A review by acidicorchid
DC Pride 2022 by Dani Fernandez, Ro Stein, Kevin Conroy, Devin Grayson, Ted Brandt, Ivan Cohen, Tini Howard, Greg Lockard, Alyssa Wong, Travis Moore, Jadzia Axelrod, Stephanie Williams, Danny Lore, Stephanie Phillips, Nicole Maines
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Apparently these Pride Anthologies are the way I'm filling my yearly DC comic quota. It's a sweet but short collection that introduced me to a ton of characters I'd rarely (and in many cases never) seen before.
My favorite, hands down, was the autobiographical short by and about Kevin Conroy. I'm so completely destroyed (in a good way) and there may or may not have been some tears involved. At a close second comes Connor Hawke's "Think of Me," not in small part because I relate to a lot of the feelings it brings up as an ace person.
Overall, though, I really enjoyed it. I'm a little torn on how I feel about the inclusion of Tim's coming out storyline from the comics - on the one hand I love it, but on the other I wish they'd dedicated some of that space to more queer heroes or longer stories for the ones we got. That and some of the stories fell a little short from what I was hoping to see (and kind of expecting after reading he first anthology). Still. It was nice!
And I'm always a fan of the variant cover collection at the end. I'm looking forward to (hopefully) a third collection next year
My favorite, hands down, was the autobiographical short by and about Kevin Conroy. I'm so completely destroyed (in a good way) and there may or may not have been some tears involved. At a close second comes Connor Hawke's "Think of Me," not in small part because I relate to a lot of the feelings it brings up as an ace person.
Overall, though, I really enjoyed it. I'm a little torn on how I feel about the inclusion of Tim's coming out storyline from the comics - on the one hand I love it, but on the other I wish they'd dedicated some of that space to more queer heroes or longer stories for the ones we got. That and some of the stories fell a little short from what I was hoping to see (and kind of expecting after reading he first anthology). Still. It was nice!
And I'm always a fan of the variant cover collection at the end. I'm looking forward to (hopefully) a third collection next year