A review by sappho
How Could You by Ren Strapp

emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Some of the pages were laid out in ways that were unintuitive to follow (two short stacked panels, and then one tall panel to the right, I would read the tall panel second when the dialogue intends for you to read it third, many such cases. perhaps co-reading this along with scott mccloud's "making comics" book is making me be a dunning-kreuger weisenheimer about it) but overall I really enjoyed this!

Dyke Drama: The Book, but in a way that is so incredibly different from my first read of the year, Dykette. This one obviously has younger characters but it also feels a lot more grounded. The emotions are still high and every setback feels like the end of the world to Molly+Yona+co., but in a way that could happen IRL (sometimes unrealistic fiction is good! i just was charmed by how true-to-life this felt.)