Teahouse, Chapter 1
9 best books like Teahouse, Chapter 1 (Emirain): Always Raining Here, Volume 1, The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Vol. 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims, The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Vol. 2: Wanderlust Kings, Starfighter Chapter 2, The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Oglaf Book One, Artifice, Chew, Vol. 12: Sour Grapes, Always Raining Here, Volume 2
(review for the whole webcomic and not just the first volume)
This was cute and at times really funny too. I'm happy with how it ended but honestly the first half of the comic felt very mmmmmmmmmm.........how do I say this. The authors themselves write in their bio that they're two straight ladies...
| Author | E.K. Weaver |
| ISBN | 0983875502 |
In the span of a single tumultuous evening, Amal calls off his arranged marriage, comes out to his conservative parents, gets disowned, goes on a bender... and wakes up the next morning to find a lanky, dread-locked vagrant names TJ in his kitchen.
TJ claims that the two have made a drunken pact...
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Vol. 2: Wanderlust Kings
| Author | E.K. Weaver |
| ISBN | 0983875510 |
First, this was fantastic. Very funny and genuinely sweet. Great art and great writing. Engaging characters. Never boring. TJ and Amal's relationship progressed in amusing and appropriate ways.
After their first time messing around
But please tell me this isn't a stalker...
| Author | Hamlet Machine |
| ISBN | 1938926021 |
After surviving the most intense day of his life, young navigator Abel is harboring doubts about having started a romantic relationship with his quick-tempered squadmate, Cain. Stories of the fighter's volatile- and violent - past abound on the station, and it's proving difficult to separate truth...
In the span of a single day, Amal calls off his arranged marriage, comes out to his conservative parents, promptly gets disowned, goes on a bender... and wakes up the next morning to find TJ, a lanky, dreadlocked vagrant, frying eggs and singing Paul Simon in his kitchen.
TJ claims that the two...
| Author | Trudy Cooper |
| ISBN | 1936561980 |
[Edit] Apparently I sound homophobic, anti-gay, anti-sex, or just anti-everything. Here's the review everyone seems to want: I loved this book! It was fan-fucking-tastic it's so awesome it can draw demons out of possessed babies, and cure cancer. It might just be the most thought provoking book of...
| Author | Alex Woolfson |
| ISBN | 0985760400 |
Artifice is about Deacon, a prototype android soldier so advanced he is referred to as an "artificial person." On one of his first missions, Deacon was ordered by his corporate masters to eliminate a team of scientists who knew too much—and he has failed spectacularly. Not only did he let one of the...
Chew, Vol. 12: Sour Grapes
| Author | John Layman |
| ISBN | 1534300317 |
The final story arc of Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats. Mysteries are solved, secrets are revealed and lives are lost. Many, many lives. This is the end of the line for the New York Times Best Selling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winner...
Always Raining Here, Volume 2
2.4 I'm very unsure how to rate this. I'm still very ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ about this.
Okay, so the art was SO MUCH better. Like, it was unbelievable how much it improved since it began. Also, no more creepy stuff so that was great.
However, I was still indifferent over the whole thing and there...
