapter of their own and are the main focus, we are introduced to other characters who will be POV characters in later 'books' of this series and I thought that was a good way of handling this type of series.
I think my least favourite thing about this story was actually the art. It wasn't bad as such, but it felt a little rushed in places and did not have the attention to detail that I usually enjoy in graphic novels. That being said, I was taken in by the story itself and so didn't mind so much. I won't be thinking about this with a burning need for more, but I'd like to read the other three in this four parter.
Steve and Mark's story is ABSOLUTELY adorable. Unrequited, angsty, miscommunicated love from both parties leads to utter confusion for both characters and I waited with baited breath from beginning to end for it all to be alright. While Steve and Mark each have a chapter of their own and are the main focus, we are introduced to other characters who will be POV characters in later 'books' of this series and I thought that was a good way of handling this type of series.
I think my least favourite thing about this story was actually the art. It wasn't bad as such, but it felt a little rushed in places and did not have the attention to detail that I usually enjoy in graphic novels. That being said, I was taken in by the story itself and so didn't mind so much. I won't be thinking about this with a burning need for more, but I'd like to read the other three in this four parter.
September 24, 2013
I doesn't have the perfectly drawing, and attention to little detail. But that is it's best asset because the author engages you in his perfect storytelling and doesn't need anymore than that.
It's a very sweet, and simply well done YA stoy.
I can't be enough elocuent with my praises.
PD: Sorry about the spelling mistakes.
It's a very sweet, and simply well done YA stoy.
I can't be enough elocuent with my praises.
PD: Sorry about the spelling mistakes.
January 13, 2014
Cute :-)
Great drawing.
Great drawing.
July 31, 2013
Oh!! They are SO CUTE!!!!!!!
March 24, 2018
This is a really sweet story, and quite relatable for anyone who's struggled to get to grips with their sexuality, or has been in the awkward situation of crushing on a friend without knowing if they like you back.
Steve and Mark's story is complete in this book, but there are other character's whose stories are told in the other books in the series. This means that, although this book is a complete story on its own, it leaves you intrigued about the other characters and eager to read the other three books to find out their stories. Luckily, I already have the other books!
I've also read the Shades of A books by Tab Kimpton, and I enjoyed those a lot so I decided to pick these books up. This series is older than Shades of A, and I'd say that it does show a little, but these are well worth reading if you want some good and honest queer representation, and definitely if you've read and enjoyed Shades of A.
Steve and Mark's story is complete in this book, but there are other character's whose stories are told in the other books in the series. This means that, although this book is a complete story on its own, it leaves you intrigued about the other characters and eager to read the other three books to find out their stories. Luckily, I already have the other books!
I've also read the Shades of A books by Tab Kimpton, and I enjoyed those a lot so I decided to pick these books up. This series is older than Shades of A, and I'd say that it does show a little, but these are well worth reading if you want some good and honest queer representation, and definitely if you've read and enjoyed Shades of A.
May 13, 2017
Maybe more of a 3.5!
This comic series is cute. Seriously adorable in places. It also does some pretty great things for diverse charachters and situations. It gets quite stereotypical/tropey in places but if you can get past that it's a fun enough little story about two boys in love!
Oh and warning, one charachter in particular uses pretty spectacularly homophobic language. Just in case you don't want to avoid that.
This comic series is cute. Seriously adorable in places. It also does some pretty great things for diverse charachters and situations. It gets quite stereotypical/tropey in places but if you can get past that it's a fun enough little story about two boys in love!
Oh and warning, one charachter in particular uses pretty spectacularly homophobic language. Just in case you don't want to avoid that.
July 29, 2016
At first I was a bit disappointed about black-and-white drawings, but in fact I think it is lovely as it is. A totally sweet YA story.
March 15, 2015
1.5 stars
September 24, 2014
Wish the art was nearly as good as the stories.
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