#wada recs

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic #641 - "The Master"

Originally posted on March 19th, 2012

Story - Martin Fisher Art - Rui Onishi Colours - Javier Reyes Edits - Dave Reynolds

deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005

wada sez: This is Martin Fisher’s penultimate Mosaic strip. As always, having one of the greatest Transformers artists of all time on art duties goes a long way, but this is a remarkably entertaining take on the antipathy between Motormaster and the rest of the Stunticons! While the characters of Wildrider, Dead End, and Breakdown struggle to come through in their brief lines, Drag Strip exclaiming “I always win!” is a great expression of his Budiansky bio. See below for clean inks.

[sol-em-gemeos]

[to-be-loved-by-death]

Film Recommendation: 22/11/23

Kaitō Ruby (dir. Makoto Wada, Japan, 1988)

A hidden gem beginning to gain its rightful flowers. Following Hiroyuki (Hiroyuki Sanada), an average blue-collar worker, and his eclectic and beautiful neighbour, Rumi Kaitō (Kyoko Koizumi), the film bumbles through their failed hijinks as they struggle and often fail to become a pair of master thieves. This cult comedy is perfectly silly and delightfully clever, balancing wit, character work and pitch-perfect direction effortlessly.

[smsggsts]

(1992) Air Rescue

the feeling of jfusion subtly leaks from each song. sometimes less subtly.

like. holy hell the runs in "Continue"

also just. everything. listen to all of this.

[ozkar-krapo]

Yoshi WADA

"Singing in Unison"

(3LP. Em rcds. 2012 / rec. 1978) [JP]

[quills-and-fantasy]

Manga Rec Wednesday

Title: My Broken Mariko

Author/Artist: Wada Hirako

Status: Complete (1 Volume, 4.5 Chapters)

Synopsis: As she has her lunch, Shiino Tomoyo sees the news that her close friend, Mariko, had died by suicide. Blindsided by the news, and haunted by the memories of Mariko's difficult life, Shiino decides to do her friend one final favour.

[frantic-web]

VESPA

11/10(金) @ 青山 蜂

OPEN 18:00

ADV. ¥1500 / DOOR ¥2000

DJ：

2F

TERRA Crew

Ariaray (accepted)

MiA (AFTER LIFE)

tuzuRa (Orthophonic)

monielu.h

3F

Ja Kub (CELO Rec)

DJ WADA (Co-Fusion / Dirreta)

wat (Akihabara Heavy Industry Inc.)

LiaRako

Hackmarkt (Vertigo / Vespa)

4F

Angels (ZECK & mousse pousse)

ATSUHIKO SUGITA

white

山形晴男

mizuho

VJ：

BIRTHDAY

FOOD：

仏のキッチン腕っぷし

Photo：

Hirokazu Shirato

[loopdrive]

@lost.and_find や、@atdge_seoul に関するもろもろ(おもに楽しかった思い出とお礼)がまだ出来ていない中ですが、お知らせをさせてください。 @hackmarkt さんにお誘いいただきまして、11/10金の夕方〜夜の青山蜂でDJします。ポーランド出身フランス在住の Ja kub(気鋭のミニマルハウスDJとのことで楽しみ！)や、言わずもがなWADAさんの前ということでじっくり温めて行けたらと思います。実は蜂でのDJは初、初顔合わせの方々盛りだくさんということで楽しみかつ身が引き締まる思いです。よろしくお願いします。 ///// ■ Vespa #10 23.11.10 Fri 18:00 Aoyama Hachi, Shibuya Door: 2000 Yen / Adv: 1500 Yen ▶ [Lineup] ▼2F： TERRA crew Ariaray (accepted.) MiA (AFTER LIFE) tuzuRa (Orthophonic) monielu.h ▼3F： Ja Kub [FR] (CELO Rec) DJ WADA (Co-Fusion / Dirreta) wat (Akihabara Heavy Industry Inc.) LiaRako Hackmarkt (Vertigo / Vespa) VJ BIRTHDAY ▼4F： Angels (ZECK & mousse pousse) ATSUHIKO SUGITA white 山形晴男 mizuho [Food] 仏のキッチン腕っぷし [Photo] Hirokazu Shirato [Curation] mizuho [RA] https://ra.co/events/1804455 --- Jakub Szpakowicz aka Ja Kub is an up-and-coming artist who is quickly making a name for themselves in the music industry. His music is heavily influenced by minimal, microhouse, and dub techno, and they have a talent for blending these styles together to create a sound that is truly their own. Whether he's performing live or working in the studio, Ja Kub is always striving to push the boundaries of what's possible in music and to create something fresh and exciting. In addition to their successful career as a performer,He owns and operates his own recording studio, where he offers a range of services including recording, mixing, and mastering. As a studio owner and sound engineer, Ja Kub has worked with a diverse range of artists, helping them to bring their musical visions to life.

[freecornland]

come over, monkey!

hope4sale // good4u -> hope & self-love

BE QUEER, STRIKE FEAR from your local queer entertainment supplier ;]

resources // psa.txt -> every free resource for anything (feel free to dm me!)

rec lists -> my tbr + watchlist

ZOCS (in which we learn to overthrow the government!)

socz -> each socz post has its own tag! navigate well!

poc.txt (socz: bipoc) // poc.rep (rep: poc) -> educating self on bipoc (rsc: poc)

fem.txt (socz: fem) // fem.hlp (gone)-> intersectional feminism (+ resources!)

impo.txt -> basic existential advice // adulting

ACADEMIA

stem -> the bizarre world of wolftopia and its likeness -> stem.txt // stem.rep (rep: stem)

academia -> aesthetics

studyblr

DISCOURSE

on queer // queer.txt -> gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! // spc: queer, socz: queer

on lit -> literary analysis and criticism

on space -> about space

envrmnt -> climate change and the environment

peoplehood -> stories on people who matter

anthro.txt -> humanity and its shenanigans

muzeek -> artsy recs :]

obscurities.jpg // misc. -> bizarrely cool shiz

boyacore // komedi -> me and my batata wada flavored humor

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic - "Gone Fishin"

Originally posted on November 2nd, 2009

Story - Jon Rist Art - James Cox Colours - Josh Burcham Letters - HdE

deviantART | TFW2005 | BotTalk

wada sez: The vignettes in this one all set up scenes from the beginning of The Transformers: The Movie, with Kup directing the other Autobots in setting up a roadblock, Blaster chilling in the communications tower, and Wheeljack and Windcharger hanging out before they’re both brutally killed side-by-side by the Decepticons. Hot Rod’s line opens his first scene with Daniel. Josh Burcham had already coloured an official adaptation of the film for IDW and a tie-in story by Simon Furman for Australian home-media company Madman Entertainment, so this fits nicely in that vein; he’d go on to colour the pack-in comic for the Reveal the Shield Rodimus vs. Cyclonus two-pack.

[notsolstice]

Hey!! So that post about wayward son (after realizing not the song) made me monkey side-eye my bookcase to the two novels on my bookshelf and I googled what ppl's beef w her is and long story short, books are in the garbage lol. I literally only bought them bc of the Kevin wada art and never got around to reading them, so yeah waste of money, but no skin off my nose. That being said, you got any recs for some good books?? I don't think I have a particular preference, but I'd def prefer non-fiction (I get enough of real life from daily news articles tbh). If it's too much work, don't hesitate to trash this ask, but I just thought I'd give it a shot since u seem well read and I literally don't think I've read anything extensively since I hyperfixated on the Sherlock Holmes anthology for 16 hours straight lol

oh hell yeah successfully tricked someone else into thinking i am well-read

and oh yeah i know i joke but yea don’t read rainbow rowell’s books because it doesn’t matter how many beautiful covers she gets from a collab with a high profile asian american artists there’s no excusing her first mess of a book. plus the fact that they’re apparently making a movie (???) she’s really not trying to apologize or rehab her image very well lol

BUT ANYWAYS idk if you meant fiction instead of non-fiction but if you’re after non-fiction unfort I will not be of much help since I’ve read like, 2 non-fiction books in the last 10 years and I almost exclusively read genre fiction so apologies in advance if this list is useless 2 u. also just fyi i don’t really read modern YA because I’m a crotchety grandmother so if you are looking for YA that is more woke then I will also not be of much help here. and don’t read the raven cycle no matter what tumblr tells u

the southern reach trilogy by jeff vandermeer. the books are probably my all-time favorite sci-fi literature ever, although calling them sci-fi is probably not accurate. more like magical realism science fiction? first book starts with a team of all-women scientists exploring an area that is hostile to humans on behalf of a shady institution and things get weird from there. the second book drags a bit but it is SO worth it trust me. don’t watch the movie

piranesi by susanna clarke. this is her most recent book, and I’m reccing it instead of her first book, jonathan strange & mr norrell because piranesi is a quick read compared to jsamn which is 800 damn pages long and dense as HELL and probably a little intimidating if you’re out of practice reading. however I do also recommend that if you have the patience.

DISCWORLD by terry pratchett. the discworld series is actually about like 50 books or something ridiculous and ugh ok I was trying to keep this not intimidating but it’s so worth it I promise. dw was a foundational text to my sense of humor which, actually hm. that might not be the best endorsement but whatever. it started out as just a parody/satire of those trashy fantasy books from the 70s-80s but it expanded into its own universe. also you may know it if you watched/read good omens, sir terry was the other co-author besides neil gaiman. you do not have to read them in chronological publishing order btw, they’re actually more like comics, where you can pick a character/set of characters and read their series within the larger canon. there are a lot of reading order lists out there so it’s pretty easy to pick one and start, but I can definitely help more if u want!!!

salt: a world history by mark kurlansky. ok this is a non-fiction book I just picked up and it is very interesting despite the title but this has exhausted my recs for non-fiction i’m sorry. or you can read the giant book about cancer the emperor of all maladies which was great but wiped me out on non-fiction for about a decade

the matthew swift series by kate griffin. i think it’s got some other fancy name as a series title but i literally cannot remember it right now oh well. not the highest brow of Great Literature but i loved this series about a sad man brought back from the dead to do magic with garbage bins and telephone booths. and it’s a series of books about adults doing magic but in no way can it be described as “harry potter for grownups” so that earns it points immediately

wilder girls by rory power. oh wait I did read one YA book that I liked!!!!! this is kind of similar to jeff vandermeer’s writing, although a little less intense. there’s a lot of body horror and feral teenage girls and is delightful to read if you were at any point in your life a feral teenage girl

the starless sea by erin morgenstern. skirting the edge of YA with this one but it was fun and gay and what you should read instead of wayward sons. or just read some spn fanfic i got recs for that too

I have a lot more books I’m trying to read now but I feel like this is a decent place to stop before I start recommending chuck palahniuk and embarrassing myself with my cishet male taste

[snark-notes]

Comic Review: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5: Imperial Phase I by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, and Clayton Cowles

Volume 5: Imperial Phase I collects issues 23 – 28 of The Wicked + The Divine. The first issue is the critically acclaimed magazine issue and contains features written on different gods by actual journalists. These pieces are paired with stunning – seriously, I cannot express how effing stunning – work by Kevin Wada. Part character development, part nostalgia, and part plot progression, the magazine issue is easily one of my favorite single issues of WicDiv. Possibly my favorite.

The rest of the trade consists with the remaining pantheon figuring out what to do with themselves now that Ananke is [spoiler if you haven’t read trade 4] dead. Do they gear up to fight The Great Darkness? Do they study it? Or do they just devolve into anarchy? Nobody can agree so the pantheon splits into three groups. This makes excellent conflict among the gods and pairs up multiple characters who haven’t interacted much before.

The plot is still moving a bit slow, but the creative team makes up for it with some great character development and art. McKelvie does excellent line work as always, but Wilson is hitting brand new levels with the colors in this trade. The bright colors of Valhalla versus the muted tones of exposition…just fantastic.

It’s interesting as I’ve been looking back seeing how my feelings on characters have changed. I was always interested and sympathetic to Laura, but her actions in this trade leave me less interested in her. On the other hand, I spent multiple trades hating Baphomet and now I’m concerned about him. It’s a testament to the long story that Gillen and McKelvie have step up and unfolded.

I would recommend this to people who read the first volume of The Wicked + The Divine, people who enjoy mythology-centric stories, and all fans of comics. As usual, I recommend that you start at the beginning.

I gave it a 4/5 on my Goodreads account which translates to “I really liked it.”

[smsggsts]

(1992) Vampire: Master of Darkness

this is apparently inspired by castlevania and the music reflects that in the best possible way. baroque and rock flavors

"In the Wake of Dracula" should probably be the highlight but wow i love the shredding on "The House of Wax Dolls"

[ozkar-krapo]

Yoshi WADA

"Off the Wall"

(LP. Saltern. 2016 / rec. 1984) [JP]

[daily-music-recs]

Daily Music Recs: Day #26

Wada Kōji - Innocent ~Mujaki na mama de~

Although I grew up watching Italian and French animated TV shows in addition to Japanese ones, Digimon left the greatest impact on me. Its legacy is such that I, along with many other young adults who grew up watching it, will likely never forget the joy and tears we shared with our beloved characters.

Innocent ~Mujaki na mama de~ happens to be my favorite, but every Digimon song, regardless of which season or whether it was an opening or ending or neither, is legendary in its own right - especially those sung by Wada Kōji. May he rest in peace and be forever memorialized in our hearts.

[wellhalesbells]

I see you reblogging some comic stuff an I was wondering if you have a favorite comic or favorite character or ship?

this ask is from so long ago but [DEEP BREATH IN] i’m finally going to answer it, nonny.  finally.  i kept wanting to read a little bit farther in my comics stack because.... maybe i’ll like that and will regret not having recced it, i just hafta--get--to it, see?  and, honestly, i’m still there BUT, come on, i’ll never be caught up because that would mean comics would just have to stop coming out and i would be sad forever if that happened, SO

i’m not even going to pretend like i can narrow this down to one comic.  (one ship?  sure, that’s spideypool.  one character?  sure, that’s the merc with a mouth, the regenerating degenerate, wade motherfucking wilson.  but one comic?!)  there is just straight-up too much out there to make a definitive ‘yes, this is it, this is THE ONE ™ ’ statement.  instead, uh, let’s break this shit down, yeah?  (super special secret bonus round, will note all lgbt+ rep and standalone comics.)  in no particular order, here the frig it goes!

HORROR

infidel, by pornsak pichetshote and aaron campbell.  in case you haven’t seen this on every 2018 best list ever, here it is.  and, yeah, it was good.  a muslim-american main character living in a haunted apartment building where the entities feed off the xenophobia of its occupants.  if that’s not a fucking modern horror story i don’t know what is.

spread, by justin jordan and kyle strahm.  THIS IS ONE OF MY NEW AND ALREADY ALL-TIME FAVORITES.  what an awesomely weird and epic story.  the spread is an uncontrollable, unstoppable monster-making force that humanity accidentally unleashed by digging too deep.  it infects everything it touches and basically all of humanity is running from quarantine to quarantine just hoping for the best.  and speaking of hope.... she’s a baby, rescued by no, and the only thing that’s ever been able to stop the spread.  also, no’s gay?  and i just DID NOT see that coming.  it seems like it’s going to be such a formulaic, bro-y story about the action hero who kisses the face off his girl (her name’s molly and she’s batshit insane and amazing) and instead, nope, it is not that at all.  lgbt+ main characters.

the black monday murders, by jonathan hickman and tomm coker.  hate capitalism?  think all the rich and powerful are evil, soul-sucking monsters?  [obnoxious, low-budget commercial sound effects] MAN, HAVE I GOT THE SERIES FOR YOU.

the beauty, by jeremy haun and jason a. hurley.  i just started this recently but so far, oh my good golly gosh, i looove it.  a sexually transmitted disease that makes you conventionally gorgeous.... at least before it explodies you.  [wide, creepy smile]  the art is gorgeous, the characters are aces and i am very, very pleased so far.  lgbt+ minor characters.

the great divide, by ben fisher and adam markiewicz.  this?  was a COOL idea.  the execution stumbled a bit but, gosh, was it neat.  it’s post-apocalyptic where touching another person will literally kill.... one of you.  the survivor then absorbs the memories of the person who dies, taking on a ‘rider.’  some people collect them, some people go mad, some form a bond, all have the side effect of dyslexia.  like i said, neat as all get out.  lgbt+ minor-ish/main-ish character.  standalone.

revival, by tim seely and mike norton.  a rural town in wisconsin experiences ‘miracle day,’ where the dead rise again.... except, they were kinda already mourned and buried and this is really just fucking up the status quo.

the woods, by james tynion iv and michael dialynas.  a high school gets picked up and plopped down in an entirely new, and wickedly hostile universe.  it’s all survival and alliances and seeing what you’re really made of when it comes down to it.  lgbt+ main characters. 

clean room, by gail simone and jon davis-hunt.  a cult, a journalist and a clean room walk into a bar...

anya’s ghost, by vera brosgol.  you think it’ll be a cute story of a girl and her ghost.  HA HA THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS AT ALL, OKAY.

FANTASY

rumble, by john arcudi and james harren.  SCARECROW WARRIOR GOD, SCARECROW WARRIOR GOD, SCARECROW WARRIOR GOD!!!  okay, first off, the art in this?  pushes every friggin’ button i’ve got, and many i did not know i had.  second, this book is so fucking fun.  it’s mythology that’s balls to the wall ridiculous, funny, and features a main character whose life motto is basically: ‘do i have to?’  infinitely relatable and then some.

heathen, by natasha alterici and rachel deering.  UGH, ONE OF MY FAVORITES.  the art is just horribly, horrendously gorgeous and it’s LESBIAN VIKING MYTHOLOGY, OKAY.  OKAYYYY???   lgbt+ main characters.

the wicked + the divine, by kieron gillen and jamie mckelvie.  one of my favorite ever series right here.  it’s a hella cool concept (gods reincarnating as humans every twelve years, and burning up their hosts in two), whip-smart and if you’ve ever met a human being who likes a pun more than kieron gillen i defy you to produce them.  lgbt+ main and minor characters.

batgirl, by gail simone and adrian sayaf and vicente cifuentes.  you know how people rave about gail simone?  there’s a reason people rave about gail simone.  honestly, i’ve never had much interest in babs.  i don’t tend to go for superheroes who don’t kill and i have even less interest in ‘the killing joke’ story line and i am convinced only gail simone could’ve done the recovery on that and she did a GLORIOUS job of it.

red hood and the outlaws, by scott lobdell and dexter soy.  (ignoring recent - and annoying - developments), this is my favorite of all the rebirths dc did.  scott lobdell is the only writer to have gotten the idea down of: okay, we’re starting over, i assume you don’t know anything but i also assume there are a bajillion people reading who know everything, and hit the perfect medium between those two things.  so if you want to start a jason todd run, you legitimately can here, and get all the found family, badassery, batman-teasing enjoyment there is to be had.

iceman, by sina grace and robert gill (covers by kevin wada).  classic super-heroing here and bobby’s first solo title.  he’s figuring out coming out while fighting (and flirting) with baddies.  sina really gets his humor and how truly wonder-awful it is!  lgbt+ main character.

spider-man/deadpool, by joe kelly and ed mcguinness.  watch those names there, those are your guys right there, period.  they looked at the void of a spider-man/deadpool series and filled it with absolutely everything you could possibly want for the pair (sans a hardcore make-out sesh, though they did get a few variant covers with some puckered up lips in there!)

limbo, by dan watters and caspar wijngaard.  a fusion of 80s aesthetics, voodoo elements and a noir tone.  just some remarkably cool shit in this.  the ending, for me, left something to be desired but it was more than worth it to see worship via mixtapes.  standalone.

hawkeye: kate bishop, by kelly thompson and leonardo romero.  kate bishop is, apparently???, a super impossible character for a lot of writers.  kelly thompson is not one of them.  kelly thompson is my favorite kate bishop writer, actually, and the fact that she is ever not writing her is a gd travesty.

the unbeatable squirrel girl, by ryan north and erica henderson.  honestly, i’m so tempted to just stick this under ‘contemporary,’ because it really does just feel very... normal.  doreen’s navigating college, new friendships, and y’know... the squirrely-ness.  this had every opportunity to suck and instead it’s funny as heck, never takes itself too seriously, and is just pure good-hearted entertainment through and through.

wolf, by ales kot and matt taylor.  a paranormal detective and the-possible-antichrist go on a road trip.  people hated this comic and i don’t know how you can hate a comic that has a character called freddy chtonic who has tentacles for a mouth??? 

ms. marvel, by g. willow wilson and adrian alphona.  hi, you read ms. marvel because the world is a garbage fire and people are terrible and your cynicism is at an all time high and then kamala khan waltzes in and reminds you people generally want to help each other and the world improves when we work together and that thing optimists feel?  you’ll feel that for as long as you’ve got the pages open and that’s a magical thing.  lgbt+ minor character.

monstress, by marjorie m. liu and sana takeda.  psychic links with monsters, matriarchal societies, magic and witchery, half-human/half-animal (and other ratios) characters, all through a steampunk lens.  what’s not to like about that??

inhuman, by charles soule.  i love this series, i love the idea of being a total average joe/joanne, getting smacked in the face by a cloud of mist and suddenly having to figure out how to live basically a whole new life.  also, if you don’t fall madly in love with dante pertuz, i don’t even know what to tell you, my dude.

heart in a box, by kelly thompson and meredith mcclaren.  break-ups suck, but only because of that whole pesky broken heart thing, right?  so emma gives hers away.  problem solved, no?  standalone.

i kill giants, by joe kelly and j.m. ken niimura.  i didn’t cry my eyes out or anything.  did not.  standalone.

sex criminals, by matt fraction and chip zdarsky.  having sex = stopping time, which leads suzie and jon to the only logical conclusion: let’s rob some banks!

hawkeye, by matt fraction and david aja.  honestly there are a lot of other artist combos in this run but the only ones that are worthwhile are the ones that have fraction and aja’s names on them - sorry not sorry.

SCIENCE FICTION

black bolt, by saladin ahmed and christian ward.  saladin revived this character one hundred million percent.  there is absolutely a reason this was parading around all over ‘best’ lists when it was released.  it really, really did the damn thing.

saga, by brian k. vaughan and fiona staples.  this is the comic you recommend to people who don’t even like comics because it is that good.  like, my dad - who hadn’t read a comic since he was a pre-teen, eagerly awaits each new trade.  the world-building, the characters, the care put into every single solitary bit of all the things?  unparalleled.  lgbt+ minor characters.

frostbite, by joshua williamson and jason shawn alexander.  a post-apocalyptic story that has humanity dying from a plague that literally freezes you from the inside out.  very neat, very cold, very readable.  standalone.

descender, by jeff lemire and dustin nguyen.  this had a rough start, for me, with the main character of the first trade being tim-21, an android who is literally incapable of having the depth to be a lead BUT that does not last through to the next trade, thank god.  lots of space and found family and world-building in this to be had!  but you know how people rave about jeff lemire?  there’s a reason people rave about jeff lemire.

paper girls, by brian k. vaughan and cliff chiang.  the 80s and time travel and lifelong friendships.  it’s brian k. vaughan, you know it’s good, okay?  why do i even have to sell you here, man?  lgbt+ main characters.

injection, by warren ellis and declan shalvey.  this is another one on my list that started out a little rough but really appealed to me later on.  there was just a lot to absorb in that first trade but, once you’ve got it, the ride gets way, way smoother.   lgbt+ main and minor characters.

black science, by rick remender and matteo scalera.  this was a rocky start, because the main character is such an asshole but in a way where he can’t see he’s an asshole, he’s just a tortured genius who’s superior to all of you, don’t you know? but i am so glad i persevered because if that’s the set up?  the rest of the series is knocking him back down.  super scientist grant mckay finds a way to access the eververse, every possible reality the universe has on offer, and that’s really what causes every single problem that follows.  hard to cause the apocalypse and be an arrogant prick, ya know?

CONTEMPORARY

giant days, by john allison and lissa treiman.  this series is so funny and smart and warm.  these girls are so kind to each other and relatable and failing at adulting regularly and often and i love reading about them.  lgbt+ main character.

lumberjanes, by noelle stevenson and grace ellis and brooke a. allen.  this is funny and ridiculous and kind and cool and all other awesome adjectives and you should read it, fact.  lgbt+ main characters.

my brother’s husband, by gengoroh tagame and anne ishii (translator).  this is such a sweet story about acceptance and family tbh.   lgbt+ main character.

fence, by c. s. pacat and johanna the mad.  i mean... i need to see nicholas and seiji hook-up, i need that, stat.  stat means now!   lgbt+ main characters.

WEB/INDEPENDENT COMICS

long exposure, by kam heyward.  so mitch and jonas are my absolute faves and i love them to death and the author is so kind in that they actually put this up in print on indyplanet so i can read it the way i, personally, love to read comics (and - bonus! - support them with the monies).  lgbt+ main characters.

modern dread, by pat shand and ryan fassett (editors).  i’ve been trying to find more better horror comics lately so i’ve been kind of half-heartedly stumbling through kickstarter on the hunt and this was SUCH a great find.  it’s an anthology but more cleverly done than any other kickstarter anthology i’ve read, with a main story line that seamlessly strings together the would-be-disjointed ones.  this was really thoughtfully put together and really well done!  standalone.

heartstopper, by alice oseman.  a very sweet story about two high school-aged boys becoming fast friends, playing rugby and falling in love.  the two characters are mentioned as an aside in the author’s book, solitaire, and she became so invested in them that she wrote their backstory as a free webcomic.   lgbt+ main characters.

the pale, by jay fabares.  JUST started this (like, just a day or so ago) but i’m enjoying it so far!

hotblood!, by toril orlesky.  i mean... is it a webcomic about a centaur falling in love with his boss?  it just might be.  did i get a bound edition through a kickstarter campaign?  maybe.  maybe i did that.  who’s to say?   lgbt+ main characters.

the bay, by bbz.  life on mars through the lens of three young professionals who form an odd but lasting friendship.  lgbt+ main characters.

hard drive, by artroan.  is it a nsfw comic about a dude and a robot?  .... it might be a nsfw comic about a dude and a robot.  [coughs]   lgbt+ main characters.

seen nothing yet, by tess stone.  a nsfw comic about two amateur ghost hunters.  can’t imagine why i might be interested in that [coughs]   lgbt+ main characters.

captain imani and the cosmic chase, by lin darrow and alex assan.  i mean did i want a starship captain who can’t help but lust after the smuggler he’s chasing.  i mean, maybe i did.  maybe.   lgbt+ main characters.

taproot, by keezy young.  ghost falls in love with boy, boy falls in love with ghost, AND THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.  lgbt+ main characters.

always raining here, by bell and hazel.  just two boys falling in lurve.  lgbt+ main characters.