| Title | : | Anything That Loves |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781938720321 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 |
| Publication | : | First published July 1, 2013 |
| Awards | : | Bisexual Book Awards Non-fiction (2013) |
Anything That Loves Reviews
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Ugh. What a disappointment. I'm giving this three stars because I really like and respect the individual work of some of the creators in here, but I actually disliked this anthology as a whole. Where do I even begin. Let's see: the editor (who's gay) frames the book on the cover and in the intro as a collection about bisexuality for gay and straight people. Somehow the conversation about bi people is always framed around monosexuals. I mean, just look at the description for how it centres gay and straight people from the first sentence. The fucking front cover with the full title has the words gay and straight in big letters with any non-monosexual word left out. Christensen even writes in the intro about how important it is to him that "the refusal to accept bisexuality [is] a root cause of homophobia." OH SO BISEXUAL PEOPLE AND BIPHOBIA ARE IMPORTANT NOT FOR THEIR OWN SAKE BUT BECAUSE OF THE LINKS TO GAY PEOPLE AND HOMOPHOBIA. Seriously, what an ignorant piece of poop.
The comics selections themselves unfortunately overall don't so much to counteract the misinformed editing. There are plenty of boring, repetitive pieces trying to dispel myths about bisexuality and recalling biphobic coming out stories and conversations with supposed friends and partners. I understand that these kinds of pieces can be important but there were so many of the same thing it became redundant and depressing . If I were just coming out as bi this collection would scare the crap out of me and not give me much hope.
Other pieces didn't even seem like they fit. Like, why is there a story about a self-identified cis gay man who dates trans guys in here? Is it supposed to be implying he's bisexual, despite what he says and the fact that trans men are men? There's another story about a woman with a latex fetish that doesn't seem to have anything to do with non-monosexuality and another about a trans woman who hasn't come out yet who is confused about the differences between gender identity and sexual orientation.
I also would have appreciated more attention to the complexities of gender in here. A lot of the stories refer to "both men and women" totally excluding non-binary people (although a few have their own stories in here). Also, more creators of colour are definitely needed.
Overall this book is screamingly aimed at straight and gay people, in a way I've actually never seen with a bi/pan book before. I've read plenty of books by trans people clearly aimed at a cis audience (and know the equivalent exists for gay men and lesbians and used to be more common) but I've never encountered the equivalent for bi/pan people. I can't tell you how disheartening it is to pick up a book thinking "this is for me, written by people like me!" only to find it's been written for people privileged in relation to that part of your identity instead. It's the kind of book whose strategy of educating monosexuals about biphobia is to make them feel sorry for bisexuals. No thanks.
Shout-out to a lovely story by MariNaomi about being turned on by a woman eating a mango, which was my favourite piece. Ellen Forney's funny and practical guide to having bisexual threesomes was also rad. Nods also to pieces by Melaina, Jason A Quest, Erika Moen, and Lena H Chandhok. -
This was a really great book, not entire SFW but was idea and perception challenging in the best way.
The issue at the moment about being bisexual is all of the media shouting "that's not possible" when it clearly scientifically is. There are studies where they conected the brains of participants up to biofeedback machines and measure the "arousal" quadrants when shows both straight and gay stimulants. In the bisexual people the quadrants lit up equally regardless of stimulant.
So here are the biggest myths that this book breaks down/as well as some of the issues that are regularly faced by bisexuals that this book informed me of.
#1 - Pick a side!
So this is the idea that people who identify as bisexual are actually gay and denying it. This is not the case at all and until our gender and moral biases get broken down it will always be an issue. The ultimate message is, just because you don't feel a certain way doesn't mean you can't feel a certain way.
#2 - Confirmation bias
This is another issue just stated above, all individual people feel differently about sex and sexuality for themselves. The way I feel is not the way you feel etc. We really need to stop telling people how to feel (unless they are aggressive or a danger to others then we need to get them help).
#3 - Ostracized in so many communities!
So this is a problem with both straight and gay communities that harkens back to "Pick a side" but it goes a little further in the gay community. Bisexuals are often ostracized in the gay community due to that communities own stigmatization. They see it as "you get to choose, I'm mad because I can't. You get to live a "normal" life in a straight community and they never have to know you've ever felt otherwise, I can't because society sucks, that's totally not fair and I'm not sure how else to respond. You aren't one of us, you're only half of one of us so you aren't super welcome." The straight community is the same only not as vehement because they aren't at all belittled or harmed for the way they are, so it's more a case of "as long as you don't cross any line of normalcy while you're in our community, you're cool, if you do we're going to look at you and your family poorly, forever"
#4 - Totally promiscuous
Oh so you like boys AND girls? you must be banging everyone you meet 24/7 because that totally makes sense. No, just no, this is the dumbest assumption made by anyone. Bisexuals are no more promiscuous than anyone else. They just have more choices, that is all.
So overall really good book, I would recommend it to anyone who would like to expand their horizons when looking at sexuality, any LGBTQI Allies who want to educate themselves, people who like biographical comics, or anyone who's questioning and don't feel they fit into a category. Sometimes you don't need to fit into a category, and that's the greatest lesson I took from this book. -
"The true aim of the queer liberation movement, as I understand it, has always been to affirm the right to determine one's own ideal romantic and sexual life. The utopian world where everyone is free to follow their hearts (and libidos!) benefits everyone, not just lesbian and gay people." (Charles "Zan" Christensen, editor)
Anything That Loves is a collection of comics on the spectrum between gay and straight, including personal stories, fiction, dialogues to past selves, and 101 introductions into bisexuality. Each of the artists has their own style and perspective, and all of them together make you realize how many possibilities there are, and how limiting it is to only think of two options when it comes to sexual orientation (or sexual identity, for that matter).
Making the mental leap from checkboxes to a spectrum full of diversity was an absolute revelation for me a few years ago; it opened my eyes and made it tremendously easier to accept myself. As a consequence, it always makes me happy to see good representations of that spectrum. That's why I immediately went all in when I saw the Kickstarter for this project some months ago, and why I am satisfied that the result is as varied and inclusive as I hoped.
I could identify with many of the stories, and be surprised by others, and learn from all. I will come back to this collection many times, looking for safe places and reflection and thoughts about the queer communities we have and the ones we want to build. -
I feel a little bit cruel for saying this but seriously, dudes, I have read many better GLBT anthologies, including better bi ones, better sexually diverse ones (like uhmmm the Gender Outlaws redux), and better comics (Juicy Mother!). I felt like I should respect this for its scope and its celebration of a legacy of bi cartoonists, but it's really didactic, and even some of my faves (Erika Moen, Sam of Rooster Tails) don't save it. Alas.
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A fine comics anthology with the ultimate message that human sexuality is far more fluid than popularly acknowledged, and the binary categorizations and sub-categorizations we assign to it are limiting, often downright damaging. Some highlights include a thoughtful forward from Editor Zan Christensen, and stories from Bill Roundy, Kate Lethe, Leanne Franson, MariNaomi, and Nick Leonard.
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It's probably not very politically correct to give 5 stars to a collection that contains some of my own work - but heck, this book is not about being politically correct and besides, it's just really that good. I love it for its various styles, its autobiographical confessions, and its call for openness and acceptance. I imagine this book can be a real eye-opener for a lot of people.
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and today I'm flipping through a comic anthology, Anything That Loves: Comics Beyond "Gay" and "Straight" published by First Northwest Press in 2013 and edited by Charles "Zan" Christensen. Forward by Carol Queen Phd and endpapers by John Lustig.
On the back cover the book is categorized as for mature readers. As with most anthologies it's a bit hard to note everything that happens. But to try, I would note nudity, sex, infidelity, biphobia and transphobia.
And the tone of the stories runs the whole gamut.
I was actually surprised that the collection was only ten years old. I originally read it back in 2016 and had it grouped in my mind with some other comics from the 2000s or something.
Going slightly out of order, I'm going to jump straight to the keywords and synopsis and then go on to creator profiles and commentary on contributions as I feel inspired.
Keywords: coming of age, little boxes, dichotomies, breaking binaries, change, love, connection, creativity, community, relationships and family.
Flipping the book over, we have the following synopsis "For all their differences, gay and straight people are often united in their problems with bisexuality. People who follow their hearts wherever they lead, regardless of gender, are still usually met with disbelief and suspicion.
From confessional, personal accounts to erotic flights of fancy to undersea identity politics, this collection of comics invites the reader to step outside of the categories and explore the wild and wonderful uncharted territory between 'gay' and 'straight'."
As with almost all anthology collections, things were a bit of a mixed bag. Overall I would say the art styles were diverse but all good or above average. Some stories I liked, some less so; some stories I thought were a bit unnecessary. But may connect better with others.
That said, the thing I keep going back and forth on the most is the use of the term bisexual in the synopsis. On the one hand, sure most of the included stories feature bi or pan sexuality in one way or another, but then you have random stories that don't. Why are they there? Because the anthology is actually about how so many people like to put other people into very small boxes when it comes to sexuality (and sometimes gender). Which the title does a much better job of encapsulating. Although, as some other reviewers have pointed out, still approaches the realm of beyond from a fairly mono-sexual and (on a slightly different note) often monogamist perspective.
This very scattered hit and miss hodgepodge of packaging continues when on the back of the book they replace beyond with between. Why confine this book to being between so called straight and gay when you already defined it as beyond? It's like trying to say that nonbinary people are between men and women.
But, moving right along to the entries and creators...
Of course the first person featured in the anthology is one Kate Leth. Who I will admit to avoiding since 2016 or so... Y'all can do your own googling; TLDR they have offended and hurt a seemingly ever growing number of people without apology, among other things.
Story number two is a personal narrative that highlighted a lot of the ways bi people get used and fetishized "Agnes Czaja graduated with a BFA in illustration in 2006 and has been making comics ever since. Her work ranges from serious narrative fiction to horror camp to autobiographical. She lives in San Francisco with friends and two cats."
Next up we had a very concise and colourful one pager by MariNaomi, who according to wikipedia "is an American graphic artist and cartoonist who often publishes autobiographical comics and is also well known for creating three online databases of underrepresented cartoonists." She has also written Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Resume ages 0 to 22 and Turning Japanese that I'm also definitely interested in picking up.
Entry number four continues the personal narrative streak, with the focus shifting a bit more to being on gender in a way that I liked. Alex Dahm, according to their website "is a cartoonist, performance artist, and teacher. They love translating stories from their daily life into strange diagrams, tactile comics, and audience interactive experiences."
Five is our first group effort with a creative team made up of Josh Trujillo (who has gone on to write many things from this, Adventure Time Comics and The Flash), Dave Valeza (illustrator behind An Elegy for Amelia Johnson, which I rated two stars back in 2014) and Zev Chevat - who according to their twitter is an animated film maker, writer, and college professor. I really liked the way color was used in this story and it really made the entry stand out.
Next, Ashely Cook and Caroline Hobbs get bonus points for the most fantastical premise in this largely contemporary and nonfiction collection. The former "lives in the wonderfully geeky city of Seattle where she writes about comics, tabletop RPGs, story games, and video games." and the latter "in addition to painting whimsical sea creatures, Caroline enjoys teaching English, playing story-games, and making terrible puns."
Bill Rundry's memoir short "Orientation Police" is one of those entries that feels really out of place if you see this as a strictly bisexual anthology. But makes more sense under the wider umbrella of people putting other people into very arbitrary and small boxes because of transphobia.
The eighth entry, Comics made me Queer, is another coming of age entry, this time by Lena H Chandhok "a Pennsylvania-born, California-raised, Vermont-educated queer cartoonist. She graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2011 and currently lives in Brooklyn. She would like to draw things for you."
Then we get one of two shorts from Sam Saturday. Who, according to his profile on Prism Comics "was born in Virginia, raised & educated in Florida, and later drove to California all by himself. As a child he was highly influenced by the Muppet Show, Leisure Suit Larry games, musicals and nonsense poetry."
Entries ten and eleven are both by Ellen Forney. Check out my review of Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life and look forward to my re-read and review of Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me. Entry one is a short one pager giving advice on threesomes followed by a few pages of irreverent and playful posters.
Entry twelve was certainly one of my least favourite entries. According to the biography section at the back of the anthology Maurice Vellekoop "wishes desperately he was bisexual! Alas, he is a regular ol' everday gay. He's also an illustrator and comics artist whose work has appeared in everything from Vogue to The New Yorker." And I would like to note that this particular story, while aiming to be a fun romp, did feel more then a little orientalist.
Entries thirteen and fourteen are both one pagers dealing with people's need to categorize things. Creative number one, Stasia Burrington, describes herself as "a full time artist/illustrator. Her passions lie in the arts – in all forms, experimental cooking, camping, theology and science fiction, fat nerdy science books, coffee and ice cream." Creative behind one-pager number two Kevin Boze perhaps gets a trophy for the most needlessly edgy sounding bio in the book "politically correct means not funny. But after 30+ years of professional and hobby cartooning, he hasn't been arrested yet."
Entry fifteen is another coming of age and coming to terms in the face of biophobia. This time by Erika Moen. Oh Joy Sex Toy her 18+ webcomic that this Seattle artist been running since 2013.
Next up, another coming of age, fictional (I think) this time and by Adam Pruett. Who describes himself in the bio section as "letters and colors comics for other people. Sometimes he also writes and draws fr the minicomix anthology series Gosh is Dead, the latest issue of which is super late."
Entry seventeen is a sexy tale of subverting expectations by one Jason A Quest. Who according to their website "JAQ of all trades, master of nuns. In addition to my mundane full-time day job, I am a part-time heretic, and a part-time pornographer. I write, I draw, I color, and I letter, sometimes even getting paid for it."
We cross the border into Canada in entry eighteen by Leanne Franson. She's bilingual in french and english, and besides writing semi-autobiographical stories about the bi-dyke Liliane she has also apparently illustrated a picture book entitled goodnight Jesus.
And, to be completely honest I'm not sure what exactly to make of the end of entry nineteen by Jason Thompson (who apparently also did a graphic novel interpretation of H.P. Lovecraft's DreamQuest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories, Ugh), Jumana Al Hashal (apparently their partner, they also collaborated with them on Cartooner: The Fast and Furious Game of Drawing Comics) and Vanessa Gillings - who describes herself on twitter as "Illustrator, author and fox enthusiast."
Entry twenty is by New Zealand queer trans guy Sam Orchard. I enjoyed their colourful style and character designs.
Entry twenty-one is another story that stands out, but seems odd if the premise of the anthology is bi/pan sexuality. Created by Powflip who, according to their patreon, is currently working on a "BL comic Help!, My Room Mate is Hot! about two college room mates who hate each other falling in love."
Moving right along, apparently I have read another title by Dutch cartoonist Margreet De Heer namely Religion: A Discovery in Comics. Three out of five stars. Entry twenty-two seems to be part of her ongoing comic strip Minnie.
Up next we have a date with a prison warden where our main character is too distracted by the warden's roommate's new puppy for the relationship to last. Another entry by MariNaomi who we have already discussed.
Sam Saturday pops up again, this time for three pages.
Entry twenty-five is by Nick Leonard, who is both a creator of comics and a comic apparently. Another coming of age and finding your own niche story.
Bedfellows: A Bold Riley Sory by Leia Weathington is another one of the few entries that veered away from contemporary. They have also apparently appeared in Smut Peddlers and according to their website are the submissions manager and editor now at Northwest Press.
Conley Smith was on colours and letters for this entry were done by Jesse David Morgan.
Entry twenty-seven is another few pages by Kevin Boze. Previously discussed.
Entry twenty-eight by Malaina reminded me of the fun fact that apparently all of a persons eggs are not already formed before they are born. Otherwise, apparently they ended up marrying their colorist for this entry who they met through this project. Fun!
Moving right along, The Walk by Randall Kirby tries to sort out the differences between pan and bi sexual and sensibly in my opinion largely gives up. Although I did laugh at the rearrangement of the alphabet mafia ended up with Gay Bacon Lettuce and Tomato sandwich. He apparently also does work on the online comics anthology young bottoms in love.
Entry number thirty is another autobio coming of age comic entitled Welcome to my Queer Career in the Comics by Roberta Gregory. Who apparently also contributed to another comics anthology I recently reviewed entitled Menopause: A Comic Treatment. Where her character Bitchy Bitch makes another appearance if I remember correctly.
Next up, in entry thirty-one, we have another group project. This time put together by Steve Orlando (who at this point had also written for Vertigo, Image Comics and 215 Ink). Pencils and ink by Walter Rodriguez and colors by Victor Ochoa. Much like the next entry, both these stories are about incredulous mono-exuals being biphobic. Fun times.
The second to last entry we have is by Tara Madison Avery (who also appears to have contributed to my previously reviewed trans anthology We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology - five out of five stars) with colors by Mike Sullivan (who appears to be creating Universe 444/The Sulliverse over on Patreon).
And to conclude we have No Big Deal by Amy T Falcone. Someone who at this point was helping run two web comics and had appeared on Penny Arcade;s webcomic competition Strip Search.
Wrapping things up. I can definitely appreciate how this book would have hit me back in 2016, although now I feel like dropping it a star to three out of five stars. Could also use more racial diversity and maybe a dash of disabled creator representation. -
Gets an extra star for bisexual content! I had the impression that most of these comics were for explaining to monosexual people what bisexuality was about, or for helping people with very little contact with other bisexuals to understand themselves. Very few of them offered an actual gripping storyline with a bi character in it. (Of course, that's probably hard to do in the space available in an anthology.) None made me want to rush out this second and buy work by a particular artist.
Some of the comics were still enjoyable, though. My favorites included those by John Wistig, Kate Leth, MariNaomi, John Trujillo and Dave Valeza (with color by Zoe Chavat, Bill Roundy, Jason A. Quest, Powflip, and Tara Madison Avery (with color by Mike Sullivan). If any of these artists were to advertise a solo work with a bi protagonist here or on other social media, I would definitely want to take a look at it. -
Although a little basic in terms of gender analysis and queer theory, this collection was thoroughly enjoyable and addressed some of the major quandraries of being bisexual or queer. I'll admit, it was nice to see some of my own struggles with sexual identity put into ink. Can you still be bi if you're in a hetero relationship? Does being bi mean you can't be monogamous? What about gender non-conforming partners? Although this book provides no answers (because we all know there's no real right or wrong when it comes to identity politics) it was a fun read. Glad to have supported this project through Kickstarter.
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It's hard to respond to an anthology as a whole, especially when one like this has such a range of writing and drawing quality. Yet there's enough good stuff in here to merit a read. And in terms of mainstream views, there's a lot of revolutionary content in here. I like the way it challenges sexuality and gender binaries.
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As with any anthology, some of the stories fell a bit flat but others were really great. I think it's important to look at sexualities that fall between gay and straight because the first two letters of the acronym are always L or G.
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i did like some of the comics and don't get me wrong, the artists draw truly beautiful! but many of them didn't feel written for a bisexual audience, some stories clearly stood out (a gay man who dates trans men who are - by definition - men? that has nothing to do with bisexuality??) and others always repeated the same story/plot/informations. many also made me feel really depressed. i closed this comic and was happy not to read any more sad storys about bisexuals who are treated badly by ... everyone.
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This is an anthology so it's a mixed bag, of course. Isn't that sort of the point though? That humans are a mixed bag? And that being queer isn't simple & doesn't guarantee any degree of "wokeness" with regards to other people?
I particularly liked one about how words and labels evolve. Identities change or the world changes around us & impacts how a well loved label is know heard.
Great art. A good sampler to find new names. -
I was glad to find this graphic novel for my LGBTQ Reading Challenge since it's an anthology about the bi experiences by bi people. It was interesting to see the backlash they get from straight and gay communities. While I appreciated this collection, there were some works which didn't seem to fit and some that could have been proofread first.
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A mixed basket.
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Great stories with page after page of full color gorgeous art! What an amazing collection!
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Like any collection, really liked some and meh about others
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It was okay.
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Loved this diverse collection of comics centered around bisexuality! There's a great breadth of illustration styles, tones, gender and sexual orientation experiences, backgrounds, and storytelling sophistication.
Some of my favorite contributors include:
* Kate Leth (leading off with a sassy little primer on the bi experience)
* Agnes Czaja (oh to be a bi lady: "So are you, like, more straight, or like a percentage, like 60/40..." "Is it just safer for you to date men?")
* Alex Dahm (love their illustration style)
* Bill Roundy (charming as fuck and makes you just want a hug)
* Leah H. Candhok ("Anyway, I'm sure ALL straight women have crushes on other women, and are totally enamored with the female form, and would totally have sex with women. Yeah!")
* Erika Moen (how did I not know about this human before?!)
* Powflip (asexual latex enthusiasts' love story)
* Nick Leonard ("I mean first of all, they were grown men in a softball league. That's pretty damn gay! Plus, by the rules, each team is allowed up to 2 straight members. 3 bis, that equals 1/4 gays... I say they're safe by half a homo!")
I will say there were a couple stories that didn't feel totally complete ( I really wanted more from Randall Kirby's panels on "bisexuality" vs "pansexuality") or unique (Steve Orlando's story about two guys arguing over whether one of them is gay or bi feels tired at the end of the collection, when that theme has already been explored in more interesting ways), and Roberta Gregory's contribution felt like a weird personal publishing history.
But overall, I absolutely loved it, and I really appreciated a collection completely devoted to the bisexual experience (the good, the bad, and the fugly). -
I've been meaning to read this since it came out in '13, and boy was it dumb to wait this long. A great anthology focusing on bisexuality and to an extent non-binary sexuality, Anything That Loves covers so many autobiographical situations that I myself have experienced. It also covers a decent history/background of the disdain of bisexuality as a concept/term from both hetero and homosexual communities.
Shit though, it makes me tired to realize that these dumb conversations challenging a person's self-identity and experience are still happening. And obviously not just for bisexuals. The level of genuine disbelief that an individual can be both attracted in perpetuity to male, female, and non-binary individuals despite being in a relationship with someone of some gender boggles. I'm with Erica Moen. Queer works for me and the rest isn't your fucking business.
Highly rec'ed. From a Pacific Northwest press! -
Anything That Loves is an anthology about an issue very personal to me: bisexuality. As a person on the bisexual spectrum I don't often get to see depictions of my sexual identity in literature and media. Anything That Loves is one attempt to rectify this absence. The book is a collection of different stories about what it means to be bisexual. Ranging from personal stories to more informative lectures, there are plenty of perspectives on the experiences and beliefs of bisexual people, and I found that almost all of the entries were excellent. Expect lots of laughter and plenty of issues to think about. Anything That Loves is a definite recommend!
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Exceptional anthology of real-life inspired or autobiographical non-binary and/or bisexual comics. The collective experiences of these artists is invaluable in recognizing the lack of acceptance and understanding bi folks have garnered from the LGBT community. Many of the stories, though very believable, were utterly sad and will make you want to give the author a hug. Disclaimer: If you have lived as bisexual/trans/asexual/queer or eschew such labels, some of these stories WILL hit close to home, but that was kind of the point. For basically anyone I've ever met, I cannot recommend this book enough.
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Although I am straight, I found a common thread in the stories, one of battling societal expectations versus personal identity. Many of the stories are about realizing society is stupid and obsessed with categorizing things, and breaking through that to the truth. However, many of the stories are quite heartbreaking stories of rejection as well. I just hope that all the authors discover their truths and don't change negatively just because they're 'expected' to be a certain way by a judgmental bunch.
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Anything That Loves is a collection of comics focused on the theme that love (and gender) are not binary. This resonates a lot with me. I am in one of the murky grey areas where I don't feel comfortable claiming any label. I am afraid that I won't be accepted as "genuine" anything except straight. This book did a good job of reminding me that it is ok to be me, no matter what that means in terms of gender and sexuality.
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A compilation with such a narrow theme runs the risk of getting repetitive. Different art styles helps save this one, but it's nothing exceptional. The notable thing about this collection is the issue it's addressing... being bisexual and how to fit into the spectrum of sexuality that society accepts. Many of the creators experience the same struggles, but there is some variety in attitude and approach.
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I love autobiographical comics, and I love queer comics, and sadly haven't seen a lot of anthologies dedicated to bisexuality or discussing the ways we get erased. This was especially pleasant because I got to see some long-time favorites like Roberta Gregory and also a bunch of new artists whose work I hadn't encountered before. Lots of great art, lots of intensely personal writing, lots of different perspectives, lots of awesomeness.
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I'm not big on comics anthologies, but this one hit the sweet spot: diverse and energetic storytelling, unique variation of author perspective, and polished artwork. Historically and with deference to the many talented, queer artists currently working in comics, Anything that Loves catches as much of the visible rainbow as is humanly possible.
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Very solid and uplifting work, with the exception of the Sam Saturday bit which felt outdated and offensive. The Powflip story was both interesting and well presented making it my personal favorite. I would back this project again in a heartbeat.
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An assorted collection of old, new, experienced and novice artists writing about bisexuality and other stories and sexuality and gender. Artists I want to read more of in this collection: Powflip, Kevin Boze, Eria Moen, Ellen Forney, Bill Roundy.
Some great art and fantastic stories!
