thegayngelgabriel's review against another edition
4.0
Weird knotty queer trans comics collection. Incredible, overwhelming, alternately dense and minimalist. I love Edie Fake's Gaylord Phoenix, and it was great to get to read some of his prolific zine output from the last 15 years.
brettmurray's review against another edition
4.0
This one is hard to put in to words.
But if I had to, I'd call it "An illustrated neo-dadaist punkadelic exhibition that's stumbles purposefully into the liminal and erotic self-reflections of the author's queer identity and intrusive thoughts".
But if I had to, I'd call it "An illustrated neo-dadaist punkadelic exhibition that's stumbles purposefully into the liminal and erotic self-reflections of the author's queer identity and intrusive thoughts".
meganmilks's review against another edition
5.0
What perverse delights! What gruesome treasures! What admirably irrepressible weirdness! This collection of short works cements Edie Fake as the queer avant-freak artist of not *just* my gay dreams, but our very times.
booksthatburn's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
“Little Stranger” by Edie Fake is a strange and absorbing nsfw comic that captures the feeling of weirdness and discomfort that is/can be part of existing in a body. It is explicit, gruesome, evocative, and a perplexing read.
When I say “nsfw” I mean an entire book of beautiful but amazing comics that are somewhere between erotic and body horror, depending on your kinks. It’s a quick read, but if you like it you’ll probably keep going back to different sections to re-examine the different narratives happening through the book. It depicts themes of dysphoria and dysmorphia without being a book about feeling bad. It seems to be more about how to feel good after feeling bad. It’ll be either totally your thing or you’ll know ten pages in that it’s not for you.
When I say “nsfw” I mean an entire book of beautiful but amazing comics that are somewhere between erotic and body horror, depending on your kinks. It’s a quick read, but if you like it you’ll probably keep going back to different sections to re-examine the different narratives happening through the book. It depicts themes of dysphoria and dysmorphia without being a book about feeling bad. It seems to be more about how to feel good after feeling bad. It’ll be either totally your thing or you’ll know ten pages in that it’s not for you.
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