The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Vol. 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims
10 best books like The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, Vol. 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims (E.K. Weaver): Bloom, Skim, Always Raining Here, Volume 1, Teahouse, Chapter 1, Starfighter Chapter 2, Check, Please!: Year One, O Human Star, Volume One, Artifice, Check, Please! Year Three, Always Raining Here, Volume 2
Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band―if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing...
| Author | Mariko Tamaki |
| ISBN | 0888997531 |
Heartbreakingly funny, moving and vibrantly drawn, Skim is an extraordinary book—a smart and sensitive graphic novel of the highest literary and artistic quality, by and about young women.
"Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls'...
(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...
Welcome to The Teahouse, where a motley bunch are ready to serve in and out of the bed. Enter Sir Rhys, a regular client who has turned The Teahouse upside down with his blunt put-downs and skilled moves. Will he choose shy virgin Rory, or the ladies' favorite Axis? Axis is hoping he won't have to service...
| 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...
| Author | Ngozi Ukazu |
| ISBN | 1946360023 |
Christ on a cracker, this was good!
I'm a great believer in moody, dark, morose stories about thespian weirdos making bad choices, and yet this bright, happy, joyful comic about an adorable gay boy playing hockey and falling in love just...did it for me. I absolutely loved it. I loved it so much...
Alastair Sterling was the inventor who sparked the robot revolution. And because of his sudden death, he didn't see any of it.
That is, until he wakes up 16 years later in a robot body that matches his old one exactly. Until he steps outside and finds a world utterly unlike the one he left behind...
| 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...
Check, Please! Year Three
(view spoiler)[ There was no way their relationship was going to stay a secret and I loved the reaction of the others when Jack and Bitty decided to tell them they're together. (hide spoiler)].
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...
