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Facts o’ Life Funnies
by Matt Peters Content advisory: Strong language, nudity, and brief depictions of sexual activity, drug use, and interpersonal violence In the 1960s, an underground comics scene emerged in the United States and United Kingdom, giving rise to small-press and self-published comics that featured stories about free love, recreational drug use, subversive politics, and other themes that were normally considered off limits in mainstream comics. Underground comics were commonly sold in head shops, where their mature content seemed less conspicuous among drug paraphernalia and other countercultural lifestyle goods. While mainstream publishers such as Marvel, DC, Dell, and Charlton cooperated… Read More
Until I Love Myself – The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist – Vol 2
Poppy Pesuyama completes their epic tale of healing from sexual harassment at work, as well as the often painful journey of coming to terms with one’s own gender identity. This finale, contrary to the first volume, covers Pesuyama’s experience in working with a therapist and utilizing EMDR therapy. In a refreshing addition, Pesuyama also introduces other friendships (including with queer and gender nonconforming people) in detail and the way one other friend specifically deals with similar trauma to what Pesuyama experienced. We also get to see more dialogue between Pesuyama and the manga artist who abused her.