Check Please! - Year One
Just finished reading "Check Please! - Year One" by Ngozi Ukazu, published by First Second.
Now a reminder about reviews: I have absolutely NO problem reading, watching, and/or listening to LGBTQ content. I draw the line at x-rated material. If that bothers you, please feel free to stop reading this review now and do whatever you have to do, even if that means you must unfriend me, just don't feel like you have to send me a nasty email about how "pure" of a Christian you are. Hint: I'm the Jewish boy who read Science Fiction novels when it was frowned upon in elementary and high school and since I didn't give a flying fig then, I'm not going to give a flying fig now - especially when you're not following the tenants of your faith which you profess to follow to the letter.
Ukazu launched Check, Please! as a webcomic in 2013 after writing a screenplay about Eric "Bitty" Bittle, a gay college freshman and champion figure skater who joins a hockey team. She created a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 to print the first volume of the comic; the campaign resulted in the highest-funded comics project in Kickstarter's history.
"Check, Please!" is similar to Japanese boys love magna with an "American" style and twist.
Eric Bittle is an openly gay college Freshman on the Samwell University hockey team. He's a former junior figure skating champion and a vlogger who loves to bake; and who finds himself falling in love with the captain of his hockey team.
Ukazu did an amazing job of showing Bitty's growth as he works through some of his insecurities and finds his place amongst a strange and wonderful collection of characters that make up the hockey team.
I am looking forward to reading the remaining the three volumes in this series.
Strongly Recommended.
Five Stars.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325510040156...
Now a reminder about reviews: I have absolutely NO problem reading, watching, and/or listening to LGBTQ content. I draw the line at x-rated material. If that bothers you, please feel free to stop reading this review now and do whatever you have to do, even if that means you must unfriend me, just don't feel like you have to send me a nasty email about how "pure" of a Christian you are. Hint: I'm the Jewish boy who read Science Fiction novels when it was frowned upon in elementary and high school and since I didn't give a flying fig then, I'm not going to give a flying fig now - especially when you're not following the tenants of your faith which you profess to follow to the letter.
Ukazu launched Check, Please! as a webcomic in 2013 after writing a screenplay about Eric "Bitty" Bittle, a gay college freshman and champion figure skater who joins a hockey team. She created a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 to print the first volume of the comic; the campaign resulted in the highest-funded comics project in Kickstarter's history.
"Check, Please!" is similar to Japanese boys love magna with an "American" style and twist.
Eric Bittle is an openly gay college Freshman on the Samwell University hockey team. He's a former junior figure skating champion and a vlogger who loves to bake; and who finds himself falling in love with the captain of his hockey team.
Ukazu did an amazing job of showing Bitty's growth as he works through some of his insecurities and finds his place amongst a strange and wonderful collection of characters that make up the hockey team.
I am looking forward to reading the remaining the three volumes in this series.
Strongly Recommended.
Five Stars.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325510040156...
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