On a Sunbeam
by Tillie Walden
Looks like sci-fi, more of a surreal fantasy in space. Everyone Is Gay. Found family. Adventure.
Honestly, the story was good, but I'm really giving it 5 stars because the art is so beautiful I can't stand it. Overdrive is fab, but I need a physical copy of this book that I can stare at for hours at a time.
Edit: TBH the one thing I find kind of uncomfortable is the lack of diversity of body types. I don't recall any fat characters, but I'm past due for a reread. Gender-wise, there's something a little off about the fact that all but one character are cis-appearing women and the nonbinary person is generally mistaken for a woman. Yes that's unusual and it's nice that it isn't remarked upon at all and it's a counterpoint to the 1950s sci-fi where you might come away believing that the entire world is populated by white cis men if you didn't know better... but also we live in a world where transmisogyny exists. On a Sunbeam just Doesn't Go There, and it sucks to wonder if it's because it just didn't happen to Go There, or if There was purposely given a wide berth.
Reread finished 28 May 2023: So the storyline is kind of a mishmash and the stakes don't always make sense and the characters in the present-day storyline make some really strange decisions.... and it still gets a 5 because the art is just that beautiful, so nyah. Surreal landscapes do most of the talking and mood-setting in this comic and I'm here for it.