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Heavy Vinyl #2
Heavy Vinyl #2
With Rory in danger and Chris finally in on the crew’s off-hour activities, they need a plan to get to her in time… and they find it in the most unexpected place!
30 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 27, 2017
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About the author
Carly Usdin
22 books238 followersCarly Usdin is an award-winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her first feature, Suicide Kale, won the Audience Award for Best First Feature at Outfest 2016. After playing over 30 festivals worldwide the film is now available on iTunes and Amazon Prime. In 2017 Carly served as showrunner and director for the scripted series Threads, produced by New Form for Verizon’s go90 platform. The 20-episode horror and comedy anthology series brought to life outrageous stories from internet forums like Reddit.
Carly is also the creator and writer of two comic book series for BOOM! Studios: Heavy Vinyl (in stores now) and The Avant-Guards (out in January 2019). Heavy Vinyl was nominated for a 2018 Prism award, honoring the best in LGBTQAI+ comics.
Carly has spent years making short-form narrative and branded content for clients like Funny or Die, CollegeHumor, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, World of Wonder, CBS, Fullscreen, Astronauts Wanted, Portal A, TruTV, Viacom and YouTube. Most notably, she directed the third season of Awkwafina’s digital series Tawk. Her promo campaigns for RuPaul’s Drag Race have won One Show Awards and Promax BDA Awards.
Carly has recently completed post-production on her short film Misdirection, created as part of the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, class of 2019. Currently she is developing several projects through her production company Scheme Machine Studios, which she owns with her wife, photographer and producer Robin Roemer.
Carly is also the creator and writer of two comic book series for BOOM! Studios: Heavy Vinyl (in stores now) and The Avant-Guards (out in January 2019). Heavy Vinyl was nominated for a 2018 Prism award, honoring the best in LGBTQAI+ comics.
Carly has spent years making short-form narrative and branded content for clients like Funny or Die, CollegeHumor, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, World of Wonder, CBS, Fullscreen, Astronauts Wanted, Portal A, TruTV, Viacom and YouTube. Most notably, she directed the third season of Awkwafina’s digital series Tawk. Her promo campaigns for RuPaul’s Drag Race have won One Show Awards and Promax BDA Awards.
Carly has recently completed post-production on her short film Misdirection, created as part of the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, class of 2019. Currently she is developing several projects through her production company Scheme Machine Studios, which she owns with her wife, photographer and producer Robin Roemer.
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September 10, 2018
All I will say is... THAT CLIFFHANGER THOUGH?!?! And the date between Chris and Maggie?!?! My feels XD
(I'm enjoying this comic series guys!)
(I'm enjoying this comic series guys!)
February 12, 2018
Another great issue! Chris is adorable and I'm really excited to see where this goes!
December 11, 2019
Now that Chris, the new girl, is part of the super secret band everything comes together!
The young women working in the record store are fighting against men who tend to be disrespectful to other people.
And right now they’re trying to figure out what happened with the lead singer of a band that was supposed to perform earlier that day.
Now in this second volume, we have conflict between the band members, a little bit of character development and heart-warming scenes between what I’d like to call the love interest of our MC.
Though this ends up with a cliff-hanger, so be sure to have the next volume in your hands.
PREVIOUS REVIEW
Volume 1
The young women working in the record store are fighting against men who tend to be disrespectful to other people.
And right now they’re trying to figure out what happened with the lead singer of a band that was supposed to perform earlier that day.
Now in this second volume, we have conflict between the band members, a little bit of character development and heart-warming scenes between what I’d like to call the love interest of our MC.
Though this ends up with a cliff-hanger, so be sure to have the next volume in your hands.
PREVIOUS REVIEW
Volume 1
June 18, 2018
I am just flying through this comic! Chris is so adorable 💖 I love them all!!!
April 15, 2020
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This volume was a bit predictable and dragged a little to get to the plot
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This volume was a bit predictable and dragged a little to get to the plot
April 13, 2020
-Wonderful illustrations
-As a fan of certain bands, the fangirl in me felt seen
-Beautiful representation of different women
-Girl power!
-Cute with fluffy gay romance, but still serious in a way that they are fighting the patriarchy, looking for a missing famous band member, and kicking as$es of bad men
-The story is just getting better and better with a cliffhanger that will really make you pick the next installment
And as the great Maggie said, "Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is... fighting the patriarchy is great, you should try it sometime."
-As a fan of certain bands, the fangirl in me felt seen
-Beautiful representation of different women
-Girl power!
-Cute with fluffy gay romance, but still serious in a way that they are fighting the patriarchy, looking for a missing famous band member, and kicking as$es of bad men
-The story is just getting better and better with a cliffhanger that will really make you pick the next installment
And as the great Maggie said, "Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is... fighting the patriarchy is great, you should try it sometime."
October 30, 2017
This story is seriously the best. It's so simple but adorable and complex at the same time :) Kind of feels like I'm reading a manga or watching anime actually. So much girl power and love that all the characters have different personalities and looks.
March 3, 2020
Ahhh Chris’s crush on Maggie is so sweet. I feel like this issue really captured the uncertainty that comes along with girlhood. Feeling like you should totally have everything figured out, not realizing that we’re all constantly, regardless of age-in this consistent cycle of ‘figuring it out’
September 30, 2017
Girl power! I am in love!
October 24, 2017
Esto es tan cuqui, tan maravilloso.
¡Luchemos contra el patriarcado!
¡Luchemos contra el patriarcado!
October 30, 2017
THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER
December 5, 2019
3.5 ⭐️
January 1, 2021
Lesbische Nicht-Dates, bei denen darüber geredet wird, wie viel Spaß es ist, das Patriarchat zu bekämpfen? Sign me up.
October 18, 2017
Ugh. I love this series! It's so cute! So... I just relate to Chris so much!!! This comic was made for me, I'm pretty sure. Music, badass girls, and queer romance. My loves.
January 24, 2021
chris and maggie went on a date !!!!!
February 25, 2018
I didn't like this issue as much as I did the first because about 80% of this issue was a date & not much of what the objective of the story was supposed to be about. Also, even though this is the same amount of pages as the first issue it felt a whole lot shorter.
Based on what I did get & how it left off I'm committing myself for 3 more issues, which should count as a whole volume, then I'll reevaluate if I want to continue with this series or not.
Based on what I did get & how it left off I'm committing myself for 3 more issues, which should count as a whole volume, then I'll reevaluate if I want to continue with this series or not.
November 28, 2021
Heavy Vinyl #2 started with our lead, Chris, finally joining the all-girl fight club. Though the storyline seems to be fairly simple, it still managed to successfully suck me in. The case of the missing lead singer of the most popular band at times, the classic investigation right from the store's secret basement, and the blooming love story, everything that you need is here!
—.:* Vinny
—.:* Vinny
September 12, 2022
yea this one is pretty cute. the girls are just so lovely and i love chris and maggie a lot. they are so adorable. also i love how the story slightly touches on the anxiety of not knowing what to do with your life when everyone around you seems to be doing just fine. chris is a very likable main character to be honest and i'm curious to know more about this team of lovely girls and their little secret club hehe
October 27, 2024
I love this little queer world so much, it’s just super fun. what do you mean a bunch of girls worn at a music store together and have a secret fight club that they use to beat crime, fight against discrimination and stand up for society together? combined with them all being gay, falling in love with each other / having relationships that are super cheesy and sweet <3
February 14, 2018
Fun, but still feels like a set-up issue, where our outsider MC is learning about this new, secret club. Hope the action really starts to ramp up in the next issue. But it was entertaining to see a character be unenthusiastic about a fight club / training montage.
March 27, 2019
Still not impressive, but cute enough for a 3 star rating.
The pacing though... I noticed this with the first volume as well, but though the volume intends to end on a cliffhanger, it ends without us having connected with the plot or characters and thus the end seems abrupt and jarring.
The pacing though... I noticed this with the first volume as well, but though the volume intends to end on a cliffhanger, it ends without us having connected with the plot or characters and thus the end seems abrupt and jarring.
September 28, 2017
Ugh this series is so cute!
October 6, 2017
Great series it just makes me sad it's only 4 issues. Great development in this issue.
October 21, 2017
This is one of the most adorable and fun comics I've read in a really long time
January 23, 2018
I love everything about the premise of this comic, and I am definitely officially hooked by this whole mystery of disappearing rock stars story. I need so much more of this series!
February 4, 2018
I think this is my fave comic series... ever??
It's gay aND has badass girls kicking butt????
I NEED MOREEEEE
It's gay aND has badass girls kicking butt????
I NEED MOREEEEE
May 7, 2018
Gahhh must have so many more issues of this! This badassery must continue!
July 17, 2018
5/5 stars
ahhh i love these girls and the romance and just everything! the art style is beautiful as well, i can't believe how good this series is
ahhh i love these girls and the romance and just everything! the art style is beautiful as well, i can't believe how good this series is
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