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I assume graphic novels are included in comics?
Mystique and Destiny are married in the last decade or so of X-Men comics, so I will probably use one of those issues.
Anything by Alison Bechdel works. She's best known for Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and a 90s-era lesbian soap opera called Dykes to Watch Out For.
Huh, somehow my brain read this as "a sapphic comedy", I shall need to rethink my attack!
Dubhease wrote: "I assume graphic novels are included in comics?"I'm going with yes. To me, I feel like they were aiming for the visual format idea.
I'll most likely end up reading the next release of She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Vol. 1 for this one, but lots of great yuri manga out there. Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 was another series I really loved. Adding some of the series I've read or have on my tbr to the Listopia!
My first thought was a comic of the stand-up variety, so maybe an autobiography/memoir.
I'm also assuming that graphic novels are included, since it's such a porous distinction. I had two on my TBR that fit:Goat Magic
Navigating With You
Alison Bechdel - Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama -- includes a mini history of psychology and psychoanalysis - rich and deep.and her recent The Secret to Superhuman Strength - which I am assured by other readers here includes Pilates for that other prompt.
I also have hopes for :
I Love Led Zeppelin by Ellen Forney
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
If graphic novels aren’t your thing, I have 3 different ones for you. If you want a sweet little romance I recommend:
If you want something more supernatural and thriller based (with werewolves) I recommend:
For a hug in comic form I recommend:
Sasha wrote: "I'm also assuming that graphic novels are included, since it's such a porous distinction. I had two on my TBR that fit:Goat Magic
Navigating With You"
Thanks for the recommend, Sasha. I will be reading Goat Magic.
I just got a bundle of Critical Role comics, so I'm hoping either Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin or Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Beauregard Lionett will work.
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That was such a helpful list that I now have TOO MANY sapphic comics on hold at my library LOL!!
Thank you, because I wasn't SUPER thrilled with my first choice, seeing all these other options helped a lot.
We always called them comic books, but this doesn't use the word book. I'm wondering why the author can't be a sapphic comic?
Cyndy wrote: "We always called them comic books, but this doesn't use the word book. I'm wondering why the author can't be a sapphic comic?"Love the lateral thinking! Go for it, if that suits your interests better.
Sasha wrote: "Cyndy wrote: "We always called them comic books, but this doesn't use the word book. I'm wondering why the author can't be a sapphic comic?"Love the lateral thinking! Go for it, if that suits you..."
That's what I'm going for, Amber Ruffin has written a couple of books. Watch PopSugar plug my loophole next year!
That's what I'm going for, Amber Ruffin has written a couple of books. Watch PopSugar plug my loophole next year!"If you're also doing the 52 book club challenge, her book You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism fills the "author's dog mentioned in bio" prompt.
X-Men: The Wedding Special (2024) #1 has romance, action, humor, and a variety of creative teams working on it. It also has some interviews, retrospective, and a couple of related reprints. I give it 4 stars.
Cyndy wrote: "We always called them comic books, but this doesn't use the word book. I'm wondering why the author can't be a sapphic comic?"I love this idea! I just don't do well on graphic novels- I want to read the words or I won't get lost in the story.
This could even work with a CHARACTER being a sapphic comic!
Ruth wrote: "Cyndy wrote: "We always called them comic books, but this doesn't use the word book. I'm wondering why the author can't be a sapphic comic?"I love this idea! I just don't do well on graphic novel..."
If you want to run with the idea of a character being a sapphic comic, I just read Most Wonderful. It follows three siblings at Christmas and one is a stand-up comic.
I didn't find one mention of Pilates in The Secret to Superhuman Strength. It is possible that I missed it; but, I chose to fit that book into sapphic comic, since she spent a fair amount of the book on her relationships with other women. And, I was mildly pleased that I would not need to find another book for this prompt.
Bluebelle-the-Inquisitive (Catherine) wrote: "Dubhease wrote: "I assume graphic novels are included in comics?"I'm going with yes. To me, I feel like they were aiming for the visual format idea."
I agree. I'd include Manga too.
Cyndy wrote: "That's what I'm going for, Amber Ruffin has written a couple of books. Watch PopSugar plug my loophole next year"Thank you for filling this prompt for me. Only last month, I read her book about the awful things people say to her sister. Now I can tick that box.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel. I wouldn't have read it if not for this prompt, I didn't particularly enjoy it (thought it was boring), and I'm glad graphic novels don't take long to read.
I just finished Red and the Wolves: A Graphic Novel. I was into it and totally ready for everything to get tied together, and then the last quarter of the book happened and the wheels fell off. I'm so bummed!
I read Florrie. A sweet book about women's football in the 1920s, and its ban by the FA (not suitable for the weaker sex). I very much liked the style of the illustrations and there were several Sapphic love stories.
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Florrie (other topics)Red and the Wolves: A Graphic Novel (other topics)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (other topics)
The Secret to Superhuman Strength (other topics)
Spent: A Comic Novel (other topics)
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I usually don't read 'comics', so this will be a challenge for me... I trust everyone will contribute to the Listopia to help!! 😁
Listopia: A sapphic comic