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Comrade Himbo
128 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 2021
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November 7, 2021
A great pick-me-up.
Was feeling off-put due to internet things, and found this is my folder of Kickstarted items. Read it over the course of the night. A good, uplifting series of stories and art. Well worth my patronage.
It's LGBT+ and Socialist focused, so I'm sure that limits interest, but it hits me square on. If that sounds like your bag too, check it out!
Solidarity all.~<3
Was feeling off-put due to internet things, and found this is my folder of Kickstarted items. Read it over the course of the night. A good, uplifting series of stories and art. Well worth my patronage.
It's LGBT+ and Socialist focused, so I'm sure that limits interest, but it hits me square on. If that sounds like your bag too, check it out!
Solidarity all.~<3
January 10, 2022
This collection is exactly what it sets out to be - community-centric himbos being their best selves. There's a lot of inclusivity, and many a heart-warming tale. Definitely a nice light read on a dark day.
February 28, 2022
Heartwarming, I love it.
December 15, 2021
This collection is a balm for the weary soul – there's such a lovely diversity in art styles and ways of thinking about the world and our futures. It's HOPEFUL and I can't wait to make all my friends read it.
December 1, 2021
An absolute delight from beginning to end. Each and every short comic was exactly as wholesome as advertised. The full color illustrations in between stories were perfection. Brilliance, all around.
December 4, 2021
Tbh I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more press/buzz given what a cultural moment the himbo is having in pop culture.
November 24, 2021
Delightful little book about community, mutual aid, and seizing the means of production. The art varies widely from cute to kind of wholesomely sexy. Very queer, just the way we like it. ;)
October 3, 2023
This is a gorgeous collection of art and comics starring a diverse and inclusive cast of Himbos, their admirers, partners, and comrades in uplifting and positive, community and solidarity focused endeavours.
I have had this to read since I insta-backed the Kickstarter and can't believe it's taken me this long to get around to it!
It truly is a gorgeous collaborative effort with beautiful art and wonderful ideas. There is no particular leaning towards a specific political idealogy, beyond socialism and general communism, so there's no fear of authoritarian Marxist-Leninist dogma, but at the same time not as much explicit anarchist sensibilities, which I would have loved to see. This is good vibes, anti-authority, pro-solidarity wholesomeness you would expect from your himbo comrades.
The diverse representation and explicit inclusion of Genderqueer and non-conforming himbos and other characters is glorious to see, especially with so many spaces, media and theory often focuses on a bunch of old dead cishet white dudes, ignoring the radical work BIPOC, Queer, and trans folx have been doing and involved in since forever. It's a sad fact that to this day orgs splinter and oppose each other because of the bigotry some supposed revolutionaries cling onto like petty tyrants. Some self-described anarchist figure made a video in the last few years claiming that working class people don't know or care about trans or non binary people. Fucking shameful. The most marginalised have always been on the frontlines, while those with more privilege have always served themselves first, leaving their marginalised comrades behind. Interactionality over everything!
To the people who felt hoodwinked by the cover, what are you talking about? Have you never seen a comicbook or graphic novel cover before? Are you this upset about the comicbook era when they discovered putting primates on the cover made sales significantly improve, regardless of whether any featured at all inside?
To the people who say it's not gay enough, sib please. Noone gets to judge what's gay enough (outside of heterosexual people making supposedly Queer stuff) and what?! There's a lot of gay and Queer goodness in here. Romance and sex aren't the focus of the comics, so what do you want? Smells a little like transphobia based on some of the couples in here...
This is a beautiful book and a wonderful, heartfelt endeavour. Thank you!
Love, support, and solidarity!
I have had this to read since I insta-backed the Kickstarter and can't believe it's taken me this long to get around to it!
It truly is a gorgeous collaborative effort with beautiful art and wonderful ideas. There is no particular leaning towards a specific political idealogy, beyond socialism and general communism, so there's no fear of authoritarian Marxist-Leninist dogma, but at the same time not as much explicit anarchist sensibilities, which I would have loved to see. This is good vibes, anti-authority, pro-solidarity wholesomeness you would expect from your himbo comrades.
The diverse representation and explicit inclusion of Genderqueer and non-conforming himbos and other characters is glorious to see, especially with so many spaces, media and theory often focuses on a bunch of old dead cishet white dudes, ignoring the radical work BIPOC, Queer, and trans folx have been doing and involved in since forever. It's a sad fact that to this day orgs splinter and oppose each other because of the bigotry some supposed revolutionaries cling onto like petty tyrants. Some self-described anarchist figure made a video in the last few years claiming that working class people don't know or care about trans or non binary people. Fucking shameful. The most marginalised have always been on the frontlines, while those with more privilege have always served themselves first, leaving their marginalised comrades behind. Interactionality over everything!
To the people who felt hoodwinked by the cover, what are you talking about? Have you never seen a comicbook or graphic novel cover before? Are you this upset about the comicbook era when they discovered putting primates on the cover made sales significantly improve, regardless of whether any featured at all inside?
To the people who say it's not gay enough, sib please. Noone gets to judge what's gay enough (outside of heterosexual people making supposedly Queer stuff) and what?! There's a lot of gay and Queer goodness in here. Romance and sex aren't the focus of the comics, so what do you want? Smells a little like transphobia based on some of the couples in here...
This is a beautiful book and a wonderful, heartfelt endeavour. Thank you!
Love, support, and solidarity!
February 13, 2022
A disappointment of a book, not what I expected at all. If I could, I would give it 0 stars, the cover is so incredibly misleading it pains my soul, I’m heartbroken, I feel the loss and pain of a sailor that has lost their wife on sea, I feel the sorrow of a survivor of a family massacre, I feel the agony of a thousand suns burning into my core. I am disappointed, hurt, and offended. Never buy this book. You will regret it.
January 27, 2022
The cover art overpromises and the comics under deliver. It advertises itself as gay comix with beefy men, but it's just trite "we are the world" stories, some didn't even seem to be gay.
April 4, 2022
Backed on kickstarter disclosure.
"Thicc of thigh... thiccer of heart", that's all I needed to know!
It brought me a lot of joy not only being able to concentrate on reading during this trying time in my life, but also seeing a bunch of compassionate characters working together to improve the lives of each other and their communities.
Definitely a Precious Book for me!
"Thicc of thigh... thiccer of heart", that's all I needed to know!
It brought me a lot of joy not only being able to concentrate on reading during this trying time in my life, but also seeing a bunch of compassionate characters working together to improve the lives of each other and their communities.
Definitely a Precious Book for me!
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