Jeremy Sorese

An absolute visual feast, though I think at times the scope and ambition of the work outpaced its storytelling. I was reminded, in that sense, of the [b:The Gilda Stories|1063142|The Gilda Stories|Jewelle L. Gómez|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387702004l/1063142._SY75_.jpg|1049755], which also is both hugely ambitious speculative storytelling and a queer narrative that can by nature rely less on cultural shorthand, and in holding these two difficult things together sometimes ends up doing more telling-than-showing. I do think it is significantly more successful than The Gilda Stories, both because Sorese is such a masterful artist that his technical virtuosity on that front can sometimes make up for some clunky exposition, and because there have been an intervening thirty years or so of queer storytelling language development. I particularly loved the section where Sorese, via some cool older lesbians, attempts to explain the nature of the Internet to someone from a post-Internet era. That was perhaps one of the most affecting parts of the book to me. … (meer)

Seventeen writers and artists contributed to this collection of short Steven Universe tales, and while it has its ups and downs, it was a passably amusing Steven fix for me.

The first half collects the Greg Universe Special and so has lots of father and son stories. It includes an outing to the Cookie Cat movie, referencing the single line that convinced me to keep watching Steven Universe beyond the mediocre first episode: "He left his family behind!" The second half is the Steven Universe 2016 Special, set at the Big Donut and featuring lots of stories about yummy doughnuts.

It's all very nice, if nonessential.… (meer)