It’s a quieter book in some respects, but it does go into detail about Bechdel’s ongoing mental health struggles and how they are linked to her upbringing. And it is a beautiful soul.Īre You My Mother? focusses more on Bechdel’s relationship with her mother, both while growing up and as an adult. What you’re reading here is Bechdel’s heart on her sleeve her soul laid bare.
Speaking personally, they are two of the finest works of literature I’ve ever read, full stop. Whether or not his death was suicide hangs over the book while Bechdel attempts to piece together her fractured relationship with him, her own queerness, her success, and even her relationship with her psychiatrist.īoth of these books are gorgeously, intimately drawn and written with such a raw, stripped-bare kind of intensity. Fun Home won prizes and found itself at the top of many Book of the Year lists.īechdel herself already had a long and loved career as the cartoonist of Dykes to Watch Out For, but Fun Home propelled her into the literary stratosphere.įun Home and its sequel, Are You My Mother?, are both biographies that muse on the shaky and threadbare relationships between parents and their children, specifically from the perspective of a queer daughter struggling with her mental health.įun Home’s initial conceit is that Bechdel’s own father came out as gay shortly before dying after he is hit by a truck. Upon its publication, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home did something few graphic novels manage: it instantly garnered the praise of literary critics. Fun Home & Are You My Mother? By Alison Bechdel You can receive five pounds off your order by using our Queer Book Box referral link.
You can choose to just receive a handpicked queer book a month or and All Out Box where you’ll get access to a book club, bookish gifts, queer zines and comics plus an all-manner of goodies. Tip: If you love queer literature, then you’ll love Queer Book Box. Mia finally reveals that she’s joined their ship to track down her lost love. Our main protagonist, Mia, is part of a crew that rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures throughout space, piecing the past together.Īs Mia gets to know her team, who are each well fleshed out with their own stories that become relevant later, we flashback to Mia’s time in a boarding school where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. The use of red and blue throughout On a Sunbeam is a feast for the eyes and forces you to linger and reread for full impact. There’s so much going on in this story which balances Star Wars, space adventure romp with multiple timelines, romance, and newfound family.Įvery page is more breathtaking in the last, notably the full-art pages which are fully deserving of being framed. Tillie Walden is legendary on the queer graphic novel scene by this point but if you have managed to miss this stunning work then here’s your friendly push to pick it up next. Read More: LGBTQ Books from Around the World Queer Graphic Novelsįrom queer memoirs to gay romances to action series’ with queer protagonists, here is a deep and varied list of some of the best queer graphic novels available right now. This list might not be exhaustive by any means, but these are all queer graphic novels and manga that have affected us and we hope that you will love equally. Queerness has stuck its flag in the comics and manga scene, and we are living for it. Here, you’ll find a lesbian memoir, a gay romance, queer graphic novels filled with asexual and non-binary characters, as well as books by trans writers featuring trans characters.
Being queer means a lot of things to a lot of people, and here we have attempted to represent a broad scope of queer writers and stories within the world of comics, graphic novels, and manga.