My 2025 Reading Stacks #2: Two Graphic Novel MVPs

Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Welcome once again to our recurring MCC feature in which I scribble capsule reviews of everything I've read lately that was published in a physical format over a certain page count with a squarebound spine on it -- novels, original graphic novels, trade paperbacks, infrequent nonfiction dalliances, and so on. Due to the way I structure my media-consumption time blocks, the list will always feature more graphic novels than works of prose and pure text, though I do try to diversify my literary diet as time and acquisitions permit. Occasionally I'll sneak in a contemporary review if I've gone out of my way to buy and read something brand new. Every so often I'll borrow from my wife or from our local library. But the majority of our spotlighted works are presented years after the rest of the world already finished and moved on from them because I'm drawing from my vast unread pile that presently occupies four oversize shelves comprising thirty-three years of uncontrolled book shopping. I've occasionally pruned the pile, but as you can imagine, cut out one unread book and three more take its place... ...and the same holds true for my li'l ramshackle hobby-blog: cross one subject off my to-do list, five more get added to it. We're long overdue to catch up and I'm tired of staring at all these stacks in our living room next to our PC desk. Let's do some of this for the sake of spring cleaning! We'll start with the two creators with more works in those stacks than any other. […]

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My 2025 Reading Stacks #2: Two Graphic Novel MVPs

Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Welcome once again to our recurring MCC feature in which I scribble capsule reviews of everything I’ve read lately that was published in a physical for…

Midlife Crisis Crossover!

Choose 20 comics that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One comic per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 15:

#20Comics #comics #webcomics #TillieWalden #OnASunbeam

Sometimes we're asked where to start with #GraphicNovels - as with prose books, it depends on what you like to read as they cover all subjects and styles.

For instance, here are three terrific, #LGBTQX coming of age/biographical works we've loved. Sensible Footwear, a Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth, It Rhymes With Takei, by George Takei, and Spinning by Tillie Walden.

#books #livres #BandeDessinee #biography #GeorgeTakei #TillieWalden #KateCharlseworth #comics #LGBTQXComics #bookshops #bookstodon

In der Welt von „The Walking Dead“ schlägt sich #Clementine durch und wird von #TillieWalden vor immense zwischenmenschliche Probleme gestellt. Erscheint bei #CrossCult und hier mein Eindruck dazu: https://www.huenerfuerst.de/archives/20-03-comictober-clementine-buch-eins

#comictober #Comic #walkingdead #rezension

#Comictober Clementine - Buch Eins - Hünerfürst.de

Jede gute Zombie-Geschichte beginnt mit einer starken Heldin. Gut, dass Tillie Waldens „Clementine“ alles verbindet was ein Drama in einer postapokalyptischen Welt braucht. Diese mit „Buch Eins“ betitelte Episode nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise in die Welt des Kult-Comics von Robert Kirkman: „The Walking Dead“. Der Vorlage ähnlich spielen die Zombies ab einer gewissen Zeit keine so große Rolle mehr. Es ist viel interessanter, welche zwischenmenschlichen Regungen, Probleme und Beziehungen entstehen. In diesem bei Cross Cult erscheinenden Hardcover, das sich unerwartet in einem schwarz-weißen Look präsentiert, finden sich außerdem einige Figurenentwürfe und eine illustrierte Liste der Arbeitsmaterialien Waldens. Ein

Hünerfürst.de
Watch: Tegan And Sara Take Comic-Con Back to 'Junior High'

The indie pop stars turned multimedia storytellers shared their experience writing a graphic novel, navigating those awkward middle school years, and more to a standing room only audience.

Gay Pride - LGBT and Queer Voices
Award-winning Vermont artist Tillie Walden to become Vermont’s 5th cartoonist laureate

The Vermont Arts Council and the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction have announced that the Norwich resident will become the youngest artist to receive the honor so far.

VTDigger
Haven't had too much energy for self promotion of late, but here we go. Today's review is of the Texas horror dreamscape graphic novel Are You Listening!
Video and transcript at https://literallygraphic.wordpress.com/2023/02/09/are-you-listening-by-tillie-walden-cc/
#Comics #TillieWalden #Horror #Reviews #GraphicNovel
Are You Listening by Tillie Walden [cc]

Literally Graphic

Ich finde ja, auch Comics dürfen mal so richtig dick sein. 😉 Die Story klingt in jedem Fall vielversprechend und die Zeichnungen, in ihrem recht klaren Stil nicht minder. Ich freue mich auf das Schmökern dieses weiteren Mitbringsels von „Kleine Verlage am großen Wannsee“.

Mehr: https://bit.ly/3ud8U1Q

#leseherbst #comic #tilliewalden #reprodukt #comingofage #scifi #queer #weltall #liebe #planeten #indiebook #lesen #leseratte #leselust #bücher #graphicnovel #literatur #yesyoucomican

Tillie Walden: Auf einem Sonnenstrahl

I'm posting some of my favorite #GraphicNovels as I am new to the genre and hoping to get recommendations for future reads:

#Persepolis (#MarjaneSatrapi)
#Syllabus (#LyndaBarry)
#FunHouse (#AlisonBechdel) - really anything by #Bechdel
#Laguardia (#NnediOkorafor)
#SeekYou (#KristenRadtke)
#OnASunbeam (#TillieWalden)

@bookstodon what else should I be reading?

#Introduction part 2 to add a bit more detail and hashtags.

Work: I'ma Principal Analyst at He Pou a Rangi the NZ #ClimateChange Commission, mostly working on #ets and #emissions targets

Nerd shit:
Comics: I hyperfixated on queer comics during the pandemic. #NDStevenson, #MollyOstertag, #TillieWalden #TheNib #Heartstopper

Fandoms:
#SheRa #AtLA #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #DS9 #TheOwlHouse #DoctorWho

Misc:
I try and keep away from the outernet, and enjoy #Boardgames and#PCgames, also #ADHD