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Turn back the clock and see how it started

History Comics: The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights by Archie Bongiovanni 

June 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I give History Comics: The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights by Archie Bongiovanni  a four for the story idea and showing history in this genre/format. But it loses a point due to the time traveling aspect. The fact this was a major point of GLBT+ rights mean that having 21st century people in 1969 allows the smallest thing to cause a butterfly effect and could have changed history. However, that aside the look at the struggles of Stonewall is well done with contemporary […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 1969, A. Andrews, archie bongiovanni, Gay liberation movement, glbtq, Homophobia, N.Y.), new york, The Stonewall Riots, United States - 20th Century

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:278 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 1969, A. Andrews, archie bongiovanni, Gay liberation movement, glbtq, Homophobia, N.Y.), new york, The Stonewall Riots, United States - 20th Century ·
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You know what? I feel GOOD! Nervous, but good!

Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni

Girl Town by Casey Nowak

Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Bad Friends by Ancco

The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish

November 4, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Sometimes I go to the library and peruse the new books section. Every so often I try to pick a book I know is coming out or had known was coming but maybe didn’t put any energy into saving or reserving. For new books, more often than not I am looking for the audiobooks coming out on Overdrive or Audio CD and so I don’t generally grab those. Or worse, I do grab them, hold on to them, not even really intending to read to […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: ancco, archie bongiovanni, casey nowak, girl town, grease bats, Kelly Sue DeConnick, pretty deadly, the lie and how we told it, tommi parish

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:611 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ancco, archie bongiovanni, casey nowak, girl town, grease bats, Kelly Sue DeConnick, pretty deadly, the lie and how we told it, tommi parish ·
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