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 I wasn't sure what I wanted to talk about for this post because Pride Month is important and I think that the month should be dedicated to queer stories and the like. While there is definitely a plethora things I could pick, I wanted to highlight a remarkable story that I read last year. The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen which follows Tien's relationship with his mother and the difficulty of coming out to her in a language she doesn't know well. The way that they navigate this relationship is through fairy tales reflective of their Vietnamese heritage.  You see familiar stories about Cinderella and The Little Mermaid, but through the lens of another culture. The focus and details will differ, like when we talk about the evil step-mother and her daughter who are abusing Cinderella emotionally and physically. Taking away things that she holds dear and eventually killing her. A stark contrast from the story that we are told in the more popular tellings of this tale. One of th

Last month, the run for Spirit World, written by Alyssa Wong, art by Haining, lettering by Janice Chiang, and Sebastian Cheng as colorist, began. A new series in DCs lineup that is headlined by newcomer Xanthe Zhou and Cassandra Cain of the Bat-Family. Prior to this series starting, the prologue was featured in Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate. In the prologue we saw Cass and Xanthe fight against Jiangshi at the cemetery in Gotham's Chinatown, with help from John Constantine. A fight that would send Cass to the Spirit World while Constantine and Xanthe would now have to make their way to help her. We are given a compelling setup that led us into this current run.  For me, I became interested in this story because Alyssa Wong was writing this story. I am a big fan of their work as I am reading the current Deadpool run. And that story is filling my need for queer romance with a side of bloddy violence and body horror. A comic I would absolutely recommend with my whole chest.  As for other c